In today’s Journal
* Quotes of the Day
* A relatively short post
* Poetry Techniques for the Fictionist
* Toxic Productivity
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Quotes of the Day
“Be careful to apply your poetic sensibilities to every line.” David Farland
A relatively short post today to give you (and me) a break. The novel’s still racing right along.
Poetry Techniques for the Fictionist
I included the quote of the day to make a point: Apparently I’m not the only writer who believes learning and applying poetry techniques can enhance your fiction, or your nonfiction for that matter.
That’s because they aren’t specifically “poetry” techniques so much as a “language” techniques.
And I included the quote of the day to hawk my book and audio lecture. You can find the audio lecture at https://stonethreadpublishing.com/audio-lecture-series/. Just scroll down to Course 10 — Poetry Techniques for the Fictionist.
You could also choose Course 9 — Writing Poetry, but if you write mostly fiction, Course 10 will do just fine.
And finally, you could also check out Poetry Techniques for the Fictionist (ebook) at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LU4QXVK.
Toxic Productivity
Apparently there’s a new thing now called “toxic productivity.” The last item in “Of Interest” will tell you all about it. I linked to it strictly for comic relief.
My first thought on reading the article was “Oh great. Now I have toxic masculinity and toxic productivity.”
Of course, people like me could always appease people like those who wrote or contributed to the article and make them feel endlessly better about them(smug)selves if we simply stopped doing anything at all and sat off to one side, our [expletive deleted] hands folded in our [expletive deleted] lap.
Or we could just ignore them, or glance over quickly to say “Go [ahem] yourselves” and then go back to doing what we want. I recommend the latter.
Of course, as I’m often reminded, whatever works (or doesn’t) for everyone else is fine. I’m okay with that. Just don’t come around my camp slinging stupid advice. I prefer to defend what’s mine and work for what I want. I’m just that toxic.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “Where to Submit Your Haiku and Other Japanese Poems in English” at https://authorspublish.com/where-to-submit-your-haiku-and-other-japanese-poems-in-english/. Because I know I have at least one excellent writer of Japanese forms.
See “Writing Hyper Realism” at https://mystorydoctor.com/writing-hyper-realism/.
See “Some Fun” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/some-fun/.
For fun, see “What Is Toxic Productivity? Here’s How To Spot The Damaging Behavior.” at https://www.huffpost.com/entry/toxic-productivity-work_l_606655e7c5b6aa24bc60a566.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 410 words
Writing of Terra 2 (novel)
Day 10… 3272 words. Total words to date…… 33824
Day 11… 3439 words. Total words to date…… 37263
Day 12… 4266 words. Total words to date…… 41529
Total fiction words for April……… 41529
Total fiction words for the year………… 328606
Total nonfiction words for April… 7990
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 75390
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 403966
Calendar Year 2021 Novels to Date…………………… 6
Calendar Year 2021 Novellas to Date……………… X
Calendar Year 2021 Short Stories to Date… 3
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 60
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 217
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31
Disclaimer: In this blog, I provide advice on writing fiction. I advocate a technique called Writing Into the Dark. To be crystal clear, WITD is not “the only way” to write, nor will I ever say it is. However, as I am the only writer who advocates WITD both publicly and regularly, I will continue to do so, among myriad other topics.