Author Wells Tower talks briefly about his creative process (look ma’ – no internet!), plus a book trailer for his short story collection.
Word Heat Map: “Bootstraps”
This nifty online tool from Wordle will generate a “heat map” of the most-used words in your story. Check out the Wordle for “Bootstraps” here.
Sympathetic Magic
“You hated going to the dojo at first: the uniformity of the place, the rote memorization required to learn the creeds, the repetitive back and forth of the techniques. And the forms, the way the Blacks moved together out there on the mats, dancing along to the soundless beat of what must be some kind of retarded disco house music, dipping and kneeling, twirling and kicking at nothing but the wide mirror running the length of the wall.”
DeLillo On “Underworld”
Listen to Don DeLillo explain his creative process to NPR’s Terry Gross.
The Outline
Outlines are for term papers, not works of art … right? Not if you’re trying to stick to a routine and maximize your time.