Here's experiment you can try for yourself. Draw a circle with 12 points on it. It'll look like a clock without numbers: Now what is the most interesting pattern you could create to get around the circle, moving the same number of spaces each time. You could move one space at a time, which gets you all … Continue reading Music Shapes
Pat Pattison has a brilliant reduction for the elements of story: Stable. Unstable . . . Pivoting between these two states is the engine of story, (excepting exceptionally dull stories). You could frame this idea as tension and release as well. A pithy saying which expresses a similar idea is; "If it can't happen (stability), … Continue reading Chord Stories (or B.E.A.D. Guides Chord Flow)
It's easy to feel frustrated, lonely and overwhelmed writing. It's a fuzzy, poorly defined project. Washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen, (both good substitutes for writing), are projects with a clear beginning, middle, and end. The details of dishwashing’s plot aren’t riveting, but are a comfort in relief to the writing’s unknown topography. Writing is … Continue reading A Better Relationship with Your Critic (Or We Both Have Great Taste!).
Yesterday I found a blog linked by Tim Ferriss, which talked about how to set up an iPhone to encourage focus, to reorganize it as a tool for my use instead of as a tool various businesses use to leech my time and attention. I've read all the literature on good habits and time management … Continue reading I want my attention back.
I’m aiming to make fewer resolutions. My resolutions are all about making myself better: I’m going to play scales on guitar for an hour everyday, or I’m going to stop looking at my phone the moment I wake up. They’re little ultimatums I lay on myself. They’re the equivalent of grounding myself or sending myself … Continue reading Sending Myself to My Room Without Dinner
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