by Bill on August 27, 2010
The other day I came upon some writing I did quite a while ago. By “a while” I mean fifteen to twenty years ago. Amid all that writing I found a series of stories I wrote. I had put them together under a tentative title, Rather Short Stories for Rather Small People. Other than being [...]
It seems wrong to say I haven’t posted anything this week because I’ve been busy — it’s Tuesday! But in many ways this is more like Thursday to me since I spent the weekend working. And a lot of that work is in the half-baked stage. But some isn’t … Creative energy I have a [...]
I feel better now — and at least for now. I finally changed something that has been bothering me for a long time. My header use to say Writelife and below it, “Musings on the craft of writing, technology, social media and whatever else comes along.” Apart from being a bit pretentious with words like [...]
Here’s how to become a better writer: 1) write 2) read 3) listen They seem obvious, at least to me. Especially the first one. How does anyone improve a skill except by practice? Whether they’re athletes, artists, entrepreneurs, doctors — whatever — people get good at something by doing it. A lot. It’s the same [...]
I don’t know what stars align on Tuesdays but it seems to be the day when a good deal of my writing gets published. It has happened often; it has happened again today. First, I have a review of Nick Carr’s The Shallows on the Thoughtwrestling blog today. I also have a brief piece on [...]
An interesting post led to an even more interesting discussion. On Thoughtwrestling, Rebecca posted “Zen and the Road Trip Book,” her take on Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (ZMM), a book from 1974 that has lingered for many over the years. It’s a road trip book that isn’t about a road [...]
I have a post up today on Thoughtwrestling that was kind of fun to write: The physicality of creativity. The topic theme was to describe how we do our best creative work. It was interesting because normally when I write, I just write. This time I was paying attention to what I actually do when [...]