I’m currently indexing a history of nuclear reactors. It is about 300,000 words. Meticulously researched and written, with a strong narrative. It is a big book, and it is taking a while to get through. It is also not the only large volume I’ve indexed this year. I feel like… Read More »Indexing Big Books
Welcome back to the third edition of the monthly Q&A, on the last Tuesday(ish) of every month. Today’s question comes from Kimberly: I’ve been giving each heading a subheading right from the start, with the idea that it might be easier to delete unneeded ones than to go back and… Read More »Q&A: Preemptive Subheadings?
I’ve gotten a few questions recently about increasing speed while indexing, including last week’s Q&A about subheadings. And while these are good questions and we can certainly discuss specific ways to increase speed, I think it is also important to keep in mind the foundations of speed, which I learned… Read More »The Best Lesson I Learned About Speed I Learned from Tree Planting
I have been reminding myself recently to not get frustrated over my slow progress writing fiction. It has been a dream of mine since I was a kid to be a writer. In grade four I managed to turn a two-page story assignment into an epic that was at least… Read More »Mastery Before Speed