I’ve realized something deep and disturbing/reassuring. It explains a lot. I’ll work it into “The Cat and the Witch”, which I’ll write after my current WIP. No one will “get” it, but that’s how reality works. #writing #reality #philosophy

“Given everything you knew at the time, would you have acted differently? If yes, why didn’t you? If no, you prove my point. Free will is shackled by context and knowledge. Context is just history and what has come before. That is an overwhelming set of handcuffs.” #writing #time #philosophy

Gravity affects time. Sufficiently large gravitic sources can split time. Occurrences in both streams could lead to different “historical” timelines. The streams would probably combine unless other sources forced them apart. This could lead to null-time pockets. #physics #time #history #writing

“Everyone is a critic, even though they aren’t paid.” #writing #life #failure

“Don’t worry whether the world will end or not. Worry about who is about to bring about its end.” #writing

Overheard: Hockey isn’t about skating. It’s about hitting others. I grew up in Philly and that’s what I like to see. #character #writing

“The tidal wave of time overwhelms and drowns us all.” #writing

“Some of us wake up each day hopping we make it to tomorrow and the thin veneer of civilization holds.” #writing

“At least a lie of crime is a life.” #writing

I miss Shep. I’ll never be as good a story teller. #writing

“Pride and Prejudice” “Arrogance and Racism” #writing #title

“Angels spoke to him, as did the demons. He preferred the demons.” #writing #character

“His life was a flame that could not be put out, but died on its own.” #writing #character

Observed: He was a survivalist. He wore a camo cap and had an analog watch. His meal was all protein including a beer. His sunglasses weren’t Meta. His flip phone, well … #writing #character

Writing done for today. A couple of nice scenes derived from middle-of-the-night-trying-to-get-back-to-sleep time. #writing

“Let me die with my boots on.” “You cant take them with you.” “But at least you wont have them.” #writing #throwwawayline

Remember Tom Swift? Adverbs exist for a reason, and that’s not to be maligned. Not using adverbs assumes the reader is intelligent enough to deduce how something is said. Think about why and how good people are at not using emoji? Adverbs are the emoji no one wants to use. #writing #failure

“Why do you alway have to be so difficult?” she asked. “Why do you say that?” “Because you’re never herd.” #writing #throwawayline

“You’re a crime scene waiting to happen.” #writing

Every character has a strength. Every character has a weakness. The story arises when the character relies on their strengths to solve a problem that requires them to use their weakness. Normal people don’t work this way. #writing #character #story

“Greed destroys people and the planet. Every greedy person stopped is a step in the right direction. Greed is compulsion. It is not capitalism.” #writing

“If you don’t challenge yourself, life will. I prefer that I do it.” #writing #life

“Will it be safe to come out from under the bed tomorrow?” #writing #throwawayline

“She stopped believing and started doing.” #writing

Whenever you’re around people, do you suspect (not imagine) someone to be a hit-man or a government assassin? If so, you should be a writer or seek counseling. #writing