David Gane

Forced constraints Dec 19, 2020 Writing Notes Earlier this morning, I was trying to write a post on why I keep changing the look of this blog, but it became unruly. I had too many ideas and no

Friday Links - Dec 18, 2020 Dec 18, 2020 Newsletters Summary: Lovely notebooks. Friday Links is on hold. See the 20/ New Directions newsletter for more information. I recently finished reading

Experience with Tools Dec 16, 2020 Teaching I’ve noticed recently how we give students the tools to do the work, but we don’t spend enough time teaching them how to use it. It can’t be only a

Cahlak Dec 15, 2020 Stories Yesterday, my friend Trey reached out to me to ask me to write a 200 word story for something he and his wife call WREINDEER (WRiting Exercise IN

Ludwig Dec 14, 2020 Writing Notes is a Twitch Streamer and he did a video where he set up a Shopify store, added a shirt/logo maker, and then within a few hours had started to

18/ Stack the Keyboard Dec 13, 2020 Newsletters Routines, Work, and Practice

Friday Links - Dec 11, 2020 Dec 11, 2020 Newsletters Word Counters - I often like to get a sense of word counts on books when I am thinking about the size of projects. This is a handy resource. On

Found this in a local store today Dec 8, 2020 Writing Notes It’s always great to see your books in the wild

17/ Somewhere in Between Dec 6, 2020 Newsletters This week, I am handing over my newsletter to my friend and author Dawn Hosmer to share her five favourite things this week. Her newest book

Friday Links - Dec 4, 2020 Dec 4, 2020 Newsletters Caption: Tips to Spark Your Creativity Buy-local has some businesses pushed to their limits Hellvetica NPR’s Book Concierge 96 Minute Masterclass

Daily Marginalia Dec 2, 2020 Personal David from the future: David’s Daily Marginalia (also called David’s Daily Journal) is now defunct. See the 20/ New Directions newsletter for more

Zettelkasten Nov 29, 2020 Personal This is a note-taking system designed by Niklas Luhmann, a sociology professor who used it to write an astonishing 58 books and hundreds of articles

Weird Experiments Nov 29, 2020 Personal David from the future: David’s Daily Journal is now defunct. See the 20/ New Directions newsletter for more information.. As writers, we’re

Victor Frankl and “Between Stimulus and Response“ Nov 29, 2020 Personal Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our

16/ Prisencolinensinainciusol Nov 29, 2020 Newsletters I’m a big fan of Seth Godin and he’s recently released a new book about creativity called The Practice. You should also listen to Pay the Writer

Friday Links - Nov 27, 2020 Nov 27, 2020 Newsletters Captions: Alternative scripts I was not aware of this, but Tom Stoppard was responsible for a signicant part of the Indiana Jones and the Last

Metaphor Trees Nov 26, 2020 Writing Notes Recently, I discovered metaphor trees. I explained them as such: When you are constructing a novel, you should keep all your metaphors connected

Name changes Nov 26, 2020 Personal David from the future: David’s Daily Journal is now defunct. See the 20/ New Directions newsletter for more information. As I develop this practice

15/ The 5 Writing Books That Defined My Writing Journey Nov 22, 2020 Newsletters Instead of making a top 5 list of my favourite books, I decided to figure out the 5 books that built me as a writer. I thought this would be a lot