Procedural Tips After reading The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry to the end, I filled out the questions I could by memory. The first exercise where I hunted for examples from the book was looking at how each chapter ended. I found this a useful exercise and a good way to start reviewing theContinue reading “Reading Like a Writer Attempt 1: The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry”
Category Archives: Reading
How to Read Like a Writer: Getting Started
Want to up your reading game? Want to know what it means to read like a writer first hand? I sure do. And I think I’m ready. I have read hundreds of books on writing, and they all have something in common: they use examples from a variety of novels as examples of writing techniques.Continue reading “How to Read Like a Writer: Getting Started”
And a Successful NaNoWriMo Comes to an End
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the failure in success and the success in failure. It is finally here, the final day of November: the last day of NaNoWriMo; the last day of prompts for the NovPAD challenge; and the last day of this extended study of the big five abstractContinue reading “And a Successful NaNoWriMo Comes to an End”
The Glow of Daring Disinterested Infatuation
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the disinterest in infatuation and infatuation in disinterest. Today’s study of infatuation brought me to foolish passion and and another look at that great word “unreason,” which made me think of the obsessive works in Nonconformers: A New History of Self-Taught Artists by Lisa SlominskiContinue reading “The Glow of Daring Disinterested Infatuation”
Excited to Realize Indifference is a Challenge
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the indifference in excitement and excitement in indifference.Everything about my work is excitement to me, the lights the shapes, the discovery, so how do I show indifference in that excitement. A second person might be indifferent to the excitement. The world might be indifferent toContinue reading “Excited to Realize Indifference is a Challenge”
The Enhanced Diminution Resolution
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the enhancement in diminution and the diminution in enhancement. Today’s study definitely starts with the dictionary. enhancement noun the state or quality of being elevated, heightened, or increased, as in quality, degree, intensity, or value diminution noun the act, fact or process of diminishing, lessening;Continue reading “The Enhanced Diminution Resolution”
#SoCS: The Reality of a Half-full Plate of Dreams: On Second Thought It’s Half-empty
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at the dream in reality and reality in a dream. I found a fun quote for today in The Aspiring Poet’s Journal by Bernard Friot: “Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.” ~Georges Braque Georges Braque was a Fauvist and CubistContinue reading “#SoCS: The Reality of a Half-full Plate of Dreams: On Second Thought It’s Half-empty”
The Seriousness of Justice and Injustice
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today my search leads me to the injustice in justice and the justice in injustice. This study gets right to the heart of what it is to be a human in society. The concepts of justice are based on a moral code that people have to agree upon to liveContinue reading “The Seriousness of Justice and Injustice”
Examples of Coldness in Warmth and Warmth in Coldness
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the warmth in coldness and the coldness in warmth. You might be thinking, Wait a minute, those aren’t abstract nouns: they are sensations: I can measure them with a thermometer. You’d think this writer would understand what an abstract noun is by now. And youContinue reading “Examples of Coldness in Warmth and Warmth in Coldness”
Family: the calm in anxiety and anxiety in calm
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the calm in anxiety and the anxiety in calm. Actually, I’m looking to find that every day, but I’m looking at it differently today. For today’s images, I revisited the pin-hole patterns I’ve created, thinking of the black space as calm and the points ofContinue reading “Family: the calm in anxiety and anxiety in calm”
Experience Writing 