remember that one time I took advantage of legal substances and wrote what right now I feel like is a masterpiece and will probably laugh at in the morning
yep
starting my story for this month a little close to the wire but lord knows I miss the feeling of an essay deadline for a class đ
Writing has always had a tactile quality for me. Itâs a physical experience.
Paul Auster (via teenscanwritetoo)
IBOOKS AUTHOR THO
excuse me, I need to go see about making some passive income
A speaker tells a listener what someone did to get what he wanted and why.
John Truby’s definition of a story, from The Anatomy of Story
Adjectives on a typewriter,
he moves his words like a prize fighter:
the frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell
âShadow Stabbingâ – Cake (via heezydirigible)
Much ado about tools
It’s been like an episode of the as-of-yet-nonexistent reality show “Device Swap” around here this weekend!  Jake graciously bestowed his laptop upon me, saying that while he’d love to keep it, I need it right now between starting up my consulting side business and writing so much.  So now, with this beautiful Apple keyboard that truly compels me to type, I’m starting my editing of A God Grown Old.  Slowly but surely I’m replacing all of the spots where I’d gotten lazy or couldn’t find an old reference and had to put questions marks in brackets, and going through my “Rough Draft 1” copy on my Kindle to find the highlights I’d made for awkward phrasing or concepts I need to look at again.
And seriously, this computer is awesome. I can type so fast on it. Between this generous gift and the inspiration that Bioshock Infinite has been, I should be producing volumes of work in no time…
You donât really understand an antagonist until you understand why heâs a protagonist in his own version of the world.