24/ Where I’ve been May 21, 2021 Newsletters Drawing by Anna Gane, based on photo by Ethan Sykes. Hi there, This is my first newsletter in over six weeks, so I thought I’d keep it light. Here 23/ Stretched thin and moving forward Apr 1, 2021 Newsletters Hello there, March has come and gone, and I’m another year older. I celebrated my second lockdown birthday last Sunday, but I can’t complain. I 22/ Blogging is my Hobby Mar 6, 2021 Newsletters Hello there, Yes, I’m running behind—but not that I haven’t tried to get this newsletter out the door. This draft is my fifth try at it, and to get 21/ Tiny Notes Feb 5, 2021 Newsletters This is a newsletter from David Gane. View or share it online here. Unsubscribe here. Photo by @heyjakejohnson on Unsplash. First of all, thank you 20/ New Directions Dec 31, 2020 Newsletters A long newsletter about why there was no newsletter last Sunday. 19/ Looking Past the Boundaries Dec 20, 2020 Newsletters Working with this website has made me consider the value of forced constraints. I really loved this video about a man spending 24 hours to do a 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 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 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 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 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 Friday Links - Nov 20, 2020 Nov 20, 2020 Newsletters Caption: Approaches to teaching 15 Simple Screenplay Rules You Need to Know Screenwriting Basics: The Keys to Writing Correct Scene Headings The 14/ Weekly Dispatch - Nov 15, 2020 Nov 15, 2020 Newsletters Dicey columns for proper address. Friday Links - Nov 13, 2020 Nov 13, 2020 Newsletters Merriam Webster has a tool to find out when a word was first in print. Squibbler is a writing app that makes your writing disappear (like 13/ Daily Writing Nov 8, 2020 Newsletters A cathedral of books and some tools to help you write one of them. Friday Links - Nov 6, 2020 Nov 6, 2020 Newsletters 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 12/ No more excuses Nov 1, 2020 Newsletters This week, we are trying something new. I have invited my Norwegian friend of the newsletter and author Trey Stone to share his five favourite 11/ Working over time Oct 25, 2020 Newsletters Simple habits over time help us do amazing things. 10/ Grammar Rules Oct 18, 2020 Newsletters Nouns, adjectives, commas...and Buffalo buffalos 9/ Emphatic Text Oct 11, 2020 Newsletters Cheese books and how to wrangle a comma. 8/ A Beginner’s Guide to Screenwriting Oct 4, 2020 Newsletters A set of tools to get you on your scriptwriting way. 7/ Growing your ideas Sep 27, 2020 Newsletters Style checkers, idea generators, and the tangled vines of footnotes 6/ Tools of the Trade Sep 20, 2020 Newsletters Hello friends, Now that I am deep into teaching, I thought this week would be an excellent opportunity to share some of the tools to help authors 5/ Emotional Work Sep 13, 2020 Newsletters Hello friends, Another week without an essay from me. It’s the end of summer and the beginning of fall, and my schedule is out of whack, and 4/ Working past the edges Sep 6, 2020 Newsletters I’m always excited by the self-published authors that are working on the margins of what is possible. They aren’t dreaming of winning the lottery 3/ Room to Roam Aug 30, 2020 Newsletters For the past few weeks, I’ve been pushing out the newsletter and essay from a cabin up north. It’s been a constant fight with the internet, 2/ (Un)Structure Aug 23, 2020 Newsletters Lines, shapes, and disconnected points. 1/ A New Newsletter Aug 16, 2020 Newsletters A new format, giving you a list of recommendations and tools for writing Friday Links - December 5, 2008 Dec 5, 2008 Newsletters Scrumy Intended as a project management tool, I thought it could be used as a way to outline your script. A similar app is the fantastic Backpack Friday Links Dec 1, 2008 Newsletters Here are some links of things I have caught my interest, as of late: I Wrote a 120 Page Script But Can’t Write a Logline: The Construction of a