Category writing
takeaway from jessica zafra’s AMA
for those who asked, some random head trauma from the freebie Twisted workshop: (1) if you’ve stopped reading the good stuff, you are doing yourself a disservice. one thing zafra hasn’t lost is her enjoyment of books. (“fuuuuuck this is really good, i wish i wrote this!” is a good indication that you’ve just read […]
if you want to be a writer…
…then write. and keep on writing, even when it’s trash. it’ll get better (we hope). or at least it won’t sting as badly when you get it wrong. but it’s always, always gonna be sweet when you do get it right. if you’re writing, anyway, learn from the best. jessica zafra is giving a workshop, […]
struggling
i remember a friend of mine noting that i kept myself distant from what i wrote. this was about me writing an article for a newspaper. he was right. i remember another friend saying that i slipped a little with the structure because i was emotional about what i wrote. this was about a blog […]
as true now as it was then…
2011.09.12 10:44PM On days when I feel disconnected from my body, I don’t look too closely at shiny surfaces. They startle. There’s a buzzing in the air, like a pulsating laptop in an empty office, or the TV turned on to babysit. Stare at the blue screen long enough, you feel tingly, you start crackling […]
taking a break
EXT. CLIFFSIDE — NIGHT A rail-thin woman is sitting at the edge of a cliff, her feet dangling, a little bored. The moon’s full. There is hardly any wind, just little gusts desultorily lifting a few strands of her dark hair from her neck, as she peers at the shadows below. A little boy walks […]
Transcribing isn’t writing…
unless you’re aiming for a Q&A. The Q&A is a cheat-article. Honestly, all you need is a clever intro. And then you can pick and choose the interesting answers. (Ask a few provocative questions, and you’re bound to get a few interesting answers. Voila!) In fact, you get more answers than you have space for […]
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