Yes, I know word origins aren’t important, but they are interesting, and should be preserved/persevered.. Perverse, though it may be. @grammargirl@mastodon.social #writing

“Humans are a Dyson sphere: a lot of vacuum and very little substance.” #writing

“He fell from grace. He surmised that falling from Carol was safer since she knew how to pack a parachute.” #writing #throwawayline

“Life has no participation medals. We give medals to those who do something exceptional, especially when they die.” #writing #life

“Life is an Olympic sport, for which you get no medal.” #writing

“Don’t let your guard down. Be a good commander.” #writing #life

“The hardships you survive are gifts. The ones you don’t survive, well … “ #writing

“Luck of the draw”, does it originate from cards or from being faster “on the draw” in old-timey Western shootouts? It could apply to both. #writing #luck

I guess it’s appropriate I’m trying to come up with a short story idea for Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity on Friday the 13th, give the the story theme needs to be “luck”. #writing #luck #mdc3con

If you were to plot every living person’s “story/life arc”, I wonder if it would be rising, falling, or flat. My guess it would be a bell curve around flat or falling. #life #story #character #arc #writing #statistics

“The problem, isn’t so much about what happened. It’s about people asking why it happens, only to have someone else lie about it.” #writing

“Don’t sit around dreaming about what you can do. Do it.” #writing #life

“Hitting the ground is always a lot more impactful than falling.” #writing

“Whenever possible, reduce the number of facts, locations and characters. People get confused easily, and just want the good bits.” #writing

“I’m coming to the conclusion that if anything has two sides: good luck bad luck, good evil, young old, and that sort of thing, that they are purely the work of the human imagination, and do not truly exist.” #writing

“With great relief comes great relaxation.” #writing #throwawayline

“In today’s world, when someone appears deep in thought, they are actually daydreaming, or at best staring off into the middle distance.” #writing

“All lives seek their conclusion.” #writing

“Just because you fear something doesn’t mean you are incapable of action. Why else would “god-fearing” peoples ignore god’s wishes and commandments?” #writing

“A book with no name is like a horse. Everyone is interested in its spine.” #writing #throwawayline

“Gods are for those who need something to fear. Once fear is gone, so is religion.” #writing

“The Devil Wears a Scar” #title #writing

“Life is the only thing worth dying for.” #writing

“Life is built around lists. Whether sequential, parallel, imagined, or real, a list determines what you do, how you live, and how you succeed or fail. The list is all.” #writing

Sigh. I forgot to charge the iPad and it shut down in the middle of a writing session. Oh well, at least I know nothing was lost. Time for food. #writing