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The Conclusion of the Bulwer-Lytton Rewrite

The Conclusion of the Bulwer-Lytton Rewrite

I refuse to tell you about the weather.

David LovettSeptember 19, 2018

The Fire from the Ice Follow-up: a Recommended Reading List

The Fire from the Ice Follow-up: a Recommended Reading List

Some further reading to explore the connections between the Grateful Dead and George R. R. Martin.

Literature, Music, WritingDavid LovettJune 13, 2018Con of Thrones, Grateful Dead, A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones, The Fire from the IceComment

Brief Tales of Martian Terror

Brief Tales of Martian Terror

Paul Clifford 2: Martian Boogaloo

Bulwer Lytton Rewrite, Writing, 100 Day ProjectDavid LovettApril 21, 2018Bulwer-Lytton, Mars, 100 Day Project, Writing

Considering the Parenthetical First Person Plural Narrator

Considering the Parenthetical First Person Plural Narrator

And then we considered the first person plural narrator who speaks in parentheses.

100 Day Project, WritingDavid LovettApril 17, 2018Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford, 100 Day Project, Narration, First Person Plural, Parentheses

Treat Your Reader with the Golden Rule

Treat Your Reader with the Golden Rule

Treat your reader the way you want to be treated.

100 Day Project, WritingDavid LovettApril 16, 2018Lady Chatterley's Lover, Writing, Bulwer-Lytton, 100 Day Project

Subtext Should Be Neither Shown Nor Told

Subtext Should Be Neither Shown Nor Told

Reflections and conversation about when to show, when to tell, and when to do neither.

David LovettApril 14, 2018

Eight More Days of the 100 Day Project

Eight More Days of the 100 Day Project

A continued cataloguing of the Bulwer-Lytton Rewrite, with some minor editorializing.

David LovettApril 14, 2018

The Weather is to be Told, not Shown

The Weather is to be Told, not Shown

Everyone knows good writing doesn't show. It tells. Or does it?

100 Day Project, Writing, Literature, BooksDavid LovettApril 7, 2018Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford, Roberto Bolano

What Edward Bulwer-Lytton and Tommy Wiseau Have in Common

What Edward Bulwer-Lytton and Tommy Wiseau Have in Common

Is rewriting Bulwer-Lytton as quixotic as remaking The Room would be?

NaNoWriMo, Writing, 100 Day ProjectDavid LovettApril 6, 2018100 Day Project, The Room, Tommy Wiseau, Bulwer-Lytton, Writing

Edward Bulwer-Lytton and the 100 Day Project

Edward Bulwer-Lytton and the 100 Day Project

It was a dark and stormy 100 day project.

The Moonborn, Writing, NaNoWriMoDavid LovettApril 3, 2018The Moonborn, Writing, 100 Day Project, Bulwer-Lytton