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Writing Fiction with Agile Methodology: Revisited

I have failed to post the third part of my planned series on “Writing Fiction with Agile methodology”, and there is a good reason for that. My plan was to discuss how I’d implemented it with an Agile software tool, complete with screen shots and detailed instructions. The more I got into it, the more […]

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When Plans Go Horribly Wrong: Writing Update 3/17/2013

This sprint was, most definitely, not a good one. There were some huge setbacks in my progress during the last two weeks, and I’ve gone through a range of emotions while dealing with them. I can’t say this is unexpected; in fact, I decided to use Agile partly because I knew there would be problems […]

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Writing Progress 3/2/13: Going to dark places

Well, it’s been two weeks since my last writing update, and I’m hopelessly behind getting part 3 of my Agile series completed. I do still plan on completing it, but am not sure when; thankfully, it’s my novel writing that is pushing it back. A part of the Agile process is a “Sprint Retrospective”, where […]

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Writing Fiction with Agile methodology, part 2

In my previous post I spoke of my desire to be a writer, and my trouble with fitting writing into my schedule. I presented Agile methodology as a possible solution to this problem. I will attempt to explain myself here more fully. First, though, I want to stress that I understand that no tool is […]

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Writing Fiction with Agile methodology, part 1

I have a novel burning inside me. When I was a kid, there were two things I loved: computers and books. I think I loved both for the same reason; they presented worlds in which I could immerse myself, and blank sheets of paper onto which I could enforce my creative will. In the end, […]