Steve Waite
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
It probably isn’t immediately obvious on this platform that I’m a Spider-Man fan. Fan may be understating it, but I consider myself an avid lover Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s Web-Head; I’ve spent my life consuming comics, cartoons, toys, video… Continue reading
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Once again, with feeling
The common mark up I give myself when editing my work is “more emotion” or “what are they feeling”. Its a valid note. In my writing I lean towards the mechanics of a scene, positioning of characters, light touches, temperature,… Continue reading
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The Hook
Now, I want to make it clear that this is a personal bugbear of mine – namely, “The Hook” at the end of a chapter. I’m not anti-Hook, but chapters in recent memory are shorter and often used to break… Continue reading
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The Editing Loop > The Editing Loop > The Editing…
Do you ever have that feeling of deja vu? I’m sure I don’t need to explain deja vu, movies and TV shows have used that trope plenty with my favourite example being from The Matrix (1999). It’s feeling a little… Continue reading
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The Calm After the Storm
It’s a strange feeling to have written a thing from start to it’s end – strange to have poured so much time into it, especially when it first began eight years ago. Reading back over my writing there are moments… Continue reading
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Website launch! Latest draft ready to edit!
I’m not entirely certain on what made me finally pull the trigger on a website and domain, but it was certainly related to finally completing the first (actual) draft of my first novel: The Professor & the Girl Who Fell.… Continue reading
