Says all I really need to say about my summer.
I don't particularly like the movie, to be honest, but after a long day at the office, a rough game, a horrid night of writing, or another guilt trip about the frequency of my posting on various blogs, there's nothing like it.
I invite you to share in the fun, relax on an imaginary faraway beach, smile, and wave.
I'll re-post this whenever it feels appropriate.
Monday, August 01, 2011
How To Make Bad Writing Good Writing in a Good Way (Or: A Rant About the Editing Process)
Rant time. I did mention there might be a few of those. And while we're on awkward openings, I'm falling into the habit of sub-titling my posts. I shall valiantly attempt to stop this from happening as soon as possible.
But it does segue nicely (uh oh) into a topic that's been bouncing around my head only slightly longer than guilt about not posting more frequently:
It's kind of fun--and it can make you sound way more intelligent than you actually are--to talk at length about the editing process like it's some kind of magic bullet. Like you can go from jot notes to polished product with a five (try 250) step plan. Partly it's been banging around in my head because I've spent a large part of my summer in the vicinty of another writer going through this process and all its assorted deadline angst, and partly it was motivated by a question posed to me about what to do with a really bad piece of writing.
But it does segue nicely (uh oh) into a topic that's been bouncing around my head only slightly longer than guilt about not posting more frequently:
It's kind of fun--and it can make you sound way more intelligent than you actually are--to talk at length about the editing process like it's some kind of magic bullet. Like you can go from jot notes to polished product with a five (try 250) step plan. Partly it's been banging around in my head because I've spent a large part of my summer in the vicinty of another writer going through this process and all its assorted deadline angst, and partly it was motivated by a question posed to me about what to do with a really bad piece of writing.
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Innovation or Originality? What am I Talking About and In What Language?
"'It is really, really hard to come up with solid game concepts and great characters,' said John Baez, co-founder of The Behemoth, an independent video game developer based in California."
That quotation is from a CBC.ca (yes, I'm a journalism student) feature by Peja Bulotovic entitled "Indie games counter sequel-driven market" and published on Feb. 22. That quotation is, in fact, the lead of the article, so right away, you know it has significance. And it does, for all the wrong--but just a few of the right--reasons.
That quotation is from a CBC.ca (yes, I'm a journalism student) feature by Peja Bulotovic entitled "Indie games counter sequel-driven market" and published on Feb. 22. That quotation is, in fact, the lead of the article, so right away, you know it has significance. And it does, for all the wrong--but just a few of the right--reasons.
Monday, November 08, 2010
A Journalist's Email
How's that for a thoughtful, reflective title? (See thoughtful, reflective sidebar to your left.)
I knew this day would come as a writer. It had to. One cannot write both journalism and fiction without realising it. Those who take English at the same time often struggle with it more. Depending on your point of view, it can be either a hurdle recently crossed or a terrible, terrible set-back in one's development. Or both.
I've just come to the realisation that I'm writing emails in CP Style.
I knew this day would come as a writer. It had to. One cannot write both journalism and fiction without realising it. Those who take English at the same time often struggle with it more. Depending on your point of view, it can be either a hurdle recently crossed or a terrible, terrible set-back in one's development. Or both.
I've just come to the realisation that I'm writing emails in CP Style.
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Dante and the Christmas Season
Reports out of Italy suggest literary historians have found an additional section of Dante's Inferno.
Early examinations by leading philosophers from Oxford University tell of a newly-discovered "tenth circle of Hell."
Rumours indicate that it may be a special circle of Hell reserved for the scores of every jazz re-interpretation of "Jingle Bells" ever created, where the pages are constantly photocopied again and again and again, never deteriorating. The photocopier never runs out of ink, but is slightly mis-aligned so that all the pages have at least two bars cut off.
Early examinations by leading philosophers from Oxford University tell of a newly-discovered "tenth circle of Hell."
Rumours indicate that it may be a special circle of Hell reserved for the scores of every jazz re-interpretation of "Jingle Bells" ever created, where the pages are constantly photocopied again and again and again, never deteriorating. The photocopier never runs out of ink, but is slightly mis-aligned so that all the pages have at least two bars cut off.
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