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Nov 6, 2020
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Friday Links - Nov 6, 2020
The Lost Cities of Geo
from 99% Invisible
Have you watched
The Queen’s Gambit
yet? I’ve watched it twice and love it.
Retro Recipes
is a stroll down memory land of my first love, the Commodore 64.
One of my students recommended
OneLook Thesaurus
has become one of my go-to writing tools.
Cathedral of 80,000 Books
A hot tub for birds
.
Snowfall this weekend
. My family has compared it to spilling milk or a knife cut.
Count von Count memes
.
This dude’s reaction to two moose fighting
TW
: lots of swearing
.
Way to go, America. It looks like you did it.
When you are writing dialogue, here are the differences beween
aah, ah, ahh, aw, and awe
.
Conversations with the police - Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
.
Rules for Writing Numbers
.
I found this extremely interesting:
Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
.
TBR
A Muse & A Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic
by Peter Turchi
Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer
by Peter Turchi
The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
by Seth Godin by Peter Turchi
Up next
Radon
My wife and I never thought much about radon gas until she saw how quickly it could affect the body. And now that more of us are working from home,
More reflections on David’s Daily Journal
David from the future: David’s Daily Journal is now defunct. See the 20/ New Directions newsletter for more information. After yesterday’s David’s
Latest posts
Dealing with the Jealousy Alarm
Why the new stories lately?
Mud Pot
“What the hell is going on?”
24/ Where I’ve been
Creation, not consumption
Getting Older and Slower
Coming back to work
23/ Stretched thin and moving forward
The Rule of Threes, Conflict, and Starting Your Story
22/ Blogging is my Hobby
More than One Want
Old Posts
Why is this particular character on this journey?
Breaking the Website, Breaking the Book
Story Maps
You’ll get through it
100 Attempts
My March Challenge
Becoming a Streamer
Make your story (and marketing) rhyme
What I want to do around here
On Canoeing
Reader Error
The Continuum of Long Term
Listen for the music
Imposter Syndrome
21/ Tiny Notes
Notes on “The Calculus of Grit”
Tea Time
Log Jams and the Creativity Faucet