"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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The Comic Book Script Archive
"The Comic Book Script Archive was founded by Tim Simmons because he couldn’t find an online resource for comic book scripts. Eventually, he decided to make one. Comics Experience is pleased to present Tim’s archive as an educational resource for those interested in comic book scripting."-The Comic Book Script Archive
Russell Conjugation
"Sentence 1: I am firm.Sentence 2: You are obstinate.Sentence 3: He/She/It is pigheaded."-Bertrand Russell, quoted in David Perell, "News in the Age of Abundance." Perell.com. February 4, 2020. "Most people will have a positive emotion to the first sentence, a mild reaction to the second, and a negative reaction to the third. Likewise, writers can … Continue reading Russell Conjugation
A Page A Day = A Book A Year
"Lately, I've been following a dictum I first heard from writing coach Donald M. Murray. "A page a day," he said, "is a book a year."As the author of more than a dozen books, Murray knew what he was talking about. A double-spaced page of prose is 250 words. Multiply that by 365 days and you could … Continue reading A Page A Day = A Book A Year
cafebedouin.org: 2019 Year in Review and Looking Ahead to 2020
In 2019, I posted 931 entries, all post views were up to +14,000 views by +9,000 visitors to cafebedouin.org, roughly three times the level of last year. Most of the views are concentrated either on the main page or the most popular posts: Don’t Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor: SummaryMutt on OpenBSD & Linux: … Continue reading cafebedouin.org: 2019 Year in Review and Looking Ahead to 2020
Cormac McCarthy’s Tips on How to Write a [Great Blog Post]
"Finally, try to write the best version of your paper: the one that you like. You can’t please an anonymous reader, but you should be able to please yourself. Your paper — you hope — is for posterity. Remember how you first read the papers that inspired you while you enjoy the process of writing … Continue reading Cormac McCarthy’s Tips on How to Write a [Great Blog Post]
JetPens – The Best Pens & Stationery From Japan & Beyond
We’re at Peak Newsletter, and I Feel Fine | Vanity Fair
"'No one needs more shit to read,' wrote Erica Buist in a widely circulated Medium post entitled 'The Personal Newsletter Fad Needs to End,' citing Twitter, print magazines, and her nightstand book stack as competing entities. It’s true that my Pocket app, Chrome tabs, bookshelves, and feeds are all crammed with reading material. Yet somehow … Continue reading We’re at Peak Newsletter, and I Feel Fine | Vanity Fair
Talk to Transformer
Maybe you want to try writing with a neural network before setting one up at home. Try TalkToTransformer.com. Futurism had some fun with Elon Musk tweets that suggests one possibility. -TalkToTransformer.com
Steven Pinker’s Rules For Writing
Reverse-engineer what you read. If it feels like good writing, what makes it good? If it’s awful, why?Prose is a window onto the world. Let your readers see what you are seeing by using visual, concrete language.Don’t go meta. Minimize concepts about concepts, like “approach, assumption, concept, condition, context, framework, issue, level, model, perspective, process, … Continue reading Steven Pinker’s Rules For Writing
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