May 2013
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fundrawtime:
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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: sonder →
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
sonder: n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed,...
April 2013
13 posts
Why,Howdy-Owdy You Do?: "You're dead officially,... →
itsadani:
The The Doctor used the phrase “back home” while talking to Rose for the last time….because Rose Tyler’s reality was home to The Doctor cause he loved her.
Or not. Most likely not. Probably way off base actually.
Anyways. I finished season 2, and man that was bitter sweet.
I like this show a…
I agree on the body count thing. My main problem with Doctor Who was the...
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My followers are way too nice.
Thanks for the thoughts, peeps.
RE: yesterday’s blog, said thought managed to survive a night of fitful sleep and has me feeling a lot more motivated on life.
I’m often surprised by how quickly my rampant and obnoxiously depressive thought processes can suddenly dissolve upon my waking, and I guess it’s a good sign that I’m feeling...
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This is a profound (for me), mostly stream of...
Right. So. I haven’t been very talkative on here, and I’m sure I don’t have to explain to you why that is.
(Okay, in short, I’m unemployed, I haven’t written anything, I live at home, I have a lot of trouble getting to sleep and even more trouble getting out of bed in the morning. It’s gotten more than a little out of hand.)
So, naturally, this blog has...
buriedcompass replied to your chat: Me: Why, hello Creative Rock Bottom, I see you’ve…
your character discovers he/she has a robotic/mechanical apendage - go!
Me: Hey, check it out, I have a robotic appendage! Robot Elbow: Yeah! Me: Cool, what can you do? Robot Elbow: Well, I can bend, and turn a little bit, and I’m shiny and metal. Robot Elbow: And also I can talk. Me: Oh. ...
Me: Why, hello Creative Rock Bottom, I see you've made a few additions since last we met.
Creative Rock Bottom: Uh huh.
Me: I love the sarlacc pit. I almost landed right in it as I was rocketing down from the stratosphere.
Creative Rock Bottom: Yeah, it hasn't been fed in awhile.
Me: Well, I'm sure you don't mind if I lay here on my face for the rest of my existence.
Creative Rock Bottom: Uh huh.
Me: ...
Me: ...
Me: ...
Me: *eventually dies*
“Here are some lines written by students in grades 3rd-6th:
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– The Average Fourth Grader Is A Better Poet Than You, (And Me Too)
Hannah Gamble
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Bruges
bedlamsix:
I write this at some unmentionable hour having finally given up on the idea of sleep. It is pitch black in our windowless hostel room and the air is heavy with the smell of feet. There is a chorus of snoring from every corner and my head is in a fog of boredom.
We always come through Bruges when we tour the continent. It’s a beautiful town that doubles as a convenient pit-stop...
March 2013
10 posts
Hug a graphic designer today.
rubyspurflower:
I wrote this in an email to a friend:
… plus I need to be a functional human today—I am volunteering to help underprivileged kids write college admissions essays, which is my JAM, but it’s with an organization I’ve never worked with before, and I am envisioning kind of hovering and feeling useless and saying things like, “Do you want a pen? Here. I’ve got like fifteen pens....
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Well, here's the first actual contest I'm...
http://swordandlaser.com/anthology
The guidelines are pretty damn loose, and frankly, right up my alley in terms of what they’re looking for content-wise.
I’ve already got something written for it, so now I just need to make it all purdy.
If I talk to you in pretty much any capacity, I will probably be coming to you soon to get your thoughts on the thing what I wrote.
I have to...
And the second runner-up for Miss USPS goes to a...
rubyspurflower:
Being called “a pretty lady” at the post office is like winning “most charismatic carbon-based being” in a room full of dead leaves. But it’s been a rough week in my brain, so I’LL TAKE IT.
Maybe the secret to earning random compliments is to constantly juxtapose yourself against really unappealing backdrops. If anyone needs me, I’ll be out by the dumpsters behind the Chili’s.
...
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How to say it.
Well, first of all, today is an anniversary of sorts. A day corresponding with month and year to create and event. And so, a day just like any other.
In any case, it’s made me all introspective and shit. [[MORE]]
So I went back and read through every journal entry I’ve put down in my OneNote file since 2009 and boy was that a horrible thing to do.
As much as I...
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writing: ur doin it wrong?
As I have silently returned to the writing front in a fit of resignation from the glorious mundane, I stumbled upon a blog from one of my favorite authors, Lev Grossman.
Whereas: when you’re actually doing it, when you’re writing and you’re in the thick of it, it’s totally different. It’s like taking a drug, a relatively harmless hallucinogen, say, and discovering that you’ve been burned on the...
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: Clockwork →
qua3situm:
She had wondered, more often then not, where the people in their cars had been going as they passed her little window by the street. Completely enclosed in a fiberglass world of their own.
Today the rain beaded and rolled down the glass blurring the clockwork display of lights outside.
It’s good to see you writing again. Post more stuff!
itsadani:
Child me: WOW WHEN IM A TEENAGER IM GONNA GO OUT WITH MY FRIENDS TO THE MALL AND PARTY AND DATE HOT PEOPLE AND BE POPULAR AND COOL Teenage me: *hisses at sunlight* Teenage me: When I’m an adult I’m going to be so mature and be self-sufficient and do what I want! Adult me: *eats ice cream out of the tub and watches children’s cartoons*
It’s funny, because my...
Music: On Coffee: Yes. New Laptop: Sexy. A full night’s rest?: Surprisingly.
The whole day to myself, and no excuses.
Let’s see what I can accomplish.
I’m still here.
Uh, things have not been well. I haven’t written much. I got fired from my job and am now unemployed.
Going through a dark tunnel of depression and 0% motivation.
But I’ll see you guys on the other side soon. :D
February 2013
2 posts
Writing on the new laptop.
Pretty awesome so far. I can’t even tell you how many millions of times more comfortable it is to write on than my old laptop.
…
But I’m pretty sure I hate Windows 8.
January 2013
34 posts
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Really dumb unused scene from the script of Scott...
radiomaru:
(Scott is burrowed down in the chair, watching a Lucas Lee movie. Wallace is in the kitchen.) SCOTT: (very whiny) Wallace, I wanna stop! This movie suuucks! WALLACE: (firmly) You’re training! SCOTT: (imploringly) Can I be done? I think I’m done. WALLACE: (emerging from the kitchen) Which one is Lucas Lee? (We see Lucas Lee on the screen with a girl. The movie looks dumb.) SCOTT:...
teh-covert-writer:
wordocalypse said: Abortion is a really sticky issue. It’s not like politics. This is a complicated moral conundrum with a dividing line carved in fire. Consider that this might offend, or be hurtful to some people who have had experience with it.
I’m not looking for popularity.
Yes you are. You’re on tumblr. And you tag all of your original posts 50 times, with and...
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Wordocalypse: Oh, I’m still here. I’ve been having... →
builtontincansandstring:
Congrats on the new laptop! Hopefully we do see more writing out of you due to it- I write less now because I’m confined to an iPad tablet… That I can’t take out of the home because it’s not mine.. If I didn’t type on… ( wtf… Ipad just auto filled -moo uterus- another reason I don’t like writing on it often.)
ahem. If I didn’t work on computers all day I would be a...
Oh, I’m still here.
I’ve been having some pretty serious bouts of “fuck, I can’t sleep” for the past few days. In fact, the other day I was in bed for six hours, and slept for absolutely none of them.
It seems like my sleep schedule has a pretty gigantic impact on my ability to operate normally. How odd.
Luckily, last night (this morning) as soon as I got home I...
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RE:
rubyspurflower replied to your post: A Wordocalypse Public Service Announcement
Do you know Austin Kleon? He’s an Austin-based writer (or maybe his name is confusing me?) who recently wrote a book called “Steal Like an Artist,” which i always forget about when I’m at bookstores. I think you’d dig him! Tumblr @austinkleon I think
I do not know Austin Kleon!
Or perhaps I should say I did not...
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A Wordocalypse Public Service Announcement
As exhausting as it must sometimes be to follow the ebb and flow of this blog, you should understand that it’s equally as frustrating for me to be the guy writing it. The large majority of writers on the internet tend to focus on the positive, but man. I sure don’t!
I never intended Wordocalypse to be an inspirational blog about how to overcome the woes of failed writing, or how to...
The Revised Booklist
I’ve been wanting to start reading a whole lot more, but for some reason I can’t seem to stick with a book for too long.
This is pretty unforgivable.
I mean, if I can’t finish a bestselling author’s best work because some small aspect of the prose annoys me, how the hell am I supposed to finish a book of my own?
So, as silly as it may sound, I’m going to start...
Backtracking
So I’m reading back over my manuscript from FaNoWriMo.
And…
it is possible that I may have been on to something with that.
Allow me to share a passage that struck me: Note: This is a Fantasy story.
The trail of destruction continued on for another mile until it broke from the trees and tore across farmland and finally rested in the crumbling ruin of a few stone houses on the...
That moment when you realize you wrote 20,000 words in the Third Person Omniscient without even realizing it.
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But seriously, I thought I hated that perspective. I usually stick with First Person or Third Person Limited.
…
Turns out I’m extremely happy and comfortable with it.
Weird.
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IWSOTROMAB Passage (1)
This is the first passage in IWSOTROMAB. I have a lot more, but it skips too far ahead. Maybe if I stitch enough together I’ll post it up for you guys. In any case, here’s part of what I’ve been working on. [[MORE]]
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I was on the roof of my apartment building, which was annoying for a few reasons. The first of which was that I knew that it was a dream, and a recurring...
teh-covert-writer replied to your post: Alright, I’m going to try to be a little less hard…
writing is hard. plain and simple.
WHAT.
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EVERYTHING I’VE KNOWN IS A LIE.
Alright, I’m going to try to be a little less hard on myself here.
With word counts clocking in around 500 words per day, the pace for this story is set at “crawling”. Also, I’ve been skipping around every day, so there’s zero continuity. It’s a very lazy, non-committal form of writing I’ve been going at. Sort of just following my fancy.
Work has been...
I’m skipping around in this story a lot. I am normally not comfortable with that writing technique.
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Guys, I’m pretty sure this isn’t going to be a short story.
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I’m a little bummed about that, but at the same time, I really love writing this thing, so now the pressure’s off. I’m still not worrying about word count. The only thing I care...
Why,Howdy-Owdy You Do?: wordocalypse: Yeah, I... →
itsadani:
wordocalypse:
Yeah, I didn’t get any writing done today.
In my defense, I’ve been working every day since Thursday.
…
Yeah, that’s no excuse…
*off to work again*
Hey, hey, it’s okay. Writers have to eat.
Also, do you work in a place where you can keep notes in a little cashiers notebook? You can always make little story notes that way! I worked retail and I used to sketch in...
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BONUS ROUND!!!: Work scheduled me an hour later! I have driven home! TIME TO WRITE MY ASS OFF FOR 20 MINUTES!!!!!!
Edit: AND I WAS SUCCESSFUL!
579 words, and I managed to fit in almost-sex and time travel! YEAH!
Yeah, I didn’t get any writing done today.
In my defense, I’ve been working every day since Thursday.
…
Yeah, that’s no excuse…
*off to work again*
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IWSOTROMAB update
Maybe writing short stories is a bit harder than I thought.
Or maybe it’s just the fact that I originally conceived this story as something a bit longer.
I had this idea for the narrative to make it a bit more “sweeping” so that I could skip over large spaces of time, but after writing for so long now in Will’s pocket, I’m finding it hard to find the right...
fromunderthegravesofsaints.: she never made it to... →
fromunderthegravesofsaints:
random selections from an old blog circa 2008/2009:
‘if we ever changed or saved your life, know you did the same for us.’ - pete wentz, believers never die/greatest hits booklet
if i don’t make it to heaven i hope i at least get an honorable mention god knows it’ll be a hell of a time …
