Word of the Day
Potvaliant (adj., pot val-EEE-yant)
Brave due to and only due to the use of alcohol. This term is so wonderfully vivid that it doesn't deserve a snarky comment.
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Link of the Day
George Saunders - On Story
Writing—like all worthwhile things—is oddly self-revelatory. Write something, anything at all, and you will escape yourself and flow into the words and sentences on a page. It is intensely personal, which means that it's hard to say why writing resonates with us or how to do that kind of writing. Fortunately, George Saunders has a wonderful video to help you get started:
Note: some adult language.
There's a lot of excellent nuggets in this video. Stories have a way of going their own way and needing to do so in order to survive. Saunders' advice is well-founded.
Also, the company who did this (and my goodness, what terrific direction and effects they did!) also has a couple extras over at their website for this video. The one about the relationship between reader and writer is especially good.
VideoArtWritingGeorge SaundersGood, honest adviceFrank, his dead wife, and the baristaThis thing called life