<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AE2vUC5DuM8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> Some good advice on writing: - embrace your own weirdness [[The ur-quote of geekdom]] - test every rule by breaking it - always add some mystery or intrigue to a story that is never explained to the readers, something that is not critical to the plot - don't censor yourself [[The secret to being a writer]] - exploit [[apophenia]] by introducing random ideas - make the story more intimate by drawing it closer to yourself - use as much strangeness, randomness and intimacy that you can handle right from the beginning, and trust your brain to make sense of it Writers mentioned: - Avram Davidson: https://www.scribd.com/read/182577400/The-Avram-Davidson-Treasury-A-Tribute-Collection - Lafcadio Hearn Eilenn Gunn's collection of short stories: https://www.scribd.com/read/441625256/Stable-Strategies-and-Others