Word Inventions

“Wear out, don’t rust out.”

Wise words indeed, but from a teenager?

Therapist: So, what’s the problem today?

Me: What do you mean ‘today’?

Therapist: Okay, what’s your problem?

Me: I don’t like the sound of that either. Your problem? Meaning only I have this problem?

Therapist: Okay, what’s on your mind?

Me: Lots of things. That’s the problem. I have attention deficit.

Therapist: I noticed you left off the ‘disorder’ label.

Me: Did you notice your clock isn’t accurate?

Therapist: I’ll fix it.

Me: I can do it.

Therapist: No need.

Me: So where were we?

Therapist: That’s my question to ask.

Me: If you’d let me fix your clock, I’ll let you ask the question.

Therapist: Based on your fixation on the clock, it seems your attention deficit is cured.

Me: Heeyyyy! You’re pretty good. I think I’ll blog about this. Do you mind if I tweet about it as well? Do you have a Twitter handle? What about a Facebook site? You really should have one. I even have a great graphic you should use for an icon. But I still have to fix that clock. Can I just interview you for a podcast? I’m sure other people have attention deficit like I used to have. I should probably write an ebook about my cure…you know, that enduring saga toward recovery. Yeah, I’ll get back to you.

 

maybe it will ease the notebook backlog issue a bit…

to move all those earth-moving thoughts and ideas to the Mac.

I was listening to a recent The Creative Penn podcast with Mark McGuinness and I overheard Joanna lamenting the lack of time she has to transcribe all the notes and notions and story ideas contained in her notebooks.

I know just want you mean, Joanna. And I’m sure there are at least a dozen more squirreled away in the garage.

I’m tempted to hire a non-virtual assistant [i.e. living and breathing in the very same office] to do that one and only one thing…digitize this tower of text.

There was no way I was going to that party…

Canceled. After a year of preparation, everything was canceled.

The meeting was commenced at 7:07.

Attendees: Tim Haag, Boo Haag

Approval of minutes: N/A

Officers Reports: Tim reported he had started a new blog that will, in the future, consist of a variety of forms of writing, including advice columns, cartoons, recipes, telegrams, and classified ads.

Boo presented his daily ‘Premeditated Canine Starvation’ report in which Tim is accused of spending far too little time attending to Boo’s dietary needs.

Main Motions: Moved by Tim and seconded that the daily writing warmup will continue. The motion carried with two in favor and zero against.

Moved by Tim and seconded that the theme for the wordinventions blog will soon change. The motion carried with two in favor and zero against.

Announcements: Boo shared his strategy of seconding all of Tim’s motions as long as he is is graced with a peanut butter-enhanced Kong session.

Boo also expressed dissatisfaction that we did not include him in the Kong photo.

 

URL: https://dogs.thefuntimesguide.com/files/dog-and-kong-by-oakleyoriginals.jpg

Adjournment: Boo moved that the meeting be adjourned, and this was agreed upon at 7:29 PM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I can’t even imagine a reason he did that…”

Just a quick point. I mention books and software merely to provide information. There is no profit motive involved.

A few more helpful bits to apply to my projects…

1. There is a ‘Snapshot’ feature that encourages you to experiment with your writing and then roll back to the point where you ‘took a snapshot’ and followed the alternative path.
2. Consider using one of Scrivener’s own project templates. It helps to streamline the Compile [i.e. export] process to Kindle and other sites.
3. Scrivener auto-saves every two seconds. Niiiiice.

I’ve really enjoyed working with this product.  Very affordable for its extensive features and customization options.

Just a sample of some of the options…[click the image for a close-up]