random, so random, while the coffee kicks in....

[lagilman]

Ah, family:

from my sister, commenting on my mom's email style: "I love...your incredible narrative style combining chekov and ephron."

Which, y'know, really nails it dead.


Meanwhile, I am contemplating trying to roll out 365 bits of writing advice, starting January 1. Or is that far too ambitious for peripatetic me, and I should go for a more manageable 52 Bits?

Comments

[kriz1818.livejournal.com]

365? O.O I'm having trouble imagining 365 bits of advice about *anything*.

Or will it be things like "That adverb there? Yes, that one. Is it really, really necessary?"

[lagilman]

After nearly 20 years, I've got a range of advice, not all of which suits all people (I offer: y'all pick and choose what works)

It would probably run the gamut from business to craft to common sense/survival tricks...

[kriz1818.livejournal.com]

In that case, I'd be fascinated to see it!

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Is there any reason not to do the 52 bits, with bonuses for random reasons?

Advice is good. You eating is better.

[girasole.livejournal.com]

I like this one.

[lagilman]

*ponders* I can't really see it taking more than 5-10 minutes a day, myself, to compose and post... (I have a notebook of such advice already jotted, from pep talks and reminders I give myself)

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

how much detail would you go into with those pieces of advice? No sense in overburdening yourself any more than usual.

[lagilman]

*refrains from wiseass comment*

The general idea was like the "one a day" calender things - a quick hit of a sentence or three. Y'all are giving way more thought to this already than I have....

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

Man, I throw you a softball, and you pass on it. I must be losing my touch.

I think the "one a day" is fine, given your parameters.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

If you can limit your time and you've got a reasonable amount of inventory already stored up that you can use, then go for it.