What, if anything, would replace the written word? Perhaps telepathy--some form of direct mental communication. Or possibly, in a world where society has collapsed, it would be replaced with nothing. Maybe words will be upgraded to include more information. Maybe words could be invented that described such unique events and feelings that you could put …
Name one
Name a first person novel where the character isn't annoying, stupid, or an asshole--I'd like to read it. Maybe it's because people never see their own faults, I suppose that's realistic but it's still annoying. (almost) Every novel I've read in first person the character does irrational, stupid, or asshole-ish things, and never acknowledges it …
There is only one reason to write
Because you want to be famous? Â ****X**** Because you want money? ****X**** Because you want everyone to know how smart you are? ****X**** Because you want people to think you are mysterious? ****X**** Because the ghost of PKD has possessed your fingers and is forcing you to scrawl dozens of pages of deep, yet …
Rewriting
That thing I was talking about that had gripped me? Yeah, well, it let go... I'm really terrible at staying focused... Now I've decided to try something new that I've never done in my life... rewriting! I'm going to go back over one of my unfinished novels, clean it up, and see if I can …
Describing a face
How do you do it? I wonder if one can really use words to describe a face accurately. People tend to default to faces they've seen before, or shapes they are familiar with. I am trying something with a character of mine, and have picked a face of a real person to use as my …
Jonas David 