Make Interesting Stories
Hard work without a purpose seems like hard work. Why am I doing this? In what direction am I struggling? What is the end goal of all this labour? I do not know, so I drag my feet. Taking your life into…
Tag: non-fiction
My Poetry
I think I got accused once of writing cat and cuddling poems, or some such thing that tried to relegate me and my relevancy to a weird nether-region of the literary landscape where writers of doggerel and greetings cards laugh at the…
The Artist And The Acts
It really is hard sometimes to divorce the work from the artist, and there is a point where you wonder whether if you took everything in your home that had a problematic association and burnt it, whether you would have anything left.…
Never Play Just One Note
Catharsis poetry has its place, and what I think of as head music poetry, like-wise has some value. But there can be a strain of poetry that is both intellectually and emotionally informed that neither has to be lacking in backbone or…
structure
Ways to approach story structure are always something I am looking at, and not because I am looking for a formula, rather I am looking to bust apart any tendency towards the formulaic in my work. Understand your enemy. Anything that has…
Work Fun
Work quicker. Work harder. Work faster. Deadlines and headlines are how a lot of people manage their work – they are basically targets and goals that you have to hit. Painting a whole neighbourhood would be a main target, but if you…
Not News, Not Politics, Just Help
Sometimes I think that writing about how bad news doesn’t inspire, and neither side of the political divide inspires, can mean that people then believe you have no notion of what might constitute a solution, whereas nothing could be further from the…
Alway Boring Never Boring
Perspective can spin a mundane day into something exciting – you would hope. I never needed drugs because I have a scary chemistry set between my ears that fuelled an imagination that could build a world for any purpose. I have always…
No Work Means The System Doesn’t Work
I like to stick with saying something as if it were definitive until it gets proven that it is not. I am always willing to be proven wrong, and I will adapt as necessary, but not having a solid viewpoint makes you…
Writing System
I am not a big believer in rigid systems that govern how you write or what you write. I am not sure that I am against systems that facilitate more writing, but the whole need for them to be prescriptive is problematic…