Writing
It’s a curious book, not easily categorized. As the subtitle outlines, it is a collection of “brief essays,” arranged in the format of an imaginary encyclopedia, with each entry ranging from personal anecdote or recollection to etymology and jargon all the way to scientific fact and even Yiddish. These, more than anything, are poems—some of them
... See more[writing][abecedarium] cf. Tolstoy’s Calendar of Wisdom
I’ve begun experimenting with creating this ‘writers’ room’ in an app I’m building. The app does two things. First, it hierarchically summarizes large creative works so that the AI has context without being overwhelmed. This is equivalent to how you and I have a ‘picture’ of a novel in our head, and use that context to focus on how to re-write a... See more
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To Write Well with AI, Write Against It Kyle Munkittrick 5.13.2025
Write a few words at a time. Write. One sentence. A few lines at a red light. For real. A page when the kids are at school. A page on lunch break. That's all it takes. Poetry happens in the seams of life.
@SeanLemonhead 11.19.2022
@SeanLemonhead 11.19.2022
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his experimental mixing of Wordsworth's Tables Turned with Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky is a joy to behold.
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a form I turn to from time to time: a loosely structured list of associated thoughts and reflections. I’m glad this approach has resonated in the past, and I hope it does so again. I’m drawn to it, I think, because it reflects the provisional and associative nature of thinking. It also reflects the way fragments of thought, often surfaced from... See more
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chapbooks are cool, easily produced, slim volumes that harken back centuries to street pamphlet culture. A chapbook is a one sitting kind of endeavor. Also you could self publish a chap without the stigma. Chaps can be as much art projects as books.
@SeanLemonhead 11.5.2022
@SeanLemonhead 11.5.2022
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lean into macro challenges while finding the easiest way to manage micro challenges. The hour-by-hour challenge of continuing to write is less important than the month-by-month challenge of continuing to write.
Nat Eliason 6.6.2022
Nat Eliason 6.6.2022
Writing Strategies
Whether through imaginative engagement or literal neural synchrony, the psychology of narrative suggests that we crave stories aligning with how we actually think and remember. And how we think is often non-linear: full of associations, symbols, and relational webs. Thus, storytelling that “mirrors the mind” – with its tangents, recursions, and
... See moreRecombinizing: Resonances and Tensions