In writing a recent post over at Puddles, I realized that I have a tendency to use repetition quite a bit. In the aforementioned post, I ended a few of the paragraphs with a refrain. It’s not the same every time but it is structured in a specific way: [sentence]. [1-2 words]. [single word]. If […]
Mr. Fantastic Fiction is back over at Libba Bray’s blog. Huzzah for paragraph-long sentences! And zombies. In fact, Mr. FF believes that any piece of literature can be improved by the appearance of the undead. Mr. FF offers the following example (and many more): Moby Dick: Two words—Zombie. Whale. YES. Mr. FF issued the following […]
I explored several options for compiling and organizing my writing-related notes in my previous post. I wasn’t really satisfied with any of them. A week (or more??) ago, Tim set up a wiki on my domain (powered by MediaWiki). I think I’ve found a solution for organizing my note clutter. There’s a bit of a […]
I’ve taken to using Google Documents for recording notes and the like for my Jackal project. I like using gDocs because my information is available where ever there is a computer with internet access and a web browser, the content is shareable (or not), it can be exported as a .doc, .html, or posted to […]
Note: this is the first post from a now-defunct writing blog, which I called Jottings. I merged the posts from that blog into PIP. Greetings and welcome. What can you expect from this site? My goal for this blog is to post what I’m up to, interesting writing-related articles, and possibly writing excerpts, when I […]
Apparently, the changes Phantom Regiment made to their show were well received by judges (and from all accounts, by the fans too). Current standings (bound to change) list the top 5 as: PR, Blue Devils, The Cavaliers, Carolina Crown and The Cadets. When thinking about posting this morning at the bus stop, I began to […]
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