Mckee notes
What happens is fact, not truth. Truth is what we think about what happens. Consider Literary and story talent are not only distinctively different but are unrelated, for stories do not need to be written to be told. The material …
Fiction
joan didion exercise
Chanakya Vyas told me about Joan Didion exercise. In order to understand how to practice it, I asked Gemini, “hi! please advise me on the joan didion exercise of copying great writers using handwriting. where can i find resources on …
a fake kantian in jesse armstrong’s mountainhead
hi! there is a reference to immanuel kant’s categorical imperative in jesse armstrong’s mountainhead. was the reference philosophically correct, uttered by the character played by steve carrel. please elucidate. ChatGPT said: In Mountainhead, Randall Garrett—Steve Carell’s character—makes a dramatic declaration: “I …
Why Substack Author Podcasts are so inspiring?
In this Substack podcast where Evelyne Skye interviews Sarah Penner on her writing process, receiving feedback from beta readers, and finding agents is so inspiring!
John Schad as a Theory fiction writer!
ChatGPT said… Delighted you asked—John Schad is one of the most distinctive practitioners of what we might call literary-critical theory fiction in the UK. His work occupies a liminal space between criticism, fiction, memoir, and performance, making it a rich …
is Lars Martinson’s 4 time-saving tips ADHD friendly?
I came across this while browsing podcasts on graphic novels on YouTube. While Lars Martinson spent 13 years productively and doggedly finishing Tonoharu, learning about his afterthoughts in the form of these 4 time-saving tips is a boon for someone …
Prayaag Akbar’s Topological Camouflage
I had heard about Leila in a Newslaundry interview of Madhu Trehan by Manisha Pandey. It’s interesting that all three, including Prayaag are journalists. As for the topological camouflage in Leila, the language has the ability to camouflage, as much …
what was american culture before columbus?
Stephen Graham Jones, Earthdivers Vol 2: Ice Age, (IDW) nominated for best writer at Eisner 2024. — One wonders if the pre-Columbian Americas had a “classical” literary culture. The U.S. before Columbus invasion had indigenous cultures like Mississippian, Pueblos (Anasazi), …
Humorous heart wrenching short story ?
Miranda July’s “Roy Spivey” in The New Yorker:The Writer’s Voice podcast A fictional work, dotted with humour that ends on a sad note, can be devastating, as David Sedaris, who read the story in the podcast, tells Deborah Treisman, the …