Writers

Writers

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Back in session for the writers & authors on Wednesday RSVP: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1ZkJzYBlawNGv

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I am just one hour in but this is such an insightful conversation - I won't regret using 3 or more hours on it. "Your writing should have a flavour" - especially I reckon in the times of genAI. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2fv8vqkPEqiuHdIvKjtcxI?si=dlOoAUlkS9GUBTq8KZ8vLQ

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@michaelofstjoe

I think I know what's been holding me back in my writing efforts. I've tried really hard to keep with a 3rd person limited POV and plot around that. It has helped me frame the sequence of events, but there's is too much I need to explain that doesn't fit in this POV. I may rewrite and expand into 3rd person omniscient

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i often medidate for 16 minutes right after waking up and the tricky part about it is that since i haven’t done anything “practical” for that day my mind starts projecting all these thoughts of things that i want to do and ideas that feel much much more fun than sitting there just observing those ideas coming and going without doing something with them and it gets hard to keep sitting because i feel like a strong urge to say just “fuck this” and get up and make myself a coffee and open my computer and start doing stuff but that is the moment on which i remember that the whole goal of the practice is to discover how to develop a relationship of non-identification to the process of thoughts happening inside me and i make the effort to give up any effort and get into the state of just releasing any sort of tension that could come as a consequence of wanting to do something different from what im doing or wanting life to be different from what it is and i often end up the session observing that gm

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⚔️👀 a raw, unpolished text i wrote as it came—about the grind that feels endless and the escape that seems out of reach it’s not about me, but i feel some of it. take a minute to read if you want—💫 “If rest becomes a product, then disconnection isn’t freedom. It’s a paywalled experience.” (not a fun text. quite dark) 🥹⚔️ https://app.t2.world/article/cm7h62oe8299067tmmcbm0r39ho

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Simon de la Rouviere

My drafting checkpoints: 1: There's *a* story here from front to back. 1.5: Plot and character revisions until it's tight. 2: Full complete revision such that you can give it to anyone to read. 3: Literary rewrite focusing on polish around scene construction, rhythm, and word use. Flow is the goal. 4: Proofread.

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Maybe It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Twitter (X). I agree with @xohaku—Twitter no longer serves us. Any message or company with decency gets drowned in propaganda that serves no one. And honestly? My ethos and beliefs don’t align with the platform’s direction. I don’t care about exposure—I get none anyway. Anything decent comes to die on Twitter. I admire those who keep trying… but maybe they’re trying on the wrong platform. I’ve seen extremes of stupidity, of everything except doing good. That? That gets silenced. Maybe it’s time to move on. https://app.t2.world/article/cm73cz6bm880090tcmc8hjiys8h

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Simon de la Rouviere

Still mostly spending my time writing and walking, so another shorter newsletter this week. A bit more personal. On certainty and complexity: https://sceneswithsimon.com/p/on-certainty-and-complexity

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Simon de la Rouviere

*mild severance spoilers* The office tent scene in the new Severance episode is the kind of love story I wish I could write some day. So damn sweet.

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Yesterday I found something buried deep in my drive. I started writing it a few years ago and it looks like I stopped at some point. It's more of a well developed outline than a first draft. It was fun to reread it after having completely forgotten about it. I actually thought it was good. Then I thought, "How did I come up with this?"

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We hit 100 subscribers today—thank you! 🎉 Check out @benna's notes below for details. 🥹 We're working on the next drop/issue and can't wait to share what's coming! ⚔️⚔️

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This episode features a number of live poetry readings in addition to conversation about developing projects. YouTube: https://youtu.be/VJp7NT7cLv4 Additional platform links downthread

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@meganmichelle.eth

https://youtu.be/p74dfCILTvw?si=OVIcxKVf25Fg1v5t

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Back on Wednesday to talk writing, publishing, and authorship RSVP: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1dRKZYBpBwwxB

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Simon de la Rouviere

A shorter newsletter this week. Exoplanets, Protocolized Fiction, and Weirder Fantasy Maps. Enjoy! https://sceneswithsimon.com/p/exoplanets-protocolized-fiction-and

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