I find getting started to be the hardest thing about writing. On a larger scale, when beginning a project or chapter, sitting down, figuring it out, and starting to write is terribly difficult. On a more daily level, the same holds true. I know what I should write today, and have the research done. I [...]
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Reseach tools
January 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · General
Steven Johnson has a good essay on Boinboing detailing how he goes about writing a book, which is basically: reasearch like crazy, then sit down and write. One of the tools he mentions is Devonthink, which I’ve never used, and can’t because I don’t own a Mac.In the comments, someone posted a link to Windows [...]
Writing and Blogging
January 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments · General
I’ve been worrying that blogging has hurt my academic writing, and twitter has hurt my blogging. All my thoughts come, I’ve been afraid, in tiny 140 character chunks, instead of complex, well-articulated arguments. But that’s not true. It is more or less a matter of habit and attention, among other things.
This brings to mind some [...]
WGA Strike
November 6th, 2007 · No Comments · General
So the much anticipated Writers Guild of America strike has started. I don’t have much to say about it right now, but there is a twitter feed that will keep you abreast of developments. That’s where I found this USA Today article featuring Tina Fey and Sth Meyers on a picket line.
Shockingly Lucid
January 17th, 2005 · No Comments · Uncategorized
In a review of Mark C. Taylor’s book Confidence Games, William Blaze writes:
Taylor is shockingly lucid for an academic writer, and clearly both and intelligent reader and gifted storyteller. All of which almost hides the severe lack of depth behind the vast facade constructed in Confidence Games.
I haven’t read the book, but I trust the [...]
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