Branching out with my writing
My other blog has the full post.
But I have to say, considering today is back to mid-50’s and damp,
I’m really pleased with yesterday’s lack of ambition.
The only thing that would make yesterday better is having a new dog cruising the yard…or mercilessly begging. [Sorry, writing police, for using an adverb.]
Greetings.
I’ve been sharing components of my prewriting mini-course and will continue to add to this page. So far, I have posted the ‘using a concept list’ video, with two samples, and a 23-point ‘James Patterson on outlining’ PDF.
I will be combining them all with additional resources in my Teachable course, but for now, if you’re interested…
https://wordinventions.blog/prewriting-course/
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Let me know if you have questions: th@inventwithwords.com .
For now, it’s time for:
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Seems we’re expecting tens [maybe hundreds] of thousands of folks heading to our area for this weird thing happening up in the sky on Monday.
Bring it on. There are rumors of our utilities being overtaxed, what with visitors needing things like water, electricity, and basic sanitation–seems there’s no pleasing some people.
I say, bring on the apoc-eclipse. I am all over this.
First and foremost…coffee [pre-pulverized, in case we lose power], my Clever Coffee Dripper, and coffee beans [we snobs like it fresh ground, if possible]. Filters don’t rate a photo, but they’re in my emergency pack, as well.
Second, [again, if we lose power] a heat source…boil water for coffee and grill whatever will be thawing out from the freezer. And there’ll be lots of unfrozen fruit on our paper plates as well. Not so surprisingly, even in these potentially dire situations, I’ll still be unimpressed by the bumper crop of summer squash holding up our side fence.
Next, my most vital food stuff.
Still in the sustenance department, nothing like a little touch of whimsy…
On the day of the eclipse, I guess I’ll humor those millions of alarmists who seem to think a) they know more than I do b) I need these when looking at sun and moon in partial eclipse phase.
NASA is also inviting us to be citizen-scientists. My specialized headgear is a clear sign I take this responsibility seriously. [My wife agrees it’s a clear sign of something else.]
And if outages persist and I get desperate…
These should perfectly disguise me when I saunter into someone’s living room and snag their generator complete with, I hope, an idiot-proof instruction manual.
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