Month: August 2018

by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls

Some thoughts on the state of character development for the Hero of my scifi novel.

by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls

Sigh.

by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls

I was feeling a little nervous about a plothole in the novel I’m writing and I think I may have come up with a solution.

Maybe.

by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls

Some thoughts.

by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls

Some thoughts.

by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls

In a last ditch effort to save the novel, I’ve decided to shoehorn my personal experiences with the late Annie Shapiro into the narrative. I don’t know how successful I’m going to be in the first draft making this something that doesn’t make people groan, but we’ll see. I had to do something to make the concept accessible and throwing my relationship with Ms. Shapiro into the mix seemed the best way to do it.

I’ve also decided for kicks to loosely based the female romantic lead on a mixture of Ms. Shapiro and fashion icon Alexa Chung. It’s my story, I can do whatever the fuck I want do with it. Anyway, we’ll see how successful all of this is. I, for once, have hope.

by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls

The thing about the latest Mission: Impossible movie, which I thought was excellent by the way, was it had interesting characters who drew you into what was a rather policy wonk plot. As such, I find myself thinking about how to address some Big Ideas in this novel I’m writing, but in a manner that the average person will appreciate.

Here are some other videos about what I’m writing.

by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls

Some thoughts.