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The Need For Arbitrary Constraints
I’ve given myself the time it takes to drink an Asahi Tall Boy to write this essay. Arbitrary constraints are important. Why are they important? Cause without arbitrary constraints I’d get nothing done. Nothing. I am a lazy summofa bitch and without a deadline or social pressure, I end up excelling in the art of [...]
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca has been many things to many people. To the reading public, it is a gothic romance and ferocious tale of jealousy, betrayal, and suspense. To academics it is ripe with Freudian subtext – the younger second wife (daughter) longing for the affections of her husband (father), but envious of and intimidated by the first [...]
How Some Of Us Write
`I’ve never sat down and said to myself – “Now I’m going to write a poem!” wrote James Stephens, the Irish poet. `It really happened the other way about, and I had very little to say in the matter.` The paragraph above is taken from The Dream Mind by author of Alfie, the late Bill [...]
Writing Successful Dialogue
Dialogue in work meant to be read (as opposed to that spoken onstage) requires you to manage at least two simultaneous conversations with concentric purpose. The first, a conversation between author and reader, is the narrative. Within the narrative is a conversation between characters that the author must pass along without damaging the suspension of [...]
Seeking Inspiration
The muse is a myth. In her classical guise, she is nothing more than a comforting tale for the creatively bereft. There are no ladies, high on the crystal waters of the Castalian spring, waiting to allay your writerly angst as they gaze down upon you from Mount Parnassus with their flutes, gentle, sacred song, [...]
