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[ISBW] Fiction Traps and How to Avoid Them
03/17/22 • 27 min
Open
- 2022 Word Count: 38083
Good News Good News
- Team Rejection count: 81
- Yay Premee Nebula nom
- Yay secret project update
- Notes on Writing the Other
- [ dog cam and dog treats activated ]
Main Topic: Falling into those Fiction Traps, and Ways to Sidestep Them
- Writing yourself into a corner using a background character that grows beyond your boundaries
- Art imitating life, but life is not narratively tidy, while fiction tends to be
- Feed your subconscious deeply and well, and let things percolate
March 10, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 21 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Open
- 2022 Word Count: 38083
Good News Good News
- Team Rejection count: 81
- Yay Premee Nebula nom
- Yay secret project update
- Notes on Writing the Other
- [ dog cam and dog treats activated ]
Main Topic: Falling into those Fiction Traps, and Ways to Sidestep Them
- Writing yourself into a corner using a background character that grows beyond your boundaries
- Art imitating life, but life is not narratively tidy, while fiction tends to be
- Feed your subconscious deeply and well, and let things percolate
March 10, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 21 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
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[ISBW] Task Avoidance: We WANT to write… right?
Open
2022 Word Count: 37083
Good News Good News
- Hugo nominations are open through March 15
- Team Rejection count: 81
- Nebula Awards Finalists announced, and there was much rejoicing!
- Ditch Diggers update
Main Topic: Task Avoidance Hows and Whys
- Taking action: applying things learned from self-help tips
- Finding the reasons (fears) we are practicing task avoidance with the writing that needs to be done (perfectionism, sunk costs fallacies, etc)
- Ira Glass “The Gap”
- https://www.thisamericanlife.org/extras/the-gap
- https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/the-gap-by-ira-glass-9651a750408f
- Taking writing baby steps can build confidence and momentum, and treat yourself
March 8, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 20 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
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[ISBW] Brain Weasels that have nothing to do with Writing
Open
- 2022 Word Count: 38500?
Good News Good News
- Team Rejection count: 93
- Last chance Hugo nominations (ends March 15)
- Upcoming changes at Escape Pod
Main Topic: Brain weasels
- When brain weasels attack and charge down riding the avoidance buffaloes
- Juggling the various stresses that live rent free in your brain, when they don’t need to be there
- The weasels may be strongest at the start
- Control the lure of the distractions
March 15, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 22 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
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