Joseph Grammer's Blog - Posts Tagged "confusion"
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Say what your book is in 1 word!
Response: Anger, Stuttering, Frustration, Dismissal of Exercise as Horseshit, Citing Ineffable Artistry.
Response to response: Breathe. Literally begin breathing and attending to your breath like a wannabe Buddhist. Not being able to concisely pitch your book is bad.
Exercise: Write a list of single words. After each one, ask if that's really what your book is about, or if you can go deeper.
E.g., This post: Helping. Structure. Practice. Release. Connection. Sales. Fame. Delusion. Clarity. Confusion.
This post is about confusion! Not being able to explain what your book is in a word means you're confused about what it means, which is a regular event in human life, but one you can effect change, however miniscule and ephemeral (literary words), upon.
Practice writing 1-word summaries, asking yourself if you can go deeper each time. Don't drive yourself nuts, but go a little nuts doing it, get a little uncomfortable, because fiction (and non-fiction) should make you uncomfortable in a healthy way.
If you don't like it, SMiLE, little lightfish.
Response: Anger, Stuttering, Frustration, Dismissal of Exercise as Horseshit, Citing Ineffable Artistry.
Response to response: Breathe. Literally begin breathing and attending to your breath like a wannabe Buddhist. Not being able to concisely pitch your book is bad.
Exercise: Write a list of single words. After each one, ask if that's really what your book is about, or if you can go deeper.
E.g., This post: Helping. Structure. Practice. Release. Connection. Sales. Fame. Delusion. Clarity. Confusion.
This post is about confusion! Not being able to explain what your book is in a word means you're confused about what it means, which is a regular event in human life, but one you can effect change, however miniscule and ephemeral (literary words), upon.
Practice writing 1-word summaries, asking yourself if you can go deeper each time. Don't drive yourself nuts, but go a little nuts doing it, get a little uncomfortable, because fiction (and non-fiction) should make you uncomfortable in a healthy way.
If you don't like it, SMiLE, little lightfish.
