The AwakeDragon Blog

For years, I existed on the internet as “Awakedragon.” (I think my Twitter handle might still be that.) I’m claiming my own name now, but as a nod to my beginnings, this is now the AwakeDragon Blog!

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  • My Beta-Reading Experiment

    My soft marshmallow self actually sent my manuscript to people to be critiqued. Here’s what I did.

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  • The Point of Beta-Reading is Not to Ruin Someone’s Confidence

    I want to talk about a particular problem I’ve noticed in the writing community. It really bugs me when someone sends out their manuscript to be read, and the response just crushes their soul.

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  • Manuscript Revisions and Me

    I read somewhere that revising is actually completely different from editing. Editing, they said (and I wish I could remember where I read this), was taking what was there and making it better; revising was totally reimagining what was written. I think they said something to the likes of, if you’re not rewriting 60% of…

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  • [I Am] Untitled: Action and Apathy

    Welcome to my UNTITLED series, where I get overly personal, melodramatic, and attempt to rage my way into self growth. Well, I started this post a few days ago feeling fired up to actually do something instead of just talking about it. I’ve been much clearer headed and settled since coming back from Costa Rica,…

  • [I Am] Untitled: Travel

    Welcome to my UNTITLED series, where I get overly personal, melodramatic, and attempt to rage my way into self growth. I want to address something I don’t think I fully fleshed out in my previous post. As I’ve mentioned, if I’m just a big ball o’ restless energy desiring adventure and to smash myself into…

  • [I Am] Untitled: Cliffs

    Welcome to my UNTITLED series, where I get overly personal, melodramatic, and attempt to rage my way into self growth. I’m forcing myself into publishing this post, because I promised myself I would. That being said, I pretty much want to panic-delete everything I’ve written as this feels incredibly self-centered and overdramatic when there are…

  • [I am] Untitled

    I’m not even sure how to start this one. Not just because it’s been… oh, I don’t know, 9 months since I blogged last. My inspiration to share my thoughts and write in this manner just… dried up. I didn’t even feel guilty about not blogging, really. I felt like I should, and I wished…

  • Writing on Google Docs

    So I started something new, this past NaNoWriMo (yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m like 5 months late, I know). What with working full time, the train not always having a seat during my commute, and being too exhausted after work to actually do anything creative, I’ve been frustrated with my writing progress. Recently, I started implementing…

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  • Manuscript Update

    Hello all! It’s been a while. These past several months have been an kaleidoscope of working, sickness, holidays, recovery, and writing. I am not nearly as far as I want to be for the manuscript revision/rewrite (see last blog post), but I’ve made great progress and I’m equal parts fascinated and terrified on how this…