Here’s a piece submitted for publication in our local Mount Gambier paper. Last year my sister asked if I could come to Maryborough in Queensland to celebrate her fortieth birthday. I tried to sound positive but also said she’d asked for a hard thing: it was a long way to travel from Mount Gambier to …
Neil Gaiman, author of comics, novels, screenplays, and an episode of Doctor Who gives a twenty minute speech to graduating students. It’s engaging, funny and wise. I won’t spoil anything more about the content, just have a listen. ht
Mike Wittmer posts a very helpful thought about writing in the form of ‘this quote from Ernest Hemingway in A Moveable Feast‘: “I always worked until I had something done and I always stopped when I knew what was going to happen next. That way I could be sure of going on the next day. …
“My interest is always in complicating things.” “All story is manipulation.” “An emotional truth is something you have to build.” “I hope it’s a positive version of manipulation, but I do think we do coalesce around stories that seem transcendent.” “We tell stories to continue ourselves.” Documentary film maker Ken Burns speaks about the nature …
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