Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
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“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
—Terry Pratchett
The mathematical genius Alexander Grothendieck once had a metaphor for solving problems. He suggested that instead of forcing open an impossibly hard kernel with a hammer and chisel, one should simply let it sit in water and wait. Over time, the shell softens and opens with ease. This is also true in writing; time is the only non-substitutable ingr... See more
Epiphanies Come From Waiting
"Mostly when I think of pacing, I go back to Elmore Leonard, who explained it so perfectly by saying he just left out the boring parts." - Stephen King
Seen and be seen
diva-in-distress.blogspot.com
Wandering the web stacks to improve your information diet « the jsomers.net blog
jsomers.netThe word "aptitude" is misleading,
because it implies something innate. The most powerful sort of
aptitude is a consuming interest in some question, and such interests
are often acquired tastes.
because it implies something innate. The most powerful sort of
aptitude is a consuming interest in some question, and such interests
are often acquired tastes.
What You'll Wish You'd Known
The Fierce Imagination of Haruki Murakami (Published 2011)
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