History Is Full Of People Who Just Didn’t. They Said No Thank You, Turned Away, Ran Away To The Desert,

I really think everyone needs to truly internalize this:

Fictional characters are objects.

They are not people. You cannot "objectify" them, because they have no personhood to be deprived of. They have no humanity to be erased. You cannot "disrespect" them, because they are not real.

i hope you write (i hope we both write)

"he would not fucking say that" i say with disgust, but im not talking about characterization im talking about his, like, vocabulary

i want a geto in my life

Expanding a thought from a conversation this morning:

In general, I think "Is X out-of-character?" is not a terribly useful question for a writer. It shuts down possibility, and interesting directions you could take a character.

A better question, I believe, is "What would it take for Character to do X?" What extremity would she find herself in, where X starts to look like a good idea? What loyalties or fears leave him with X as his only option? THAT'S where a potentially interesting story lies.

In practice, I find that you can often justify much more from a character than you initially dreamed you could: some of my best stories come from "What might drive Character to do [thing he would never do]?" As long as you make it clear to the reader what the hell pushed your character to this point, you've got the seed of a compelling story on your hands.

thinking about jeff buckley being asked, "how do you want to be remembered?" and answering with, "as a good friend."

when I want to write and desperately need to write and am aching to write because my body feels all wrong if I don't write and I still end up not touching my fucking Google Docs

"I'm sure this has been done before"

Yes me too but I want to hear your interpretation. I want to hear your play on it. I want to see how you connect the dots, how you shift the puzzle pieces and make them fit. Show me it through your eyes.

In the club saying shit like "frankly" and "in all honesty"