Keep It Regular
I have been watching a lot of documentaries about art, and this has varied from those who might be considered to operate in a more traditional mode, versus those who are considered to operate in a more experimental mode. It feels like…
Even in flash fiction it is hard not to world build. I always liked burying things to pick up later, and it kind of plays to what may be a weakness of being an individual working on something – that you can…
I came up with an idea that I was calling a Distributed Network Novel, and I sometimes think that is how my thinking about certain subjects manifests. I write different articles around a loose notion, that manifest as certain iterations and reflections…
In the last week I was reading about some government sponsored fiction that was designed to give real life to what the effects of a nuclear bomb might be on the civilian population, and it also mentioned a similar piece spun out…
Writing isn’t easy. Not for everyone. And writing can get hard for those who like to do it. You don’t start out writing with the expectation that others will read you, but somewhere along the line that becomes a measure of the…
I watched the Stephen Hawking movie and I was struck by how it really wasn’t about the most important thing about the man – and that was his science. It was a well acted movie – don’t get me wrong – Eddie…
It’s interesting when you write a whole bloody post and it just ups and disappears, and even worse when it is killed by the software you have installed to save back-ups, because it drops a back up in on top of the…
I am watching Comedians In Cars Drinking Coffee and Jerry and Tina were talking about weird characteristics of comedians that make them only qualified to be funny people, and not to do other jobs, and I think writers are like that. There…
It’s kind of interesting to me sometimes that very rarely have I read much about the freedom that routine in writing brings. What you generally get is a notion that it is necessary, but usually because you have to produce a lot…
So, as an idea, Regular Movement is meant to push my work ethic and keep me rolling. So if I miss two days, but in that time I write a lot, then I don’t feel so bad about it. I have definitely…