Fragments of Rasmenia Massoud: American expat somewhere in France, author of HUMAN DETRITUS & complete jackass.
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How to Make Write
Illustration for the 3/31 NYT Sunday Review and NYT Opinionator Draft essay “Those Irritating Verbs-as-Nouns.” Thanks to AD Matt Dorfman!
“The day Lydia died, I stopped being normal. The phone rang, a voice told me she was gone and I hung up. I didn’t know what to do. I could see the pink sunrise. Morning. I should eat some cereal and take a shower, I thought. That’s a normal thing to do in the morning.”
1. There is no shame in writing slow. Your writing takes as long to develop as it takes. Writing is not a race. There is something very seductive about slow writing, about the care being given to the words when the writing happens at a more languorous pace. This is not to say fast writers don’t…
Hey Neil, my english Teacher keeps insisting that there are underlying themes and meanings to books and i don’t think they are intentional. Do you have any opinions when it happens to your books. When literary critics attempt to put motives and personal agendas behind your works?
8 timeless tips on writing from Kurt Vonnegut
“We are, each one of us, a story. A long story made up of thousands of tiny stories. It’s our stories that shape the way we feel about things. My story has led me to harbor a disdain of firearms. All the arguing and shouting at me about your rights won’t change my mind.”
