I’m scrapping and restarting Crime and Violins. As I’ve been writing the serial, I have learned a few things, one of which is that the serial works best when presented in whole chapters—not one scene at a time. How fast I can do this is questionable, because I do want it to be good—and better than what I’ve been turning out so far. When spread to the wider web, the conversation ratio is very low between #1 and further segments, which tells me I’ve got some things to clear up.

In Go, they say you must fail your first thousand games as quickly as possible. I need to get moving on the serial, but I feel I can only really do so by restarting.

Oh, and also a note—I have a feeling that for new writers, it’s better than slam them over the head with show over tell until they just accept it.

And another ‘nother note—probably the biggest challenge in writing is to communicate what you meant. Words are more vulnerable and fragile than just about any other medium when it comes to just sheer raw communication.

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