Treading On The Spot, Running On Water
It is interesting what can occur in the day that makes you stop what you are doing and wonder if you have been running on the spot. Are you treading water? Running on the spot is a little less of a threat,…
Tag: non-fiction
Regular Elsewhere
It is funny, but a lot of different stories have been crystallising, and the narrative advancement in one story has been having a knock on effect in other projects. I have been working hard to get my time management knocked into shape,…
Broken Elbow
Not the easiest bone to break, I don’t think – but somehow I managed to pull it off. It took me a second to piece together the pattern of the events. I had the right of way, and I was going to…
weal at the wheel
i will give my feet to you and let you tell lies with each shoe going in a direction i would not go damned inside a damned flow that is all about choosing to surrender not being your own best defender to…
Seeing Beauty In Errors
Built from mistakes. Stories can be made of beautiful mistakes. Jazz can emerge out of riffs that are happy accidents. Do you have an ear for it? When your paint runs can see the signal to imagination that it sends? There are…
Weakness Or Strength?
Does the mis-estimation of self lead to the mis-estimation that comes from others? Is it merely your own inability to be sure-footed that invites someone to test your stumbling? I sometimes feel like I telegraph my weaknesses, and if that doesn’t let…
Eyes Open
The world is inspiring, and you step over many beautiful things every day. And you say that the world is an ugly violent place, but you are a blind man describing your part of the elephant. Choose uplifting stories to watch, and…
Get Rhythm
Rhythm changes something about your writing. It’s a game that you play to distort your normal practices into a more interesting shape – to distort the writing. Who wants to keep writing the same old shit over and over? A winning formula…
A Resurrect Day
A resurrect day. Getting sick sucks. Sudden sickness that comes and goes in a day is simultaneously a pain and a blessing – yes, good, it went; but then – were you really sick or faking it? I know the almost puking…
Write Fifty Things
Can you write fifty things about the same day and have them each be compelling? If not, why not? Your vocabulary needs to be stretched – your magic is blunt. Do you think certain words shouldn’t be used? Then I humbly suggest…