This week, I completed the plot draft for my story about two of the reptile people in my novel universe. That was a real accomplishment for me. I had the basics of the story already down and written out, but I felt as if the story was landing flat. There was just boy meets girl, conflict, and then resolution. I went in and looked up a story plotting graph – because believe you me, it’s been quite some time since the last time I looked at one of those. I know how to write a story still, and I am pretty good with words, descriptions, and things like that, but I haven’t really written anything engaging in a long, long time. Thanks to the graph, I was able to add in some more events that will build the characters along with describing their world and their dilemmas. I’m really excited about that. Continue reading “Things I’m Working On” »
Archive for August 19, 2011
Things I’m Working On
Going Viral On Google+
If you’re following Sergey Brin, founder of Google, you’ve probably noticed that a bunch of his photos from his Alcedo album (which contains 444 pictures) have been, well… spamming your stream. Someone noted that Sergey posted/put in the pictures during 2006, and that they’re just now appearing in the stream due to comments. As has been noted, when someone comments on your pictures or an old post that you’ve put into Google+, it pushes that to the top of your stream. Continue reading “Going Viral On Google+” »