Nov 2, 2009
“He’s a writer looking for inspiration…”
Who remembers this great movie about finding the writer’s muse?
Nov 2, 2009
It’s a Mad Men world
Here’s a not-quite-so-random thought following last night’s penultimate episode of Season 3 of Mad Men:
What if the next episode jumps as far forward in the timeline as is normally reserved for a new season?
Why? Last night’s episode was both a hard ending (Don, crushed and defeated) and a beginning (The real 1960s that got underway following the death of a president).
But the problem is, picking up a week or even a month after the events of the last episode is too soon to accommodate the massive changes to come, both in society and in Ossining.
So, my prediction, based on nothing other that a pinch of logic and a cup of wishful thinking: The final episode of Season Three jumps all the way to December, 1964.
Nov 1, 2009
In which Mr. Nabokov dissembles while moving to the couch
Somehow I’ve gotten this far in life without hearing Vladimir Nabokov’s voice or seeing him move. Oddly cartoonlike for such a wickedly good writer. I love how he’s clearly enjoying the hell out of himself here.
Nov 1, 2009
NaNoWriMo Progress, Day One
I’m almost at exactly the daily count that I need to hit if I’m going to be on track for NaNoWriMo, but I’m only about 1/3 of the way toward my Day One goal of 5,000 words. I figure that’ll be far enough in to tell whether this idea has some momentum and, if so, to give me a little buffer should things slow down as I’m told they do in week two.
UPDATE: Finished at 4,212 on the day. Not bad – more than double the average quota, though I know for certain I need to bank some excess because of the looming TedX Midatlantic, which looms in all its massive time-suckerness on Thursday.
Nov 1, 2009
“It’s all in your head, and you take your head home with you”
Nick Hornby, on writing. Thanks, PBS, for the non-embeddable clip. Skip to 5:30 to get the the good bits.
Oct 30, 2009
On writing: The guy who wrote the book
Crummy video quality, but worthwhile to hear Stephen King talk about how a story idea can just kind of appear directly in front of you.
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