Frank M. Anderson's Writing

Tag: drafting

  • On Working LESS With AI and Why That Was Always The Plan.

    On Working LESS With AI and Why That Was Always The Plan.

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    Recently, I outlined more than 80 potential articles and story ideas for the Seen / Unseen Greenville project I’ve been working on. You may have noticed that I haven’t posted much over the last few weeks. You may not have noticed at all. Either way, it’s been intentional. Part of it is that I needed…

  • FROM THE ARCHIVE #1 — The Lonely White Walker (2012)

    FROM THE ARCHIVE #1 — The Lonely White Walker (2012)

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    Going through old folders tonight, I found The Lonely White Walker—a Walking Dead fanfic I wrote back in 2012—and I was honestly stunned to realize people had reviewed it. Not just clicked on it… actually read it, followed it chapter to chapter, left thoughtful comments, waited for updates. I had forgotten that entirely. And honestly,…

  • On editing and fear.

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    Editing terrifies me. When I wrote in college, editing always took my work and twisted it into something it wasn’t at first. I began to think of editing as the process of bastardizing a work until it was ground beef, rather than the filet it was when it existed in my head. Putting words onto…

  • Updated my story on Worthy of Publishing.

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    I added to more chapters to what I posted of Empire on Worthy of Publishing. These five chapters make up the first act. The more I have realized this, the more I have also realized that I need to beef this section up. I am very happy with the end. The middle is coming out…

  • Once the work is over, the work begins again.

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    I have to admit that as I get closer to finishing the first draft, I start to feel more uneasy with certain sections of it. I have always known the old adage that you need to show what is happening to your reader and not simply tell them the events. I know I have broken…