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Nov 2023
8:
Angie’s book release
Nov 2023
7:
A return of snow
Nov 2023
5:
Picking up the boy
Nov 2023
1:
A desire to write
Oct 2023
27:
Snow on the leaves
Oct 2023
26:
Ice on the creek
Oct 2023
24:
The difference of a day
Oct 2023
24:
On the Light in Oneself
Oct 2023
21:
On Presence
Oct 2023
21:
Doughnut and a new book
Oct 2023
20:
Laura’s Graduation
Oct 2023
19:
Shadows and leaves
Oct 2023
18:
Responses help your reader
Oct 2023
17:
Pause
Oct 2023
14:
Tolstoy on What is Art?
Oct 2023
13:
Fall flower
Oct 2023
12:
T-rex
Oct 2023
12:
Back pain
Oct 2023
12:
A Novel is like a party
Oct 2023
9:
Bike around Wascana
Oct 2023
8:
Thanksgiving
Oct 2023
7:
Farmer's Market and Bike Ride
Oct 2023
6:
A Pink Elephant in a Jar
Oct 2023
5:
Weird noise
Oct 2023
4:
Rainy Day and Ducks
Oct 2023
3:
Catching up
Oct 2023
2:
The challenge of new things
Oct 2023
1:
A change of season
Sep 2023
30:
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Sep 2023
29:
Mousetrap
Sep 2023
28:
Blog direction rethink
Sep 2023
27:
Second Summer
Sep 2023
26:
Recovery
Sep 2023
25:
Cabin shutdown
Sep 2023
24:
19th Birthday
Sep 2023
23:
Fall colours, a big bug, and writing in the margins
Sep 2023
22:
Dead Cells
Sep 2023
21:
It's easy to get lost some days
Sep 2023
20:
Cold days are coming (or the AI tries too hard)
Sep 2023
19:
Waterfall self-portrait
Sep 2023
18:
Ladybugs
Sep 2023
17:
Secret path
Sep 2023
16:
Skipping a day (or two)
Sep 2023
15:
Pumpkin Pie Sundae
Sep 2023
15:
Have you booked your coaching session this month?
Sep 2023
14:
No guarantees
Sep 2023
14:
What's it for?
Sep 2023
13:
Travels
Sep 2023
13:
Journey with your characters
Sep 2023
12:
Untidy
Sep 2023
12:
The lies our characters tell themselves
Sep 2023
11:
Monday morning walk
Sep 2023
11:
Trying a new thing
Sep 2023
10:
Little Alchemy
Sep 2023
10:
New Process, New You
Sep 2023
9:
Farmers' Market
Sep 2023
9:
Not deciding vs. indecision.
Sep 2023
8:
Red Berries
Sep 2023
8:
The power of the gap
Sep 2023
7:
A photo every day
Sep 2023
7:
The Creative Partnership in The Bear
Sep 2023
6:
9 Years
Sep 2023
5:
To do nothing
Sep 2023
4:
Story is about choice
Sep 2023
3:
Story is about actions
Sep 2023
2:
Before the writing begins
Sep 2023
1:
The journeys that challenge us
Aug 2023
31:
Story structure on the fourth draft
Aug 2023
30:
Doing is learning
Aug 2023
29:
The difference of a year
Aug 2023
28:
The drafts you never see
Aug 2023
27:
Seaweed
Aug 2023
26:
Make it clear
Aug 2023
25:
Clarity
Aug 2023
24:
Common questions I ask writers
Aug 2023
23:
Ten percent
Aug 2023
22:
Tightening
Aug 2023
21:
Assumptions
Aug 2023
20:
Mental models and inner conflict
Aug 2023
19:
Genre and rhyming
Aug 2023
18:
Pitch it
Aug 2023
17:
Building theme: Pick 2
Aug 2023
16:
Celebrate
Aug 2023
15:
Another tool for theme: XY Grids
Aug 2023
14:
Endings and time
Aug 2023
13:
This is a Griemas Square
Aug 2023
12:
Character moments
Aug 2023
11:
People are going to get your story wrong
Aug 2023
10:
Regrets and mistakes
Aug 2023
9:
The Fatal flaw
Aug 2023
8:
Be prepared
Aug 2023
7:
What is your bottom line?
Aug 2023
6:
The Central Question and the Role of the Story
Aug 2023
5:
Repeated viewings
Aug 2023
4:
Establish a pattern
Aug 2023
3:
The Fall
Aug 2023
2:
Changing the order
Aug 2023
1:
How COVID helped me
Jul 2023
31:
We are rooting for your characters
Jul 2023
30:
"We need it."
Jul 2023
29:
Jigsaw reading
Jul 2023
28:
5 a.m.
Jul 2023
27:
Drive for yourself
Jul 2023
26:
Use your influences
Jul 2023
25:
Feeling your story
Jul 2023
24:
Dad's Birthday
Jul 2023
23:
A quick check-in
Jul 2023
19:
Sick Days
Jul 2023
18:
Tiny Writing Habit
Jul 2023
17:
Pinch Points
Jul 2023
16:
Responding to the moment
Jul 2023
15:
Permission
Jul 2023
14:
Your outline doesn't have to be finished
Jul 2023
13:
One year
Jul 2023
12:
One year complete
Jul 2023
11:
A collection of advice that worked for me but may not work for you
Jul 2023
10:
Whittling
Jul 2023
9:
My underlying mantra of the past year
Jul 2023
8:
Finding your voice and the personal newsletter
Jul 2023
7:
Numbers don't matter. Engagement does.
Jul 2023
6:
It's not just about the writing
Jul 2023
5:
The hidden logic of Story
Jul 2023
4:
🗓️ One Year
Jul 2023
3:
How do you travel?
Jul 2023
2:
Busy work
Jul 2023
1:
Not the right ones
Jun 2023
30:
Long weekends
Jun 2023
29:
Tune into the signal
Jun 2023
28:
Structure centers us on the story map
Jun 2023
27:
Go back to your roots
Jun 2023
26:
Appreciative Joy
Jun 2023
25:
The process of the monthly newsletter
Jun 2023
24:
Plenty to choose from
Jun 2023
23:
The third pass is the most important one
Jun 2023
22:
Process
Jun 2023
21:
Stuck between story beats
Jun 2023
20:
Bounce your stories off people
Jun 2023
19:
Insecurity
Jun 2023
18:
Most problems need to be solved internally
Jun 2023
17:
Treatments and Outlines
Jun 2023
16:
Gaining control
Jun 2023
15:
Writing for the marketplace
Jun 2023
14:
The missing posts
Jun 2023
13:
Surprise and delight
Jun 2023
12:
Production costs
Jun 2023
11:
Change and control
Jun 2023
10:
Learning Curve
Jun 2023
9:
To edit, be a reader
Jun 2023
8:
Loss
Jun 2023
7:
Ways to edit
Jun 2023
6:
Containers
Jun 2023
5:
Control
Jun 2023
4:
Happiness and pain
Jun 2023
3:
Fast Fiction
Jun 2023
3:
The Questionnaire
Jun 2023
2:
Ripples in the pond
Jun 2023
1:
Mistakes happen
May 2023
31:
Pebbles
May 2023
30:
My first posts
May 2023
29:
Someone needs your words
May 2023
28:
Success online
May 2023
27:
Selling one-to-one
May 2023
26:
Reflections on the series finale of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
May 2023
25:
ACTIAMO
May 2023
24:
The riff, the atomic essay, the very short story
May 2023
23:
Failed projects
May 2023
22:
Obstacles
May 2023
21:
Inner wants shape your character's lives
May 2023
20:
The order of adjectives
May 2023
19:
My own database
May 2023
18:
The danger of writing solid characters in a murder mystery
May 2023
17:
Status, Safety, Meaning
May 2023
16:
Mountain roads
May 2023
15:
Rediscover your influences
May 2023
14:
In case of emergency
May 2023
11:
0 to 1
May 2023
10:
What is Stanford Design Thinking?
May 2023
9:
Collaborating with flawed mental models
May 2023
8:
Start small
May 2023
7:
Writers don't always get respect
May 2023
6:
James Patterson's writing process
May 2023
4:
Trusting our tools
May 2023
3:
How Collaboration Breaks Down
May 2023
2:
A trustworthy writing tool
May 2023
1:
Open to Possibility
Apr 2023
30:
Wants evolve
Apr 2023
27:
Four sentences
Apr 2023
26:
Embrace collaboration
Apr 2023
25:
Yourself and others
Apr 2023
24:
The more I write...
Apr 2023
23:
Writing is a tension
Apr 2023
22:
What are you giving people?
Apr 2023
21:
The hardest thing
Apr 2023
20:
Who do you write for?
Apr 2023
19:
The need to write
Apr 2023
18:
Connection
Apr 2023
17:
Looking at the sky
Apr 2023
14:
The cold cabin
Apr 2023
13:
You don’t have to go it alone.
Apr 2023
12:
Storybuilding is a rehearsal
Apr 2023
11:
You’re never alone in your writing
Apr 2023
10:
Which one are you making?
Apr 2023
8:
What works for me may not work for you
Apr 2023
7:
Start with nothing
Apr 2023
6:
Momentum
Apr 2023
5:
How many?
Apr 2023
4:
Writing books and selling books
Apr 2023
3:
Story structure as a guide
Apr 2023
2:
Imperfections make a character
Apr 2023
1:
⏳ Peak Decade
Mar 2023
31:
What could someone do?
Mar 2023
30:
"How do you write it?"
Mar 2023
29:
Process over tools
Mar 2023
28:
Empathy instead of Authenticity
Mar 2023
27:
Writing in bed
Mar 2023
26:
In two days, I will be 50
Mar 2023
25:
Moving day
Mar 2023
24:
We received a City of Regina Book of the Year nomination
Mar 2023
23:
Your reader wants you to show up
Mar 2023
22:
Rewriting is a gift to your reader
Mar 2023
21:
The gift of feedback
Mar 2023
20:
Listening to my heart
Mar 2023
18:
Daydream
Mar 2023
17:
Things I need to remind myself about
Mar 2023
16:
More than writing
Mar 2023
15:
Do you know who's telling your story?
Mar 2023
14:
A few thoughts on inspiration
Mar 2023
13:
Inside or out?
Mar 2023
12:
Edges of a character’s goal
Mar 2023
11:
People are watching
Mar 2023
10:
Reflecting on Meteorite
Mar 2023
9:
Hello 7/8s and 5/6s
Mar 2023
8:
Open for business
Mar 2023
7:
The map is not the territory
Mar 2023
6:
Bernadette Mayer's Four Hours
Mar 2023
5:
What happens if you miss a few days?
Mar 2023
2:
You decide the pace
Mar 2023
1:
The struggle to share
Feb 2023
28:
Get the order right
Feb 2023
27:
"Don't you run out of ideas?"
Feb 2023
26:
Empty words
Feb 2023
25:
Who are you writing for?
Feb 2023
24:
AI is here, and it’s stealing our jobs
Feb 2023
23:
Replacing bad habits
Feb 2023
22:
Growth
Feb 2023
21:
Forgetting
Feb 2023
20:
Don’t hide in the Gaps
Feb 2023
19:
Every story has its own internal structure
Feb 2023
18:
Be Bored
Feb 2023
17:
I didn’t want to write yesterday’s blog post
Feb 2023
16:
1 minute work day
Feb 2023
15:
Don't forget to say thank you
Feb 2023
14:
Rethinking Needs vs Wants
Feb 2023
13:
The cover letter is redundant
Feb 2023
12:
AI is here to stay
Feb 2023
11:
AI is a tool
Feb 2023
10:
All the rules and none of the rules and somewhere in-between
Feb 2023
9:
What you want and what you get
Feb 2023
8:
How do you want to live?
Feb 2023
6:
Write joyfully
Feb 2023
4:
Change through choice
Feb 2023
3:
Your writing is about choice
Feb 2023
2:
Tomorrow
Feb 2023
1:
⏰ The ticking clock
Jan 2023
31:
Sit down and write
Jan 2023
30:
1 out of 365
Jan 2023
29:
A corner of the kitchen table
Jan 2023
28:
Responsibilities
Jan 2023
27:
We all have something going on
Jan 2023
26:
Patience
Jan 2023
25:
Story sometimes starts as doodles
Jan 2023
24:
Jigsaw
Jan 2023
23:
Practice and remember
Jan 2023
22:
Share and listen
Jan 2023
21:
Manage your time
Jan 2023
20:
Stories take time
Jan 2023
19:
Rubik’s Cube
Jan 2023
18:
Collaborate with the world
Jan 2023
17:
Everything is a remix
Jan 2023
16:
Meteorite
Jan 2023
15:
When the story doesn't work
Jan 2023
14:
Strategies to help with endings
Jan 2023
13:
Fifty words are only a start
Jan 2023
12:
Six months
Jan 2023
11:
Stopping early
Jan 2023
10:
50 Words
Jan 2023
8:
Tension in the subtext
Jan 2023
7:
Focus through the edit
Jan 2023
6:
Embrace uncertainty
Jan 2023
5:
Getting better
Jan 2023
4:
The One in Charge of Elastic Bands
Jan 2023
3:
In moments of release
Jan 2023
2:
Skating with joy
Jan 2023
1:
🎉 My most resonant thing of 2022
Dec 2022
31:
Drip by drip
Dec 2022
30:
Make them struggle
Dec 2022
29:
Give Characters Goals
Dec 2022
28:
Write regularly
Dec 2022
27:
My Fiction Writing Manifesto
Dec 2022
25:
Let yourself have fun
Dec 2022
24:
Time, patience, and showing up
Dec 2022
23:
One of the unlucky
Dec 2022
22:
Problem Solvers
Dec 2022
21:
Bad versions are allowed
Dec 2022
20:
You might get it wrong
Dec 2022
19:
I remember
Dec 2022
18:
Storytelling is about patterns
Dec 2022
17:
How do you form a story?
Dec 2022
16:
What if…?
Dec 2022
15:
Some days, the writing won’t come.
Dec 2022
14:
It’s always a daily challenge
Dec 2022
13:
Don’t rush it
Dec 2022
11:
Let words spark
Dec 2022
10:
When you find you are struggling with your writing
Dec 2022
9:
Tension, not conflict
Dec 2022
8:
Outline as your life journey
Dec 2022
7:
Showing up and sticking with it
Dec 2022
6:
Be easy on yourself
Dec 2022
4:
Let your reader settle in
Dec 2022
3:
End of the day
Dec 2022
2:
Fill the black hole with consistency
Dec 2022
1:
Savour one thing
Nov 2022
30:
Rest, but only for a bit
Nov 2022
29:
The not-always-obvious song
Nov 2022
28:
A Snow Tale
Nov 2022
27:
The safe path of story
Nov 2022
26:
Teaching taste
Nov 2022
25:
Just how terribly wrong can it go?
Nov 2022
24:
Transitive verbs
Nov 2022
23:
What is the simplest action?
Nov 2022
22:
What is Die Hard about?
Nov 2022
21:
A Weight on His Shoulders
Nov 2022
20:
Vibe, tension, and resonance
Nov 2022
19:
There’s more to writing than writing
Nov 2022
18:
Skip it
Nov 2022
17:
Housework is like junk food
Nov 2022
16:
Do you like writing?
Nov 2022
15:
20 ideas
Nov 2022
14:
After the movie
Nov 2022
13:
Nobody knows anything...still
Nov 2022
12:
Write for others. Write for yourself.
Nov 2022
11:
Try, try again
Nov 2022
10:
Front Garden/Back Garden
Nov 2022
9:
Where are we going?
Nov 2022
8:
Give yourself time
Nov 2022
7:
The Owl
Nov 2022
6:
Get the best people
Nov 2022
5:
Chase your interests
Nov 2022
4:
Don’t let your circumstances be your excuse
Nov 2022
3:
Showing up is a skill
Nov 2022
2:
Mistakes aren't the end of the world
Nov 2022
1:
The stuff you don't hear about
Oct 2022
31:
Dead Bees
Oct 2022
30:
Tell us what’s in your head
Oct 2022
29:
Keep a list of ideas on your calendar
Oct 2022
28:
Learn to outline
Oct 2022
27:
Save your scraps
Oct 2022
26:
Do you know who you are writing for?
Oct 2022
25:
Play on the page
Oct 2022
24:
Mathuin's bear
Oct 2022
23:
At the start, write
Oct 2022
22:
Get it on the page
Oct 2022
21:
Face the fear
Oct 2022
20:
The scent of cinnamon
Oct 2022
19:
Learn to cut
Oct 2022
18:
The Basics of WOARO and Story
Oct 2022
17:
The Picnic
Oct 2022
16:
There are no rules
Oct 2022
15:
Does your grammar suck?
Oct 2022
14:
Feedback sucks
Oct 2022
13:
Start now
Oct 2022
12:
Write it anyway
Oct 2022
11:
Story is about interruption
Oct 2022
10:
The Sedge
Oct 2022
9:
Story is About Struggle
Oct 2022
8:
An argument against the smooth read
Oct 2022
7:
Smooth down the edges.
Oct 2022
6:
Random Word Generator
Oct 2022
5:
Closing the loop
Oct 2022
4:
In search of closed actions
Oct 2022
3:
An Empty House in the Dark Woods
Oct 2022
2:
Proofreading hints
Oct 2022
1:
81
Sep 2022
30:
The Intention of Action and Dialogue
Sep 2022
29:
Practice Makes Better
Sep 2022
28:
Character descriptions in scripts
Sep 2022
27:
Know when to stop
Sep 2022
26:
Beneath the ferns
Sep 2022
25:
Want as Desire and Need
Sep 2022
24:
Letting go
Sep 2022
23:
Status
Sep 2022
22:
Creative inspiration doesn’t magically appear.
Sep 2022
21:
Repetition and TUTs
Sep 2022
20:
Focus on one thing.
Sep 2022
19:
A Moveable Rock
Sep 2022
18:
Making mistakes
Sep 2022
17:
An Ongoing List to Generate Story Ideas
Sep 2022
16:
Pushing the limits of story
Sep 2022
15:
When the audience misinterprets our work
Sep 2022
14:
Two months
Sep 2022
13:
Reading to others
Sep 2022
12:
The Water Bearer's Weight
Sep 2022
11:
Move through your descriptions
Sep 2022
10:
The inner want of control
Sep 2022
9:
The obstacle of self-identity
Sep 2022
8:
Arguing with the audience
Sep 2022
7:
The triangle of story.
Sep 2022
6:
Story is about change.
Sep 2022
5:
Journey’s End
Sep 2022
4:
Should I buy this writing book?
Sep 2022
3:
The hard part of writing
Sep 2022
2:
What needs to stay or go
Sep 2022
1:
Does there always have to be conflict?
Aug 2022
31:
Finding the intention of want
Aug 2022
30:
More about your character’s spine
Aug 2022
29:
The Fallen Tower
Aug 2022
28:
A character’s objectives and spine
Aug 2022
27:
Units and objectives
Aug 2022
26:
Keep it simple
Aug 2022
25:
Keep action and response on the page
Aug 2022
24:
Character is Action
Aug 2022
23:
What does your character want?
Aug 2022
22:
The Fire and the Mist
Aug 2022
21:
Want, Need, and Desire
Aug 2022
20:
Story beats
Aug 2022
19:
The danger of setting up your story
Aug 2022
18:
Your character already wants something
Aug 2022
17:
Exploring Action
Aug 2022
16:
Learning to fail
Aug 2022
15:
North
Aug 2022
14:
Thoughts on posting every day for the past month
Aug 2022
13:
NORTAV and action/response links
Aug 2022
12:
The Internal Response of Emotion and Thoughts
Aug 2022
11:
The Action/Response link
Aug 2022
10:
The Missing Elements: Emotion and Showing
Aug 2022
9:
WOARO
Aug 2022
8:
Slipping
Aug 2022
7:
The Only Story Formula You’ll Ever Need to Master
Aug 2022
6:
Collaborating with Angie
Aug 2022
5:
Questions raised by “The Science of Storytelling” and Hemingway’s Short Stories
Aug 2022
4:
Character, MICE, and the Science of Storytelling
Aug 2022
3:
My Writing Habit for these Blog Posts
Aug 2022
2:
Getting rid of glue words
Aug 2022
1:
Millions of Stars
Jul 2022
31:
Find the Center of Gravity
Jul 2022
30:
How to write a funeral speech
Jul 2022
29:
Back-dating my posts
Jul 2022
28:
How I became a writing coaching
Jul 2022
27:
Morning Pages
Jul 2022
26:
Take something off the shelf
Jul 2022
25:
The Circle
Jul 2022
24:
Interrupting Routines
Jul 2022
23:
Using Reincorporation to Shape Your Story
Jul 2022
22:
Reincorporation: a trick for getting unstuck
Jul 2022
21:
A three act structure for short fiction
Jul 2022
20:
Try/Fail cycles for conflict
Jul 2022
19:
The MICE quotient and nesting boxes
Jul 2022
18:
The burning sands
Jul 2022
17:
Travel days are the worst for me.
Jul 2022
16:
How to skip a day of posting to your blog
Jul 2022
15:
One way I worked through writer’s block
Jul 2022
14:
Why I teach
Jul 2022
13:
Early Takeaways from The 22 Laws of Digital Writing
Jul 2022
10:
Another day at the office
Jul 2022
7:
It’s been a while.
Jul 2022
3:
Arthur's Dream
Jun 2022
29:
Pushing through work
Apr 2022
22:
I haven't been around in a while.
Mar 2022
16:
✋ Saying No
Mar 2022
2:
📝 Showing up
Feb 2022
16:
💪 Small shovelfuls
Feb 2022
1:
✍️ Learning to write again
Jan 2022
18:
Who do you write for?
Jan 2022
12:
The Blue Butterflies
Jan 2022
2:
The case of the all-consuming holiday
Dec 2021
26:
Make the writing better
Dec 2021
26:
Devil’s Dive
Dec 2021
22:
📚 A sci-fi Christmas Story
Dec 2021
22:
Thomas vs. the reindeer
Dec 2021
19:
👋 Hello again
Dec 2021
19:
Blizzard
Dec 2021
15:
Among the trees
Dec 2021
15:
On Hiatus: Story time
Dec 2021
12:
On Hiatus: Still not a newsletter
Dec 2021
7:
On Hiatus: Hello from the other side
Dec 2021
7:
How I became a writer
Dec 2021
1:
Full stop
Nov 2021
24:
Offering our books online
Nov 2021
21:
A few thoughts on Dune
Nov 2021
21:
Brains are eaten by zombies
Nov 2021
17:
Dealing with self-sabotage
Nov 2021
10:
5 Essential Books on Screenwriting
Nov 2021
3:
Resources to make your writing less sticky
Nov 2021
2:
"People like us do things like this."
Nov 2021
1:
Early reflections on time blocking
Oct 2021
31:
Notes from Ludwig
Oct 2021
29:
Build your own fiction quadrant
Oct 2021
28:
Let yourself look stupid to learn
Oct 2021
27:
Finding the time to write
Oct 2021
27:
Fiction Lessons from Technical Writing
Oct 2021
26:
Amplify your strengths
Oct 2021
23:
Creative platform vs. Personal Brand
Oct 2021
21:
How stores trick you into buying more things
Oct 2021
21:
Operate from your truth
Oct 2021
20:
Five thoughts on outlining
Oct 2021
20:
The architect and the gardener
Oct 2021
19:
Characteristics vs. Traits
Oct 2021
15:
Mark Ruffalo on his big break
Oct 2021
14:
'Does the Dog Die?'
Oct 2021
13:
Building your audience
Oct 2021
12:
F*** up together
Oct 2021
6:
Can you make a living as an author?
Sep 2021
29:
How to sell your books without feeling like trash
Sep 2021
24:
Rhyming
Sep 2021
22:
Advice to move past a creative block
Sep 2021
22:
Tim Ferris on Feedback
Sep 2021
15:
Learn from the pros
Sep 2021
8:
Let your writing marinate
Sep 2021
3:
This isn’t the newsletter
Aug 2021
27:
The Good Stuff Stays
Aug 2021
20:
The Silence
Aug 2021
20:
The danger of simplicity
Aug 2021
20:
Can story exist without conflict?
Aug 2021
19:
It’s about the paperclips
Aug 2021
18:
Being Jupiter, Conflict, and Doing Nothing
Aug 2021
16:
Story is not plot.
Aug 2021
13:
Going all in.
Aug 2021
6:
Make it happen
Jul 2021
30:
Are we getting less creative?
Jul 2021
26:
QotW: Immediate understanding
Jul 2021
23:
Did we make the right decision?
Jul 2021
22:
Did we make the right decision to quit selling through Amazon?
Jul 2021
19:
QotW: Helpful advice
Jul 2021
16:
Within walking distance
Jul 2021
13:
QotW: Big Projects
Jul 2021
9:
Be curious
Jul 2021
9:
Comments are now open
Jul 2021
4:
Seeking a better path
Jun 2021
25:
Some things end, some things change
Jun 2021
25:
I wrote a new story every day for 31 days. This is what I learned.
Jun 2021
24:
Moments Pass Like These
Jun 2021
22:
Western Red Lilies
Jun 2021
21:
Skyline
Jun 2021
20:
The Man on the Hill
Jun 2021
19:
The Bridge
Jun 2021
18:
The HPI
Jun 2021
18:
Trying my best
Jun 2021
17:
A Visitor in the House
Jun 2021
16:
Cabin in the Woods
Jun 2021
15:
The Whooping Crane
Jun 2021
14:
The Busy Highway
Jun 2021
13:
Cat
Jun 2021
13:
More thoughts on collaboration
Jun 2021
12:
Upping my Collaboration Game
Jun 2021
12:
Message
Jun 2021
11:
The Light-keeper
Jun 2021
11:
Be True to Yourself
Jun 2021
10:
The Beeyard
Jun 2021
10:
This one tactic improved my stories
Jun 2021
9:
Canola Field Comet
Jun 2021
8:
These Things Happen
Jun 2021
7:
VCR
Jun 2021
6:
Twenty Years
Jun 2021
5:
The Wish
Jun 2021
4:
Northern Lights
Jun 2021
4:
Why my story failed
Jun 2021
4:
Writing leads to more writing
Jun 2021
3:
Jellyfish
Jun 2021
2:
Ten Minutes
Jun 2021
1:
The Findings of Merril Boyd
May 2021
31:
Surrender
May 2021
31:
Why I wrote a story a day
May 2021
30:
Waiting
May 2021
29:
Polaroid
May 2021
28:
The Rocks
May 2021
28:
Another Weekly Newsletter?
May 2021
27:
The Pilot
May 2021
27:
Dealing with the Jealousy Alarm
May 2021
26:
The Note
May 2021
25:
Why the new stories lately?
May 2021
25:
Mud Pot
May 2021
24:
“What the hell is going on?”
May 2021
21:
Where I’ve been
May 2021
21:
Creation, not consumption
May 2021
19:
Getting Older and Slower
May 2021
18:
Coming back to work
Apr 2021
1:
23/ Stretched thin and moving forward
Mar 2021
24:
Why is this particular character on this journey?
Mar 2021
11:
The Rule of Threes, Conflict, and Starting Your Story
Mar 2021
1:
22/ Blogging is my Hobby
Feb 2021
27:
More than One Want
Feb 2021
27:
Old Posts
Feb 2021
22:
Breaking the Website, Breaking the Book
Feb 2021
19:
Story Maps
Feb 2021
16:
You’ll get through it
Feb 2021
12:
100 Attempts
Feb 2021
12:
Becoming a Streamer
Feb 2021
12:
My March Challenge
Feb 2021
9:
Make your story (and marketing) rhyme
Feb 2021
8:
What I want to do around here
Feb 2021
7:
On Canoeing
Feb 2021
7:
Reader Error
Feb 2021
6:
The Continuum of Long Term
Feb 2021
5:
Imposter Syndrome
Feb 2021
5:
Listen for the music
Feb 2021
5:
Notes on “The Calculus of Grit”
Feb 2021
5:
21/ Tiny Notes
Feb 2021
3:
Tea Time
Feb 2021
2:
Log Jams and the Creativity Faucet
Feb 2021
1:
Thoughts on edits after the fact
Jan 2021
31:
Low stakes
Jan 2021
30:
New site, new changes
Jan 2021
21:
To Kate
Jan 2021
20:
The Harold
Dec 2020
31:
20/ New Directions
Dec 2020
22:
Stability
Dec 2020
21:
250 Words
Dec 2020
20:
19/ Looking Past the Boundaries
Dec 2020
19:
Forced constraints
Dec 2020
18:
Friday Links - Dec 18, 2020
Dec 2020
16:
Experience with Tools
Dec 2020
15:
Cahlak
Dec 2020
14:
Ludwig
Dec 2020
13:
18/ Stack the Keyboard
Dec 2020
11:
Friday Links - Dec 11, 2020
Dec 2020
8:
Found this in a local store today
Dec 2020
6:
17/ Somewhere in Between
Dec 2020
4:
Friday Links - Dec 4, 2020
Dec 2020
2:
Daily Marginalia
Nov 2020
29:
Weird Experiments
Nov 2020
29:
Victor Frankl and “Between Stimulus and Response“
Nov 2020
29:
Zettelkasten
Nov 2020
29:
16/ Prisencolinensinainciusol
Nov 2020
27:
Friday Links - Nov 27, 2020
Nov 2020
26:
Metaphor Trees
Nov 2020
26:
Name changes
Nov 2020
22:
15/ The 5 Writing Books That Defined My Writing Journey
Nov 2020
21:
Digital Gardens and Note-taking
Nov 2020
20:
A city is not a tree and WOARO
Nov 2020
20:
Friday Links - Nov 20, 2020
Nov 2020
19:
An exercise in values
Nov 2020
17:
A Slip-box for Fiction
Nov 2020
17:
Know the rule to break it
Nov 2020
15:
14/ Weekly Dispatch
Nov 2020
14:
Exploration of ideas
Nov 2020
14:
Creating a Satisfying and Artistic Reveal
Nov 2020
13:
Recognition and action
Nov 2020
13:
Friday Links - Nov 13, 2020
Nov 2020
13:
If you think its ugly now
Nov 2020
11:
Tales End Story Cubes Nicole Donut and Learning
Nov 2020
9:
Daily Journals leading to Digital Gardens
Nov 2020
9:
Engaging with my website
Nov 2020
9:
Waves, Life, and Death
Nov 2020
8:
The value of holding onto your links
Nov 2020
8:
13/ Daily Writing
Nov 2020
7:
More reflections on David’s Daily Journal
Nov 2020
6:
Friday Links - Nov 6, 2020
Nov 2020
5:
Lovecraft
Nov 2020
5:
Cory Doctorow and Daily Links
Nov 2020
5:
Radon
Nov 2020
5:
Austin Kleon
Nov 2020
1:
What was Daily Marginalia?
Nov 2020
1:
12/ No more excuses
Oct 2020
25:
11/ Working over time
Oct 2020
18:
10/ Grammar Rules
Oct 2020
11:
9/ Emphatic Text
Oct 2020
4:
8/ A Beginner’s Guide to Screenwriting
Sep 2020
27:
Story Gardening
Sep 2020
27:
7/ Growing your ideas
Sep 2020
20:
6/ Tools of the Trade
Sep 2020
13:
5/ Emotional Work
Sep 2020
6:
4/ Working past the edges
Aug 2020
30:
3/ Room to Roam
Aug 2020
28:
Teach to Learn
Aug 2020
23:
Marketing Failures
Aug 2020
23:
2/ (Un)Structure
Aug 2020
16:
The Source
Aug 2020
16:
1/ A New Newsletter
Aug 2020
9:
What's left behind
Aug 2020
2:
A Tool Against Writer’s Block
Jul 2020
26:
WOARO
Jul 2020
20:
A Change of Schedule
Jul 2020
19:
Why Immediate Fiction is one of the best writing books of all time
Jul 2020
12:
Why we left Amazon
May 2020
26:
The beginning of new things
May 2020
26:
But We Do it Anyway
Feb 2018
21:
Books like Beer
Apr 2017
30:
Thank you—We won the SBA First Book Award
Apr 2017
17:
No paparazzi
Dec 2016
9:
Ask For What You Want
Dec 2016
9:
Ask For What You Want
Dec 2016
5:
Friends, Family, and Fans
Feb 2016
23:
Party in the front, business in the back
Feb 2016
6:
First Week Back
Jan 2016
13:
Change
Jan 2016
6:
Less Blogging. More Doing.
Dec 2015
8:
The In-Betweens
Dec 2015
2:
Selling Myself
Aug 2015
7:
Starting Fresh
Apr 2015
28:
David's Class Review - Winter 2015
Feb 2015
6:
David's Favourite Books of 2014
Jan 2015
8:
A Concrete Process
Dec 2014
11:
A Beekeeper's Summer
Dec 2014
9:
How I Schedule My Week
Dec 2014
5:
Four Reflections on Craft
Jan 2014
13:
Word Count and Benchmarks
Mar 2013
27:
Moving again
Sep 2012
18:
The Final 15
Sep 2012
4:
Something New
Apr 2012
19:
Hillman Curtis
Feb 2012
11:
Considering New Rules for Scriptwriting
Jan 2012
25:
Atul Gawande on death
Jan 2012
25:
All Moved In
Jan 2012
23:
Hometown winner
Jan 2012
23:
On natural organization and Desire Paths
Jan 2012
16:
Tom Carson talking about Steve McQueen's Shame
Jan 2012
11:
New beginnings, delivered by scriptogr.am
Jan 2012
7:
The Furious Explosion
Dec 2011
8:
Tiny Tilt-Shift Athens
Dec 2011
5:
How the Cosmonaut is Made
Dec 2011
1:
Jason Fried on mornings
Dec 2011
1:
The Broken Manifesto
Nov 2011
29:
Little Printer
Nov 2011
8:
A little of column A, B, and C
Oct 2011
30:
Tiny Homes as Punk Rock
Oct 2011
29:
Don’t Make it Suck: Clarity and the Reader
Oct 2011
28:
On the next step after failure
Oct 2011
27:
The Test and the Call
Oct 2011
22:
Clean Lines of Action
Oct 2011
22:
(be productive) x (do the stuff you love)
Oct 2011
22:
Cause and Effect in Shots
Oct 2011
21:
Writing is an action
Oct 2011
17:
What makes a writer?
Oct 2011
10:
Bakhtin on the Chronotope
Oct 2011
10:
Dr. Peter King on the Chronotope
Oct 2011
10:
What's the difference...
Oct 2011
8:
Hemingway on trying
Oct 2011
7:
The devil is in the details
Oct 2011
7:
Writing is a response to life
Oct 2011
7:
Twitter is like a river...
Oct 2011
7:
To understand what I did
Oct 2011
6:
On subtext
Oct 2011
6:
The Eulogy for my dad, Charles Gane
Oct 2011
5:
Jared Gyoerick on the moment
Oct 2011
5:
A Redditor commenting on the passing of Steve Jobs
Sep 2011
27:
Nirav Christophe on the moment
Sep 2011
24:
Writing from reality
Sep 2011
23:
Andrew Byrom on constraints
Sep 2011
20:
Readings
Sep 2011
18:
Eric Kim on Henri Cartier-Bresson
May 2011
27:
David Jury on Rules
May 2011
27:
The Sum Total of Choices and Decisions
May 2011
27:
Excuse me while I go have nightmares
May 2011
25:
Adam Gopnik on contraptions
May 2011
23:
Mental Movies
May 2011
10:
Kent Nichols on Audience
May 2011
10:
Sound Familiar
May 2011
9:
On anticipating the reader
May 2011
9:
On Craft
May 2011
9:
Jonah Lehrer on Practice
May 2011
9:
On Agile Design
May 2011
9:
On Interruptions
May 2011
9:
On being more than the sum
May 2011
9:
On Time
May 2011
9:
On Art during Crisis
Apr 2011
28:
On ramifications
Apr 2011
28:
On theme
Apr 2011
25:
Handmade Clocks by Lurearts Pottery
Apr 2011
19:
Screenwriting Tip #601
Apr 2011
12:
The Cosmonaut: the wide-grip stylus for touch screens
Mar 2011
26:
Be the one to tell your story
Mar 2011
26:
Ask yourself...
Mar 2011
26:
Genius
Mar 2011
26:
Richard Conniff on great ideas
Mar 2011
25:
William Morris on resistance
Mar 2011
25:
ReDesign Haiku
Mar 2011
24:
On Competence
Mar 2011
24:
Rubber Duck Outlining
Mar 2011
24:
Paul Isakson on hard Work
Mar 2011
22:
On Fiction and Documentaries
Mar 2011
22:
Casey Donahue on Connectivity
Mar 2011
22:
Hillman Curtis's “Embrace“
Mar 2011
21:
Edwidge Danticat Rewrite method
Mar 2011
21:
Caterina Fake on Celeste Albaret
Mar 2011
20:
Wagstaff on the time to read a script
Mar 2011
17:
John Hillcoat on movie budgets
Mar 2011
17:
David Thompson on the culture of acting
Mar 2011
15:
On how to make oatmeal
Mar 2011
15:
John Sculley on Steve Jobs
Mar 2011
14:
Matt Haughey on weight loss
Mar 2011
14:
Study Finds Alzheimer may be misdiagnosed
Mar 2011
14:
D.I.Y Planner on Sketch Journaling
Mar 2011
13:
Todd Zaki Warfel on prototypes
Mar 2011
12:
I am guilty of this
Mar 2011
11:
Matt Might on Thesis Statement
Mar 2011
11:
Jonathan Demme on expectations
Mar 2011
10:
Number 2 on Glasers List
Mar 2011
10:
Jeff Bridges on Starting Over
Mar 2011
10:
On Having Talent
Mar 2011
9:
Rob Wallin on Consumers and Producers
Mar 2011
8:
An incredible urge
Mar 2011
5:
Francis Ford Coppola on the Future of Filmmaking in 1990
Mar 2011
5:
The Red Shovel
Mar 2011
5:
Peter Jackson on Digital Filmmaking
Mar 2011
5:
From a student
Mar 2011
2:
Glen Hansard on the Making of Once
Mar 2011
2:
Why Horror is heartbreaking
Mar 2011
1:
When sports make for interesting new ideas
Feb 2011
28:
Frank Darabont's description in Shawshank Redemption
Feb 2011
28:
Mystery Man on writing action
Feb 2011
28:
Sean Flanigan on process
Feb 2011
28:
On Accident
Feb 2011
27:
Writing with light
Feb 2011
26:
Writing Tip
Feb 2011
23:
Zack Stentz on Interaction
Jan 2011
15:
Where it falls apart
Nov 2010
28:
Essay Writing
Oct 2010
13:
Leonard Shelby from “Memento”
Jul 2010
2:
Damon Lindelof on writing the Star Trek Sequel
Jul 2010
2:
Jay and Mark Duplass on being yourself
Jun 2010
10:
What is your lineage
Jun 2010
10:
In Preparation for Summer
Jun 2010
7:
The process takes time and patience
Jun 2010
4:
Monsters
May 2010
27:
Underwear
May 2010
21:
Go For Launch
May 2010
20:
The Silent House
May 2010
19:
Maxim Zhestkov
May 2010
19:
The CEOs Wall
May 2010
19:
The Last Ten Percent
May 2010
18:
Are Excellent Presentations Hurting Us
May 2010
17:
Cannonballs
May 2010
17:
Ellen Lupton on Listening
Apr 2010
27:
The New Social Scene
Apr 2010
24:
Movies I’ve Watched Recently
Apr 2010
18:
The Process Police
Apr 2010
17:
Clay Shirky on Working Simply
Apr 2010
17:
Tim Ferris on perfection
Apr 2010
16:
Donald Miller on Story
Apr 2010
13:
Exist in the present continuous tense
Apr 2010
10:
Breaking Upwards
Mar 2010
28:
Philip Bloom Films on the Canon
Mar 2010
27:
I Had the Time
Mar 2010
24:
David Mamet's Master Class Memo
Mar 2010
9:
You Ain't Going to Need It
Mar 2010
9:
Movies I've Watched Recently
Sep 2009
18:
The Cult of Done
Sep 2009
5:
The Adventure
Sep 2009
5:
Jason Reitman on Directing
Aug 2009
30:
Sacrifice
Aug 2009
27:
Sketching with a Sharpie
Aug 2009
27:
Do the Dishes
Aug 2009
25:
Design Club
May 2009
14:
Too Much
May 2009
1:
Good Journeys
May 2009
1:
Knowing Your Limits
Apr 2009
27:
The Genius of Later
Apr 2009
16:
Herb Kelleher on Strategic Plans
Apr 2009
15:
To you, the one not writing
Apr 2009
7:
Priorities and Sacrifice
Apr 2009
2:
Get Out of Your Own Way
Mar 2009
27:
The Most Important Step
Mar 2009
24:
Remarkable Stories
Mar 2009
23:
When we lose faith, we forget
Mar 2009
19:
The Only Choice
Mar 2009
15:
Timing
Mar 2009
10:
The Right Time
Mar 2009
9:
Finishing
Mar 2009
4:
Sink or Swim
Mar 2009
3:
Your one big huge talent
Mar 2009
2:
The Greatest Fail
Feb 2009
28:
"It's not there"
Feb 2009
27:
Reiterate and Refine
Feb 2009
26:
Write Bad Stuff
Feb 2009
25:
Enjoy It
Feb 2009
16:
The Love Post
Feb 2009
14:
What's your reason for not writing?
Feb 2009
13:
The Simple Fact
Feb 2009
12:
Writing and Writing Well
Feb 2009
10:
"I don't think it's working"
Feb 2009
1:
Possibility
Feb 2009
1:
I am telling you what you already know
Jan 2009
30:
Stop Being an Idiot
Jan 2009
30:
Writing Books
Jan 2009
29:
Why are you writing?
Jan 2009
20:
Now
Jan 2009
20:
Your Next Action
Jan 2009
19:
The In-Between Time
Jan 2009
9:
The Void
Jan 2009
8:
The Creative Habit
Jan 2009
5:
Let’s Bake a Cake
Jan 2009
1:
Today (part 2)
Dec 2008
31:
1 Page a day equals 3 Scripts
Dec 2008
31:
The Pain of a mistake
Dec 2008
30:
Screw up
Dec 2008
29:
Just write
Dec 2008
24:
Resisting Structure
Dec 2008
23:
Quit making excuses
Dec 2008
18:
Your Choice
Dec 2008
16:
Breaking the Story
Dec 2008
15:
The Irving
Dec 2008
11:
2 Years
Dec 2008
10:
Flirting with Breaks
Dec 2008
9:
The First Thing to Go
Dec 2008
8:
Why are you still trying to write?
Dec 2008
5:
Friday Links - December 5
Dec 2008
4:
This is for when there is nothing
Dec 2008
3:
Why the Writer Crossed the Road
Dec 2008
2:
A Part of the Process
Dec 2008
1:
Friday Links
Dec 2008
1:
Life Work
Nov 2008
30:
The Stakes
Nov 2008
27:
10,000 hours
Nov 2008
26:
Why aren’t you writing
Nov 2008
16:
The Great Debate
Sep 2008
3:
More
Aug 2008
28:
What is an Action?
Aug 2008
27:
My definition of an act…
Aug 2008
23:
Don't make it difficult
Aug 2008
13:
One of those days...
Aug 2008
12:
Old Projects
Aug 2008
12:
Flights of the Imagination
Aug 2008
7:
Results
Aug 2008
6:
Bayles and Orland on Quality versus Quantity
Aug 2008
5:
Architectural Change
Aug 2008
5:
Let it go
Aug 2008
4:
Sounds like a writer’s problem
Jul 2008
30:
Scammy
Jul 2008
30:
Action
Jul 2008
29:
One-Eighty
Jul 2008
28:
Why aren’t you doing the work
Jul 2008
28:
Advice to the Amateur Writer
Jul 2008
28:
The Work Week
Jul 2008
28:
Don't be this beaver
Jul 2008
27:
How to find the Time to Write
Jul 2008
27:
Numbers
Jun 2008
25:
Fill it with New Discoveries
Jun 2008
20:
Every Day
Jun 2008
19:
Are You Adding to the Noise?
Jun 2008
7:
(This is not) The Test
Jun 2008
4:
Noise and Signal
Jun 2008
3:
The Rules
Jun 2008
2:
Not Writing
May 2008
28:
Tricks and Rules
May 2008
27:
Delays
May 2008
23:
20 Handy Excuses for Any Writer to Use
May 2008
22:
0 to 120
May 2008
21:
Mistakes
May 2008
20:
Partnerships
May 2008
19:
Fuzzy Lines
May 2008
16:
My King Dilemma
May 2008
15:
Connecting the Dots
May 2008
14:
Dad Gone Mad
May 2008
12:
Today
May 2008
12:
Writing and Rewriting and Rewriting
May 2008
11:
Lost objects and bubbling up
May 2008
9:
Pen and Paper
May 2008
8:
What is Next?
May 2008
6:
Process and Structure
May 2008
1:
Cleanse the Palate
Apr 2008
30:
Work While Standing
Apr 2008
14:
Beekeeper’s Block
Apr 2008
11:
So that...
Mar 2008
10:
My wife...
Feb 2008
27:
The Passionate User and Buyer's Fatigue
Nov 2007
29:
Joe’s Goals
Nov 2007
21:
Starbucks - The Way I See It #76
Nov 2007
14:
What I realized while sweetening my coffee this morning
Sep 2007
18:
The 4 Day Challenge - Day ??? - Page 51
Sep 2007
12:
The 4 Day Challenge: Day 2 - Page 45
Sep 2007
10:
4 Day Challenge: Day 1
Sep 2007
3:
Easy
Aug 2007
31:
How my wife feels about me sometimes
Aug 2007
18:
Honesty
Aug 2007
16:
The Movie Experience
Jul 2007
31:
Look at that tree...
Jul 2007
25:
Overheard from Anna this weekend
Jul 2007
25:
Ignorance and my first Big Turk (*Low in Fat)
Jul 2007
17:
Reminded Why I Love Buying Used Books
Jul 2007
9:
Anna trying to comprehend the summer blockbuster
Jul 2007
5:
Overheard at a birthday party
Jun 2007
6:
Previous home owners: Can you respond to this?
May 2007
29:
My solution to any problem
May 2007
29:
Pete's solution
May 2007
27:
Script Frenzy
May 2007
23:
The Peter Elbow Challenge
May 2007
23:
Everyone can know more
May 2007
21:
Me playing the romantic
May 2007
18:
Flagpole Sitta by Connected Ventures
May 2007
18:
Anna tells it straight to Grandma
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