“The first draft of anything is shit”
Hemingway via Samuelson?
A short explanation: No writer will produce a perfect first draft. Instead, we do our best in the first draft and then polish (or reconstruct) in editing/rewriting.
So your first draft is totally allowed to be shit. Beautiful flowers grow from shit…..
Distinguish between mystery, horror, and suspense:
“In a mystery you might find out that a person was beheaded. This occurs before the narrative begins, so the focus of the story is on solving the crime. If you’re writing a horror story, you’ll show the beheading itself—in all of its gory detail. If you’re writing suspense, the characters in the story will find out that someone is going to be beheaded, and they must find a way to stop it.”
/ Elements of Suspense in Writing: 6 Secrets to Creating and Sustaining Suspense – Writer’s Digest
There are things worth dying for, and there are things worth living for. There’s always a choice.
“Motherland: Fort Salem,” Season 2, Episode 5
“If your picture isn’t good enough, you aren’t close enough.”
Robert Capa, War Photographer
Get what he means?
Can you see him with his camera in hand edging closer to the exploding bombs and spurting machine guns? Can you see him get close to the victims and their suffering and sorrow? Can you see him get close to the ones being responsible?
Now apply that to your book project.
Are you close enough to the characters? The pain, anger, pleasure, fear? Are you daring to go close enough to yourself?
Our conventional television network, Global, reaches almost 100% of Canadians…
Someone should probably tell the Canadians about the rest of the world…
“Rejection isn’t failure… Failure is giving up. Everybody gets rejected. It’s how you handle it that determines where you’ll end up.”
— Castle (2009)
There was once a young lady, quite bright
who could travel much faster than light
she departed one day
in a relative way
and returned on the previous night
Anonymous (+ some artistic freedoms…)
“Automatic software and app updates are most likely to start working when your iPhone is plugged in for long periods while remaining connected to Wi-Fi.”
Source: Automatic software or app updates not working on your iPhone? Fix it!
I’m wondering… how does their general personality affect the decision to update or not? Does their mood affect the decision as well? Hmmm…
Or is it just that Apple wishes to be mysterious about their update rules? The people writing about Apple products?
Seems to me, unless they hooked the update decision to a neural network there should be a pretty clear cut rule…
Unless the bastard is bugging out… I mean is having a bad day…
Apple’s document scanner is hidden inside the Notes app, and because it supports in-app sharing, you can store the newly scanned document anywhere you want.
Source: How to use the document scanner on iPhone and iPad | iMore
Wow! I didn’t know my iPhone could do that… phew… postponing printer, scanner, copier hunt for better days 😀
“What’s the easiest way to keep your laptop running in tip-top shape? Keep it clean, of course! It doesn’t matter how old your Mac is, a clean Mac will always outlast its newer cluttered counterpart.”
via The Complete Guide On How To Clean A Mac – Setapp
Keeping your Mac clean… but probably not the way you thought…
“An oft-asked question by many Mac users is “How do I clean my Mac’s system?” The advice they frequently receive involves things like deleting log files, clearing caches, removing cookies and all manner of other things. There are dozens of utilities that help users do these tasks. So, which one is best? The answer may surprise you: none of them! But why?”
Although, I have had my Anti-Virus prevent me from opening web pages and downloading stuff so I think I need them, and others agree…
“No software is immune to attack, including macOS. The rising popularity of Apple computers has made them a prime target for malware. And security companies are increasingly offering antivirus for Macs, but do you really need it?”
Talkwards 