The purpose of the writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
– Bernard Malamud
Month: August 2019
haiku 452
after the wedding
raccoon slaughter
on the highway
Quotable 334
Revision is when you first get to recognize the distance between what you wanted to write, what you thought you were writing, and what you actually did write. That recognition often makes you want to throw up.
– Carolyn See
haiku 451
loading kittens
for trip to shelter
mama cat watches
Quotable 333
The first rule of writing fiction: Make me care.
– Kurt Busiek
haiku 450
prairie dogs
graze on grass –
darkening skies
Quotable 332
Story problems are going to happen. If you never have story problems it means you’re not working hard enough to tell stories in an original, surprising, unexpected way.
– Ken Levine
haiku 449
city life –
one night a fat possum
tonight four raccoons