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As an indie writer, I can assure you, I am most aware.

#writingcommunity #writing #humor #humour #bookstodon #books #fiction
a distressed white sign with bold red text that says: "Be aware of invisibility."
#writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon #fiction

Ironically, their sign was designed by the Society for Workable Simplicity.

#humor #humour #writing #writingcommunity #typography #signs
plain sign that says "centre for useless splendour" on the side of a building.
#writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #typography #signs

I suddenly felt the need to read more poetry, and now, after about two decades, I'm writing poetry again too.
It feels good.

#poetry #writing #reading
#writing #reading #Poetry

But I don't want to be shopping bags!

#writing #writingcommunity #editing #editor #proofreading #humor #humour
hand written sign on a door that says: "Please remember you're [sic] shopping bags."
#writing #humour #humor #proofreading #writingcommunity #editor #editing

This is how I like to think of writing.

#writingcommunity #writing #books #book #writinglife #WIP #creativity
showing up daily what we think it means: a line of circles all filled in what it actually means: a line of circles all filled in to different levels
#book #wip #writing #writingcommunity #creativity #books #writinglife

The siren call of the em-dash.

#writing #writingcommunity #books #book #writinglife #humor #humour #memes #funny #bookstodon
The distracted boyfriend meme (boyfriend checking out another woman while shocked girlfriend looks on) -- the other woman says "em-dash," the boyfriend says "me", and the girlfriend is other forms of punctuation to continue compound sentences
#funny #book #writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon #memes #writinglife

There's this amazing thing about reading & writing--when you come across a passage that you love or hate or find strange--you can dig right down into the words to figure out how that effect was achieved.

Here's me doing a close read of a few lovely sentences because I wanted to study how they created such a dreamlike tone:

https://bit.ly/3tfVNQC

How do YOU mine what you read for writing techniques?

#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations #CloseReading #Writing #WritingCraft
#writing #writingcommunity #WritingConversations #CloseReading #WritingCraft

As an occasional journalist, I just love the way Ed Yong closes his latest OpEd at NYTs & couldn’t agree more. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/opinion/long-covid-reporting-lessons.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE0.aHg1.KLP-3qDCnjtp&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #GiftArticle #writing #journalism

“Journalists can act as a care-taking profession that soothes & nurtures. We are among the only professions that can do so at a scale commensurate with the scope of the crises before us. We can make people who feel invisible feel seen. We can make everyone else look.”
#journalism #writing #giftarticle

Little-known fact: corvids are better writing assistants than monkeys.

#crow #crows #raven #ravens #corvid #corvids #writing #writingcommunity #book #books #humor #humour #typewriters
two black crows pecking at a typewriter -- one at the keys and one at the paper -- an old black and white photo from LIFE
#book #writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #books #corvid #raven #crow #crows #corvids #ravens #typewriters

Typography: It's Important!

#humor #humour #writing #writingcommunity #signs #typography #graphicdesign
Christmas lights in red boxes with the label: 10 Fuckering Lights. It's supposed to say flickering but they chose a terrible typeface.
#writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #typography #signs #graphicdesign

"Books break the shackles of time ― proof that humans can work magic.” ― Carl Sagan

#writing #writinglife #writingcommunity #books #book #bookstodon #CarlSagan
starfield with a silhouette of a tree with this quote superimposed: “A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called "leaves") imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time ― proof that humans can work magic.” –Carl Sagan
#book #writing #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon #writinglife #carlsagan

Wishing all who are participating in #NaNoWriMo an awesome month of writing! I hope you have a lot of fun. 😊

My next project is in the research phase, so I'm not participating, but I'd love to hear about your projects if anyone wants to share!

#writing #WritingCommunity
#writing #writingcommunity #nanowrimo

What the hell was that dispenser serving?

Proofreading: It Matters!

#humor #humour #proofreading #editing #writing #writingcommunity #funnysigns
drink dispenser with a sign on it that says: sorry (a little unhappy face holding up that word) Sorry for incontinence
#writing #humour #humor #proofreading #writingcommunity #editing #funnysigns

Some 'folklore' books are of questionable value. The one I just read was, I quite literally could have achieved more material in a ten minute web search

#folklore #werewolf #writing #rpgdesign
#writing #folklore #werewolf #rpgdesign

There was a poll that stated—Rowling’s opening line in the HP series is one of best in the world. Someone posted about how there are a bunch of other opening statements that are better.

Here’s one of my personal favorites, from Gabriel Garcia Marquez (in English):
“It is inevitable — the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.”

What are some of your favorite opening lines in literature? 😊
@bookstodon #books #literature #writing #OpeningLines #bookstodon
#writing #books #bookstodon #literature #openinglines @bookstodon group

Sept 9 #WritersCoffeeClub—Have you ever abandoned a writing project that wasn't working? What was wrong?

You don't even know. I have *two* blog posts that touch on this subject: "The Lament of Inspiration" (https://michaelthomet.com/2023/07/06/the-lament-of-inspiration/) and "Picking Up Old Projects" (https://michaelthomet.com/2023/08/24/picking-up-old-projects/)

I've got boxes of abandoned projects. I struggle with completing things. I always find some way to divert myself and then projects evaporate. It's frustrating.

#WritingCommunity #writing #writer

The Lament of Inspiration

I have a love/hate relationship with inspiration. For most writers, designers, artists, inspiration is that thing you chase down in the dark of night hoping to glimpse it just long enough to come u…
Michael Thomét
#writing #writingcommunity #writer #writerscoffeeclub

Max is a terrible proof-reader, but he knows where all the reference books are kept. (He finds style guides particularly tasty.)

#cat #cats #castodon #catsofmastodon #proofreading #writing #writingcommunity #humor #humour #funny #max
Max the grey siberian, looking cute for the camera, lying on top of a shelf holding style guides and dictionaries
#funny #writing #Cats #humour #humor #proofreading #writingcommunity #catsofmastodon #castodon #cat #max

Typography: It Matters!

#typography #type #font #fonts #humor #humour #funny #writingcommunity #books #writing
Two notes in red pen, both saying the same thing: I will always find you. The first note has a cute font that includes hearts of the i. The other has a font that looks like something a killer clown would use.
#funny #writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #books #typography #fonts #font #type

The real question is HOW do we want time travel? Upgraded Delorian? Old-timey British Police box? Fancy art nouveau design with upholstered seat? HOW do we want time travel!

#timetravel #scifi #SF #SFF #writing #sciencefiction #humor #humour #funny
man wearing sunglasses and a hoodie holding up hand drawn sign that says: "What to we want? Time Travel? When do we want it? It's irrelevant!"
#funny #writing #humour #humor #sff #sciencefiction #sf #timetravel #scifi

Here’s some #followfriday fun for ya.

@dennyhenke
@mark
@sharpstick
@PamB
@taichara
@voimaoy
@meganhadley
@Scott
@Lizette603_23
@johnpkeating
@Skepticat
@TidalFlats
@cassiapole
@markarayner
@anhdoilc
@parvXtl
@counternotions

Some #Chicago some #photography some #Apple some #science some #writing some #tech some #politics some #arts some #justsmart
All good folks All good fun.

Some folks ask me why I don’t list more info about each suggestion. Discovery is where the fun is.
#science #photography #writing #politics #tech #followfriday #Apple #arts #chicago #justsmart @Mark A. Rayner @C.W. Williams @Lizzie she/her @dennyhenke @mark @sharpstick @PamB @taichara @voimaoy @meganhadley @Scott @johnpkeating @Skepticat @cassiapole @anhdoilc @parvXtl @counternotions

Savagely accurate.

#writingcommunity #writing #books #book #bookstodon #humor #humour #funny
Little sign on a table next to a ceramic mushroom that says: "Being a writer is cool because it's like always having homework and then you die."
#funny #book #writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon

Just got this ad on FB.
To quote someone who did write:

WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS

#books #bookstodon #authors #writing #writingcommunity
Screen shot from a video ad. A blonde white woman in a beige sweater is facing the camera, talking. The caption on the ad says "How I sell 1,000's of books each month without writing them. So go ahead, click that link."
#writing #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon #authors

Nothing to see here, just a perfectly ordinary writer at work.

#writing #writer #writingcommunity #books #book #bookstodon #sff #SF #WIP #humor #humour #funny
b&w photo of a serviceman of some kind sitting at a typewriter while wearing a breathing apparatus and a weird glass helmet with vacuum tubes and wire around the outside of it
#funny #book #wip #writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon #sff #writer #sf

Part of me is tickled to death that a grammar book for adults is the #1 New Release in Science for Kids. Again.

The other part of me is annoyed. Make it go back to #1 in Technical Writing Reference! Or back to Top 50 of all Science & Math Books, at least!

@JHUPress

https://www.amazon.com/Subatomic-Writing-Fundamental-Lessons-Language/dp/142144612X/

#science #writing #reference #grammar #science #physics #adulteducationcanbefuntoo #edutainment

#science #writing #reference #edutainment #adulteducationcanbefuntoo #physics #grammar

Now have access to the #ai #writing platform, Lex.

It's this kind of stuff that really gives me pause for content I see online. I do find it incredible, and there are many possibilities here for speeding up writing provided it's used in ethical ways. Though potential for misuse is always present.

I gave the prompt of "Write an article describing #Mastodon and how moderation is different to typical social media websites."

And this is what it generated:
Write an article describing Mastodon and how moderation is different to typical social media websites. (This next section is written entirely by artificial intelligence) Mastodon is a social media website that is based on the concept of decentralization. This means that there is no central authority governing the website. Instead, it is run by a community of users who are each responsible for their own part of the website. This makes it very different from traditional social media websites, which are centrally run and controlled. One of the biggest differences between Mastodon and traditional social media websites is the way that moderation is handled. On Mastodon, there is no central body that decides what is and isn't allowed. Instead, each community on the website decides for itself what is appropriate. This can lead to some communities being very strict and others being very relaxed, but it overall means that the website is much more flexible and open than traditional social media websites. Another difference is that, because Mastodon is decentralized, it is very difficult for one person or group to effectively censored. This makes it a much more open platform for free speech.
#ai #mastodon #writing

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