This is the personal blog of Walt White. I am a Drafter/Designer living in Berks County, PA. I have a fondness for Cigars, Photography, and Firearms. Take a look around and you may find something interesting regardless of how different your hobbies may be from my own.
The moon hung high in the sky, casting light through stain glass windows in multi-colored streaks. Fat flakes of falling snow flickered through the moonlight, giving old plaster walls a sinister appearance. Wall sconces around the perimeter of the large room flickered and burned, leaving dingy trails of sut climbing towards the ceiling. A tall [...]
November was National Novel Writing Month and I decided that I wanted to give it a try. The goal was to write 50,000 words throughout the month, creating a rough draft of a novel. When I got started, I knew that it was going to be very difficult. With a newborn in the house, time [...]
Day 9 of National Novel Writing Month has come to a close (at least for me) and I have a total word count of 15,000. I had a bit of an interesting experience today. I generally wake up wicked early on Tuesdays and Thursdays in order to get to the gym and get a jump [...]
You are probably wondering, “Walt, it is Day 9 so why are we getting an update on day 8?” The answer to that question is simple, The National Novel Writing Month website was down last night and I couldn’t get a screen capture of my word count. I realize that is a lousy excuse for [...]
Even though it is still relatively early, I think that I’m finished writing for day seven of National Novel Writing Month. My goal was to hash out twelve-thousand words and it was a bit of a struggle. I’m feeling a bit run down and just want to spend some time with my wife and daughter [...]
My day six contribution to National Novel Writing Month has come to a close and I feel absolutely invigorated with having chalked up 10,589 words. When I sat down to write this morning, I was a bit down on myself for having fallen behind. With a late start to the day, I didn’t have high [...]
Tonight marks the end my day five contribution to National Novel Writing Month. While I should be thrilled to have written 7,863 words so far, I am bummed out that I am behind. Ideally I would like to be no less than 8,300 words but life is making steady writing a challenge. With a fairly [...]
Day four of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) has come to a close. I had a bit of a busy day but wrapped up another section of chapter tonight, which brings me to a grand total of 6,730 words. I’m keeping pace with where I should be in terms of a word count this far [...]
As expected, my day three contribution to my National Novel Writing Month project was less than I would have liked. Having such a rocky day yesterday left my writing in disarray. I spent a solid hour pruning yesterdays writing and only managed to add about four hundred words to the chapter I was working on. [...]
I have clocked out for day two of National Novel Writing Month (MaNoWriMo) with a tally of 4,141 words. I’ve got a long road ahead of me, and I’d love to write more tonight, but I’m not feeling it and just have to walk away and come back fresh tomorrow. The writing itself wasn’t overly [...]
A couple of weeks ago I announced here on Walt In PA that I would be participating in National Novel Writing Month. That day has come and here I sit at the end of day one. I must say, this is much harder than I anticipated. Aside from being a little rusty in the creative [...]
As the title suggests, this writing prompt is going to deal with laughter at in inapropriate time and place. Imagine, if you will, sitting in a church as a grieving family member delivers a eulogy. From behind you, you hear someone struggling to hold back laughter. As the individual tries not to interrupt the service, [...]
A family spends an afternoon together on the beach. While playing in the sand, a young boy steps on a piece of glass. To the families surpise, green blood escapes the startled boys body. In the event that you use the prompt, please feel free to link to your story in the comment section below.
A couple of months ago, when I started posting creative writing here on my blog, I learned about something called National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. The idea is to use the month of November to focus and write a 50,000 word novel. I thought that it sounded really cool and wanted to [...]
Being the new father of a beautiful baby girl, I’ve found that my free time isn’t what it used to be. I still manage to sneak in a few cigars while working on Stogie Review content and do a little light reading, but I have found it difficult to work on creative writing. I originally [...]
