June 2004

Writing, inspiration and craft

by Bill on June 26, 2004

I wrote something in an Orkut community last night and liked it so I’ve tweaked it a bit and posted it here as well. It’s about inspiration and while the original post was in the context of poetry and fiction, it’s applicable here too. I think the wait for inspiration is a futile one. Here’s [...]

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Too much brevity – a contradiction?

by Bill on June 24, 2004

Here’s a curious one – an oxymoron, I suppose. One of the posts on Writelife came up in a Google search for "Too much brevity in writing." It struck me as funny, the idea of too much brevity. Despite the seeming contradiction in the phrase, there is probably something to the notion of excessive trimming. [...]

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Language as a communication barrier

by Bill Wren on June 22, 2004

I read Ron’s post on language and hip-hop and chat rooms and had to throw in my two cents because I agree, though I’d like to add a few thoughts. First of all, why would this be an issue? I think we need to say why it’s important to have language we all can understand. [...]

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A word to the wise

by Ron Bos on June 21, 2004

Writing screenplays is excellent practice in building discipline in one’s writing. Movie characters talk far less than real people – a logical constraint given film’s 120-minute window on a world. Every word counts and they must count on different levels: plot progression, back story, foreshadow, etc. It’s vital to use the right words and as [...]

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Mrs. Van doesn’t live here anymore

by Ron Bos on June 21, 2004

I’m going to sound like an old dinosaur. And I don’t care. I’m becoming my third-grade grammar teacher, Mrs. Van, who taught grammar in an effective way – by shoving it, not always gently, down our throats until we got it right. Definitely Old School. And I’ve been grateful ever since. Mrs. Van doesn’t live [...]

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