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Then, by all means, please stop

March 9, 2009

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Writing novels is no fun; nor is, generally speaking, reading novels. Reading people writing about novels is not always fun, either, because relatively [...]

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Writer = lawyer = linebacker

October 21, 2008

So says big time Hollywood screenwriter John August last Friday, in a great piece about what he calls “The One.”1
While the essay’s specific to screenwriters, turns out they’ve got no monopoly on the nut of it: writing is still ass plus chair plus tippity-tappity.
The highlight?
Screenwriting is a career of continuous effort marked by occasional [...]

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The version suicides, Part 2

February 7, 2008

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series The version suicides

Image by Laineys Repertoire, via Creative Commons. Courtesy of flickr.

The last time around, I wrote about why you need version control. This time around it’s about some of the tools available.
Trust me… there are quite a few. Unfortunately, there’s not enough space [...]

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The version suicides, Part 1

January 30, 2008

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series The version suicides

Image by Thomas Hawk, via Creative Commons. Courtesy of flickr.
Sorry.
That headline’s bad. Really bad.1
But try and set that aside for a moment and follow along with me, because this series just might save your ass.
First, though, close your eyes and imagine a world [...]

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The mechanics of putting my foot in my mouth

November 19, 2007

I think I may have offended my writing instructor. It was an accident. But it may have happened nonetheless.
Last week in my novel workshop we were discussing the assigned class reading… Chapter 4 from Robert Olen Butler’s FROM WHERE YOU DREAM, a segment called “Cinema of the Mind.”
In a nutshell, the book is a compendium [...]

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And, now, a word from Gomez Addams

October 31, 2007

Here it is, ten days since my last post. It’s a violation of terms. A broken pact.
Meanwhile, I’ve got a couple of books to review and a few other updates that have to happen to get me up to date here. That said, it’s been a while between posts for a good freaking reason: I’ve [...]

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