I read Models last week, taking it with a huge grain of salt. Some of it is junk, there is a good amount of useful information and prompting in there. One of the key concepts of the book is neediness vs. non-neediness. Models frames this concept in terms of investment.
I've been participating in a short story reading group the last few months. It works like this: Every month we read six to nine short stories each, then respond to three prompts for discussion about the stories we read. These prompts push on analyzing the stories for what
Something I've been noticing lately is the chance to give kind feedback. I've been noticing this lately in the context of Ultraspeaking, in the context of that and another Discord server, and in the context of a poetry critique group I am running. I can give
I'm noticing a subtle distinction between suggestions and advice. Suggestions are something that you give to do with as they will. They are open-ended. Advice is something that you give with the expectation it will be followed or not. It is closed off. There is a texture of
There's a pattern I notice of wanting to close up shop with respect to change. Often when I change I want to hang it up and say, okay, that's it, nailed it, we're done here, woohoo, time to go home. Ha, ha. Thank god