Joe Cecil

Making writing hard

It seems I've been making writing this harder than I need to lately. I've been spending more time than is strictly needed. Sometimes hours more. I've been wanting to tie together some ideas from Visakan Veersamy's Introspect for myself, specifically on desires.

Rambling when writing fiction

A problem I find I have run into a lot when writing fiction is rambling. I often start a scene not knowing where it is going to go. Sometimes this works out to great material. Just as often the scene I write doesn't have any meaning or soul,

Shitposting

Maybe I need to work on my shitposting. (Not that kind?) That is all.

Notes on storytelling

This past week in Ultraspeaking has been about storytelling. I struggled with this, but I think I'm finally starting to get the hang of reliving moments (see also: video example) with help and examples from the coaches (thanks Aman, Santosh!). Some notes from my perspective: 1. Find the

Reliving moments?

I'm grappling with the idea of reliving moments in speaking lately. I am getting to where I can find things that I want to talk about: A book I read, or a time that I wrote a poem. I'm talking about the specific thing that comes

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