andrewducker (
andrewducker) wrote2011-12-02 11:00 am
Interesting Links for 02-12-2011
- Apple: Siri isn't anti-abortion. Glad to hear it!
- Ministers announce U-turn on mobility benefit cut - Yaaaay!
- A Londoner’s Guide to Living in New York: Part 1.1: Language (I laughed at the translations)
- Having problems motivating yourself to write? You need "Written? Kitten!", the world's best motivator!
- HP Printers Can Be Hacked to Catch on Fire
- New Icelandic volcano eruption could have global impact (Just what we need!)
- What it's like to sleep with cats
Re: Writing Motivation
A location I write will look, sound, smell real. You'll probably picture it exactly as I intend. Conversations will feel right, as if it's something a few people really would say to each other
[dialogue in the vast majority of novels I've read is fucking dire. I read it and I think, dude, have you ever actually *listened* to a conversation? People just don't talk like that]
I just can't keep it going for more than a few hundred words.