Joe Vasicek

Down to the last stretch

…in more ways than one. School is coming to a close, I’m making my final preparations for the study abroad, and this novel is only one or two chapters from completion (in rough draft form, that is. Very rough draft form). Now that I’m almost finished with this draft of the novel, I’m able to see a number of things I’ve learned about writing from the experience…

Wow…2,500 words

Yeah, that’s quite a bit more than I thought. I started late in the day, in between sessions of conference, and basically just wrote a little bit here and there. Just now, I opened it up to finish up the current chapter, but decided against it since I’m really tired. Then I did the wordcount, and wow…

600 words and I’m going to throw in the towel

I’m just way too tired.

One down, two to go

It’s done. Khullas. Blegh. Now I’ve just got to get it peer reviewed, edit the crap out of it, write a whole ‘nother paper for a whole ‘nother class, and I’m FREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

This is totally me.

Pravda Vitezi

So I was thinking about my story the other day, and about how the first chapter contains a lot of old sci fi cliches but not a whole lot of the unfamiliar. I was trying to figure out what original concepts I could throw in there and how to make the point of view a lot closer to the viewpoint character (Ian), when I had this great idea…

Coming along…

Ok, so I’m doing a lot better than I thought I was in the last post. Here’s a quick update and some other cool stuff…

The end-of-the-semester crunch is starting to get to me

It’s that time of year for BYU students–everything is about to come to a wonderful, beautiful, liberating close, but before that you have to pass through the very gates of hell. Everyone is getting swamped with tests, papers, and projects, and I’m right there in the thick of it. Man, I’m starting to wish that I wasn’t in school anymore…or at least that I wasn’t a double major…

Author: Joe Vasicek