by Bill Wren on February 21, 2011
It’s been unusually quiet at Writelife. You can blame the editor for that. I have three posts unpublished because the editor has nixed them. Yes, the editor is me. The editor is a self-editor. What was wrong with the posts? They were cranky. Whiny. The tone was all bitchiness. The editor doesn’t like that. Not [...]
by Bill Wren on December 10, 2010
This is how stories work: 1 plus 2 equals 3. They are equations. However, unless you’re a mathematician, this kind of equation isn’t very interesting. Storytelling is an art (or craft, if you prefer). A storyteller makes his or her equation appealing by jazzing it up, a bit like this: One dishonest cop plus two [...]
by Bill Wren on November 18, 2010
I have a post on Thoughtwrestling today called Nothing more to say – the secret brain. In it I mention something I call The Impractical Pursuits Project and I’m deliberately vague because I’ve not fully formed the idea in my own head yet. Part of it, however, is counter-intuitive – which is why I call [...]
by Bill Wren on November 5, 2010
It’s possible you are wondering where Part II is, the post that follows up my post from a few days ago, People and stories — Part 1. I’m wondering that too. Both of those posts, the published one and the missing follow-up, are part of the document I’m creating as part of GloManWriMo, a month [...]
by Bill Wren on November 2, 2010
Yesterday I wrote that, “A story is people involved in events told by people to people.” I then asked why some stories are interesting and others dull. I suspect the answer to that has to do with that word “people.” We’re obsessed with ourselves, each other, and what happens to us. That is what news [...]
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