"The process of imbuing every sentence with "minimum elegance and euphony," [Amis] says in the clip above (drawn from a longer interview viewable here) involves "saying the sentence, subvocalizing it in your head until there's nothing wrong with it. This means not repeating in the same sentence suffixes and prefix. If you've got a confound, … Continue reading Write Until There Is Nothing Wrong With It
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Zuihitsu: 2017-01-01 to 2020-06-15
I've been collecting little ideas and sayings for the last few years. It's turned into a fairly large list. I've wanted to incorporate them into a series of essays on various topics, but it is an unruly mass of ideas. However, today, I was reading Warren Ellis' newsletter that referred to a blog post on … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2017-01-01 to 2020-06-15
