#wordweavcers 14 -- Antagonist redeemable?
I have two father-son antagonists in my made-up town of #HiramFalls in northern New England; one: the father has no redeeming qualities but the son does (but loses his way); the other: the father has a redeeming quality which is revealed near the end of the book after he has died but his son seems to have no redeemable qualities until the town stops and thinks about it and decides, well, maybe he does.
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@09e1d236@f8d9bc1c@df5e4030 Twitter was unique in the way users could retweet and foster conversation. Then they added an algorithm which shifted things and made more extreme posts and comments more visible. Then, because early creators had taken the company public, leadership focused on the revenue problem and priorities changed. New features muddled things. Then, of course. A rich guy bought it. End of platform. Perhaps sooner than later. Brand X.
@385df09f totally understand. Had just jumped out of the news business when Twitter began. I had started a nonprofit to help kids write better (& teachers teach writing better) so used Twitter to find people involved in "Digital" education (2007-2012). Australia & New Zealand educators were far ahead. Then met innovators from Norway & Sweden & England & all over the U.S. Knowledge was shared. It was exciting. It led to so many good things.
All splintered. Mastodon included.
Be well.
@f8d9bc1c@df5e4030 I think it is out of necessity that journalists have stuck with Twitter. It became a force. It became an essential tool. It was centralized. All sorts of people used it, shared things on it, you could sometimes see news happen right in front of you.
Were there a real alternative, I think journalists would bolt. But there is none. As much as we like Mastodon, or are intrigued with BlueSky or whatever, Twitter took a long time to become what it was.
@ccd3913e He said he enjoyed it. Enjoyed the cast, enjoyed staying in character sometimes, the inscrutable thing. Was surprised I thought Spock had an agenda. Was not surprised I asked about it. He said he loved the fame and hated it. Wanted to do other roles; he was worried he would never be anything more than Spock. He was doing summer theater. He was brilliant. He was enjoying it immensely. But, he said that he probably could never get beyond it. And that was OK.
#writerscoffeeclub 13 -- Joy of Writing
Four years ago I've began work on my first novel, #HiramFalls, now in its 9th draft. My editor loves it but has me doing more work on it. My core readers -- 5 angels who've read every draft and one newbie -- say it is nearly there. But their standards are as high as mine.
I don't think of it as work. I love putting on headphones (Julia Kent -- Cello; perfect) and diving in to revise or create new. My wife says I'm really grumpy when I'm not writing.
@ccd3913e I feel I am jumping into a middle of a conversation so please excuse my irrelevance.
Spock spooked me. Always wondered what his agenda was. Thought he had some issues with humans.
I got to interview him once. Leonard Nemoy that is. His publicist told me I could not ask about Spock. That was during Nimoy's trying-to-shed-Spock period.
So, near the end of the interview I said, "You know you're publicist said I couldn't bring up Spock. Why?"
He laughed. And opened up.
#PennedPossibilities 70 - MC doing good.
"Grace takes stock of how she feels, how she’s satisfied & tired & worried & glad & incredibly sad that one man, four men really, have done so much harm to so many & proud they soon will be exposed for what they were, what they are. She rolls over and thinks how happy Richard would have been, what a smile he would have had after she and David had finally gone to print with a story he could not finish." #HiramFalls #wipwednesday #WritingCommunity
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@02f0e8aa periods of absence can actually help. You may find that you have the energy -- and your mind has quietly been working without your knowing -- to go through it all, fix things, enhance things, cut things... in a word, REVISE, which is the secret to good writing.
I wish you luck. Keep us posted on how you fare.
#wordweavers 13 - muse animal?
"The man discovered this crow a long time ago when he learned a crow is not a good bird to follow. It is easily distracted. It is often irritable. Yet prone to whimsy. It will happily trick you, going this way and that, until you realize it's taken you in a giant circle and you are back where you started. Which is what this crow did once. When they got back to the cave, though, the crow felt remorse. 'I'm sorry,' he thought."
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Well that was fun.
As some (3 of you?) may remember, I caught Covid after a trip to Seattle, Washington in August. I'm blaming it on Taylor Swift. (Why not?) Two sell-out, Richter-scale concerts saw a huge uptick in Covid cases & while we didn't see the concerts, friends we were visiting did. AND they came down with Covid. We brought ours home.
After recovery (3 weeks) we caught up with missed camping trips. Back on the grid and ready (again) to jump in and see what you all are up to.
Peace.
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@385df09f I really appreciated this piece. Made you a donation. Don't have much, but hope it helps. Don't lose faith in Mastodon. Twitter took a long while to become what it was. It served many people. But I agree, the options seem limited. But perhaps that's just my imagination ... that's limited.
Be well. Keep on writin'
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