Bleeding Ink

Unfurling an idea among some fertile mental soil and tending to its incessant and desperate demands until it takes its natural shape, ready for harvest, has killed many a good writer. These ideas recruit the unwavering if they wish to see themselves realized. And though we may falter, it is through brash perseverance that we sow words into novels. To put it plainly: this shit is hard. But does it need be as hard? Is there some means of reducing these sky-scraping hurdles and lend a plow to our weathered hands? I think David Bruns and J.R. Olson have discovered how. In this episode of Bleeding Ink, we learn of their co-writing process, of taking complementary skill-sets and mashing them into a solid whole, into a sane reaper of words. Yeoman metaphors aside, David and J.R. impressed me with a cleverness few writers seem to throw at the writing process. Kickstarter deflected budget issues. Questionnaires enhanced beta-reader data. While David wrote, J.R. researched. Their efforts rewarded one another’s weakn