Writing practice: write a one-sentence story Humans are emotional creatures, which means we can’t not be magnetized. Usually, we’re externally magnetized briefly, then we relax, then externally magnetized briefly, then we relax. If we are internally magnetized, then we are less susceptible to being externally magnetized in whichever direction the external force is applied. That …
Writing practice: write a one-sentence story The difference between a human and an ant is the ant doesn’t have the capacity to evade the fact that it’s just like all the other ants. [ok, that wasn’t a story. try again] Perhaps there’d be less ennui if people had more of themselves to express. [again, not …
Writing practice: just tell a story [i’ve been in a bit of a funk the last few days, but i need to do this. i spent half my writing time today purging my mind and aligning my thoughts by reading more of the count of monte cristo, but i need to get something down here] …
Writing practice: I don’t know yet… ok, just write alternating sentences (action, description, speech) to practice not getting stuck in any one of them Action: In May of 1843, in the seaside plot of land later to become the town of Corynne, a woman fell to her death from Maiden’s Bluff. [little sleep, just overall …
Writing practice: analyzing how the narrative is structured (story vs dialogue vs description) in the count of monte cristo and write some passages based on that In the title of chapter one, Dumas establishes the place (“The Arrival at Marseilles”). In the first sentence, he establishes the date (critical for the historical background of the …
Writing practice: write a scene modeled on chapter 2 of the count of monte cristo Sebastian ran with the energy of youth, propelled by excitement and exuberance mixed with apprehension. It had been four months since he left – the longest he’d been away from his now-ailing father. He hadn’t called to announce his return, …
Writing practice: write a dialogue modeled on chapter 1 of The Count of Monte Cristo [i’m still really happy with my first sentence from yesterday. really very good for me right now] James was preparing to tee off on the seventh hole when he got a call from his assistant. Holding his club in one …
Wringing practice: write your own version of the first page of The Count of Monte Cristo [i’ve been looking for authors to emulate in my practice, as an exercise – authors whose writing i like as a model for my own, in some way. these include ayn rand (atlas shrugged), charles dickens (tale of two …
Writing practice: just write a story in an hour, any story with action and dialogue [don’t worry about description, just write] I’m a collection of atoms and I exist [just kidding, I’m taking a break from that today] [just get started, just write] Did you ever have a dream where you were trying to get …
Writing practice: just write “Suppose,” said F (continuing from yesterday), “that we resonate. When we observe something in reality, our impression of it causes us to resonate, to vibrate with a certain frequency. That frequency could be positive (we have a good feeling), bad (a negative feeling), or no resonance at all. And suppose how …