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Apparently blog is short for weblog.
I will now attempt to blog.
May 23, 2024 at 8:55am
May 23, 2024 at 8:55am
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According to Hemingway, all you have to do is write one true sentence, the truest sentence you know, and then go from there. The trouble is it’s harder than it sounds.

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May 23, 2024 at 8:53am
May 23, 2024 at 8:53am
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I think I’m good at writing minimally. Being direct and to the point feels natural to me. There’s a lightness to the prose when I write like this. If I try to write ‘clever’ or ‘masterful’ sentences, my head feels bogged down. I wonder if I have a very low reading and writing IQ — whatever that means. Are simple sentences all my intelligence can handle? I don’t think that’s it. When I use simple sentences, it feels as though I’m building a house, brick by brick. Each line is pulled from my head and carefully placed on the page, like little threads, and I feel my mind easing, calming, growing lighter.

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May 23, 2024 at 5:45am
May 23, 2024 at 5:45am
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I think I should write in a really casual and informal way — conversational. When I try to write formally, in the style of whichever author I’m reading at the time, all the words on the page look phoney and empty and dusty. I’m a very informal person, and every bit of writing advice starts with ‘write what you know,’ you know? I know how to chat rubbish for hours and hours, using casual — unintelligent — language. Maybe that’s what I’ll do with this blog: chat rubbish for hours and hours.

Peace.

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May 23, 2024 at 5:16am
May 23, 2024 at 5:16am
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I’m struggling with writing at the moment. I’m motivated and passionate, that’s for sure. But I keep flip-flopping between style and form. Novel? Short story? Minimalist or maximalist? I read Hemingway and that’s that: I’m writing short stories. Then I read Pratchett, and I’m banging away at the keyboard, writing a Discworld knock-off. Next minute… And so on.

It sure is difficult to stick to a style and genre with a brain as scattered as mine.

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