Joe Cecil

Viewing stories as spacious

I'm noticing I can view a story as spacious, containing possibility. Oh, this paragraph is cool, I can see how that description of a fantasy animal gives the world a certain flavor of possibilities. This is the kind of world where you might end up needing to capture

Making models true (enough) with InuYasha

minor spoilers for InuYasha season 6: Only the dead may pass these gates. We make sure all those who wish to pass are dead. —The gate guardians we can view this activity as making an implicit model true (enough). the model is that "everyone beyond these gates is dead.

not starting conversations

did you know you can practice not starting conversations? it's easy. just find someone, and don't talk to them. you don't even have to think about what you're not going to say. if you want to, you can think of something not

Reviewing old journal entries, plus "threading"

I've been journaling for a long time, over ten years now. I suspect it's doing something, though I couldn't say exactly what. Mostly I journal about everyday situations, problems, whatever comes up. It is often helpful in the moment. However, I can't

Famous authors playing with genre boundaries

Something I notice is that a lot of famous(-ish) authors I read like to play with genre boundaries: 1. Arthur Conan Doyle. Every Sherlock Holmes novel feels like it's playing with genre boundaries in some way. 2. Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn is a fantasy story that's

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