Tag: humor
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30 Stories, Day 17: The Standard of Living
After a political short and then two stories that were depressing as hell (“The Nightingale and the Rose” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find”)—beautiful, don’t get me wrong, but wretched—I decided Day 17 of my short-story reading would be one of the shrewd and humorous New York wit, Dorothy Parker, who is renowned […]
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Writing Challenge, Day 29: Good Idea, Bad Idea
30 Day Know Thyself Writing Challenge Day 29: What do you do while you write? Do you listen to music, watch TV, eat snacks, etc.? This is a dangerous question. Paraphrased it might read “With what sparkly trivialities do you busy yourself whilst pretending to write?” I like to think I can multi-task, but hey, […]
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Writing Challenge, Day 28: Stealing Inspiration
30 Day Know Thyself Writing Challenge Day 28: When you write, to what degree do real-life experiences serve as inspiration? So, my favorite writing teacher ever taught our English class an important lesson on the first very day. She said, to a room of eager, innocent young faces: “Boys and girls, if you want to […]
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Revision, Or: Hell & Hot Pockets
Warning: I use an uncharacteristic amount of expletives in this post. I guess I feel quite strongly about revision. 30 Day Know Thyself Writing Challenge, Day 19: Describe your revision process. Haaaahahaha…“process”. That implies organization. My revisioning is rather haphazard, actually. It’s kind of like trying to put out a fire with gasoline, and then […]