Writing Charlie this season was cathartic because I’ve never related more to her from my own personal experience.
“Why is she suddenly so stupid??”
🙃 *dies*
“Why is she suddenly so stupid??”
🙃 *dies*
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Writing Charlie this season was cathartic because I’ve never related more to her from my own personal experience.
“Why is she suddenly so stupid??”
🙃 *dies*
“Why is she suddenly so stupid??”
🙃 *dies*
Another one bites the dust.
Delete your Grammarly account, apps, plugins and everything related to it.
They will use your writing to train AI.
Delete your Grammarly account, apps, plugins and everything related to it.
They will use your writing to train AI.
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Another one bites the dust.
Delete your Grammarly account, apps, plugins and everything related to it.
They will use your writing to train AI.
Delete your Grammarly account, apps, plugins and everything related to it.
They will use your writing to train AI.
Sen. Cynthia Lummis lies that the accusations against Pete Hegseth are "just allegations with no backing" (Pete's mom put it in writing and Hegseth entered into an NDA related to a rape accusation)
December 10, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Sen. Cynthia Lummis lies that the accusations against Pete Hegseth are "just allegations with no backing" (Pete's mom put it in writing and Hegseth entered into an NDA related to a rape accusation)
Related: “how can you write when you’re young/poor/uneducated/have never traveled?”
Writing isn’t just for people of means. It can’t be.
Writing isn’t just for people of means. It can’t be.
Writing "wisdom" I hate:
WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW.
This is the worst advice ever.
It would be better if it was KNOW MORE SO YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT IT.
Every good writer I know is constantly researching and getting new information and asking experts.
It's a terrible bit of advice!
WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW.
This is the worst advice ever.
It would be better if it was KNOW MORE SO YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT IT.
Every good writer I know is constantly researching and getting new information and asking experts.
It's a terrible bit of advice!
September 22, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Related: “how can you write when you’re young/poor/uneducated/have never traveled?”
Writing isn’t just for people of means. It can’t be.
Writing isn’t just for people of means. It can’t be.
Writing erotica that talks about the nuances of consent and sexuality is an exercise in dodging constant bad-faith interpretations from young adults who think anything sex-related is bad and wrong.
July 9, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Writing erotica that talks about the nuances of consent and sexuality is an exercise in dodging constant bad-faith interpretations from young adults who think anything sex-related is bad and wrong.
Related note: I'm writing about the NDIS again this week.
January 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Related note: I'm writing about the NDIS again this week.
In a related story, I recently won the Will Harris Writing Contest at the Will Harris Creative Center, which is in my house. What an honor! Can’t wait for the awards dinner tonight!
March 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In a related story, I recently won the Will Harris Writing Contest at the Will Harris Creative Center, which is in my house. What an honor! Can’t wait for the awards dinner tonight!
September 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Related: the writing advice I give most (for historians):
Short sentences. Short paragraphs. Short chapters.
Short sentences. Short paragraphs. Short chapters.
Love a short book ❤️
December 30, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Related: the writing advice I give most (for historians):
Short sentences. Short paragraphs. Short chapters.
Short sentences. Short paragraphs. Short chapters.
Random Writing-Related Search of the Day: "Goat tongues"
April 22, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Random Writing-Related Search of the Day: "Goat tongues"
Cool that I can remember decades of writing bc I otherwise don’t bother writing it down.
Related: When I write dialogue I don’t attribute lines to anyone bc if I can’t tell who’s speaking then it’s weak, a writing prof taught me that forever ago.
Related: When I write dialogue I don’t attribute lines to anyone bc if I can’t tell who’s speaking then it’s weak, a writing prof taught me that forever ago.
February 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Cool that I can remember decades of writing bc I otherwise don’t bother writing it down.
Related: When I write dialogue I don’t attribute lines to anyone bc if I can’t tell who’s speaking then it’s weak, a writing prof taught me that forever ago.
Related: When I write dialogue I don’t attribute lines to anyone bc if I can’t tell who’s speaking then it’s weak, a writing prof taught me that forever ago.
I was thinking about something related to this tonight. I'm glad that my quasi-fame peaked ~15 years ago but I still have two fame related goals:
* I want to win a BAFTA. Not necessarily for writing or out or pride; it's just my favorite award shape.
* I want to be invited to the Criterion Closet.
* I want to win a BAFTA. Not necessarily for writing or out or pride; it's just my favorite award shape.
* I want to be invited to the Criterion Closet.
what is the biggest writerly goal you are willing to cop to publicly? I would like to be nominated for a Lammy
January 18, 2026 at 6:13 AM
I was thinking about something related to this tonight. I'm glad that my quasi-fame peaked ~15 years ago but I still have two fame related goals:
* I want to win a BAFTA. Not necessarily for writing or out or pride; it's just my favorite award shape.
* I want to be invited to the Criterion Closet.
* I want to win a BAFTA. Not necessarily for writing or out or pride; it's just my favorite award shape.
* I want to be invited to the Criterion Closet.
What topic would you like us to do a comic writing class on? Can be craft related, business related, anything!
November 22, 2024 at 10:34 PM
What topic would you like us to do a comic writing class on? Can be craft related, business related, anything!
Thanks for kind messages. Keeping me going while I wait. (I'm obviously already writing the policy related substack post in my head).
August 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Thanks for kind messages. Keeping me going while I wait. (I'm obviously already writing the policy related substack post in my head).
there's always some white guy on here writing a 5-post thread about the ceaseless harassment they face every day just because of their very good opinions and every single time they lapse into some sort of barely-related complaint about how people were mean to them in high school
March 24, 2026 at 12:36 AM
there's always some white guy on here writing a 5-post thread about the ceaseless harassment they face every day just because of their very good opinions and every single time they lapse into some sort of barely-related complaint about how people were mean to them in high school
(spinning the obsession wheel because I’m between special interests) come on writing! art history! at least something work related! (wheel lands on ‘Maritime Logistics’) fuck!
May 20, 2026 at 12:53 AM
(spinning the obsession wheel because I’m between special interests) come on writing! art history! at least something work related! (wheel lands on ‘Maritime Logistics’) fuck!
What’s the first writing related project you plan to tackle for the new year? #WritingPrompt
January 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
What’s the first writing related project you plan to tackle for the new year? #WritingPrompt
Tangentially related to all this: Vermuele's writing sucks shit
Totally separate from the ideas he's trying to convey, which also suck shit. His writing is in the poor-quality-but-voluminous-as-fuck category.
Totally separate from the ideas he's trying to convey, which also suck shit. His writing is in the poor-quality-but-voluminous-as-fuck category.
more confirmation that lurking clearly behind this idea of the “heritage american” is a straightforward contempt for the actual history and tradition of this country, such that vermeule has to hallucinate a framework to justify his desire to jettison the clear meaning of the 14th amendment
I had missed this latest delirium by Adrian Vermeule on birthright citizenship
'Common law?! NAH, it's the Roman law of adoption that should govern the interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution!'
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/immigratio...
'Common law?! NAH, it's the Roman law of adoption that should govern the interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution!'
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/immigratio...
December 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Tangentially related to all this: Vermuele's writing sucks shit
Totally separate from the ideas he's trying to convey, which also suck shit. His writing is in the poor-quality-but-voluminous-as-fuck category.
Totally separate from the ideas he's trying to convey, which also suck shit. His writing is in the poor-quality-but-voluminous-as-fuck category.
The downside to writing/drawing something related to Christianity is that you have a lot of people not familiar with the Bible or Christian history/mythos, with their only frame of reference being other religious fiction and then making it your problem
August 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The downside to writing/drawing something related to Christianity is that you have a lot of people not familiar with the Bible or Christian history/mythos, with their only frame of reference being other religious fiction and then making it your problem
Not ok. Writing something New York Times related that makes people feel like they're being demonized and endangered is Joe Kahn's job.
The apartment building of New York Times Executive Editor Joseph Kahn was defaced with red paint and graffiti in the early hours of Friday morning.
The paint covered the walls and front steps to the apartment building, and writing at the base of the steps read, “Joe Kahn lies Gaza dies.”
The paint covered the walls and front steps to the apartment building, and writing at the base of the steps read, “Joe Kahn lies Gaza dies.”
Top New York Times editor’s apartment building vandalized with paint and graffiti | CNN
The Greenwich Village apartment building of New York Times Executive Editor Joseph Kahn was defaced with red paint and graffiti in the early hours of Friday morning.
www.cnn.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Not ok. Writing something New York Times related that makes people feel like they're being demonized and endangered is Joe Kahn's job.
@joshuaerlich.bsky.social noticed how clean the house is and assumed* it resulted from my writing-related anxiety.
*100% accurately.
*100% accurately.
July 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
@joshuaerlich.bsky.social noticed how clean the house is and assumed* it resulted from my writing-related anxiety.
*100% accurately.
*100% accurately.
Treating oversimplified writing advice like "rules" you have to follow is actually damaging to writing. Your own, and the people who you pass those "rules" on to.
Related--stop oversimplifying writing advice!!! Just stop! There are no rules, only techniques that do or don't serve your project.
Related--stop oversimplifying writing advice!!! Just stop! There are no rules, only techniques that do or don't serve your project.
So you give your novel to me, and I tell you this, and you tell me (I've lost count of how often this happens), actually you DID have a scene in the landing boat where the protag is introduced, but he's just worrying about his wife & kid there, it's boring, so you cut that to get to "the action".
January 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Treating oversimplified writing advice like "rules" you have to follow is actually damaging to writing. Your own, and the people who you pass those "rules" on to.
Related--stop oversimplifying writing advice!!! Just stop! There are no rules, only techniques that do or don't serve your project.
Related--stop oversimplifying writing advice!!! Just stop! There are no rules, only techniques that do or don't serve your project.
In a blatant 1st Amendment violation, students in the Texas Tech University system are completely banned from researching or writing anything related to sexual orientation or gender identity as part of their thesis.
April 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
In a blatant 1st Amendment violation, students in the Texas Tech University system are completely banned from researching or writing anything related to sexual orientation or gender identity as part of their thesis.
Contractors behind the Lincoln reflecting pool mess have admitted in writing they were responsible. Trump owes the former Olympian he tried to prosecute an apology. Congress should get every document related to this debacle. @levin.house.gov
September 24, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Contractors behind the Lincoln reflecting pool mess have admitted in writing they were responsible. Trump owes the former Olympian he tried to prosecute an apology. Congress should get every document related to this debacle. @levin.house.gov