Tiny Process for Writing
First Draft: say everything quickly. race to the end! Second Draft: replace pronouns with nouns, explain vagaries. Third Draft: omit needless words. and often the first paragraph. Fourth Draft: get the music of the prose right.
Anyone want to help me write a book?
First draft of a chapter for the second edition… love to get some help as I warm up. Background: we’re trying to tighten up the book so it reads more quickly and can be accessible to more people. In doing…
poetic spam
poeticspam, originally uploaded by Box and Arrow. prolonged effusion of small talk. How I wished sleep would silence mapquest italy I got on to her crib and kissed her her forehead was cold I could hardly face deleting this spam…
The Blog Unnomenon
Okay, it has been a bit of time since weblogs inc was snatched up by AOL, turning Jason Calcannis into the mover and shaker he always dreamed of, but as more and more traditional publications seek ways to incorporate blogs,…
opposites are stupid
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: The amorality of Web 2.0 “I’m all for blogs and blogging. (I’m writing this, ain’t I?) But I’m not blind to the limitations and the flaws of the blogosphere – its superficiality, its emphasis on…
blurbs and help
Blurb Gallery (via webword.com) “Surveying the variety of ways we display introductions to longer articles… I keep finding myself working on sites that have news or portal-like layouts, and each time I start from scratch thinking about how to display…
Talking About Stuff