by reginaldwam3 | May 15, 2022 | Writing Asides, Writing Asides SD
How I Learned to Write. My father Elmer—a rather odd moniker for a Jewish kid from Pawtucket, Rhode Island—taught Shakespeare at Brown University for almost 40 years. But he could quote Harpo as easily as Hamlet, Philip Marlowe as easily as Christopher Marlowe. A good...
by reginaldwam3 | Mar 24, 2022 | Writing Asides, Writing Asides SD
Pockets are a problem. Whoever came up with the idea back in 18th Century England was doing too much snuff. Pockets are especially a problem for writers. Because, in addition to keys, loose change, wallet, eyeglass case, and cell phone, you also need a pad, pen,...
by reginaldwam3 | Feb 23, 2022 | Writing Asides, Writing Asides SD
Staring. For me, staring is a critical part of the creative process. It’s like a meditation except that the rules (actually, non-rules) are to let yourself follow any promising thought that appears in your mind’s eye—as opposed to the “serious” business of following...
by reginaldwam3 | Dec 10, 2021 | Writing Asides, Writing Asides SD
Keyboards & Haptics. (Many years ago, I was interviewing a CEO so I could ghost write his annual report message. He explained that their strategy was to “leverage their core competency to maximize their operational return.” I said, you mean you’re going to “do...
by reginaldwam3 | Nov 23, 2021 | Writing Asides, Writing Asides SD
Notebooks & Pads. One of the most Quixotic quests of my writing career has been the search for the perfect notebook and/or pad. I imagine many other writers have tilted at that same elusive windmill. I’ve used everything from dime (now dollar) store notebooks that...
