my current writing routine for novel #1
moved 1st draft deadline to 1 July. this is the date where editing and 1st re-write begins.
The Cannon Dispatch
Musician/ drummer and writer. Writing (and sometimes podcast), mostly thinking out loud during the creative process.
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33. Film Composer Barry J. Neely on Scoring, Production, & Creative Process
Inside the Mind of an Indie Film Composer
Road to 1st Novel: Vlog #1
May 1st deadline.
David Goggins's Advice Isn't For You - Or For 99.99% People
no need to masquerade your own self-depravity as an honorable quality
a not-so little thing
A little thing you can do that is actually a big thing is to find a thing that scares you and purposefully do it.
good enough
While you're looking for the best sample, the perfect snare sound, the right gear, 5-star paint, the perfect pencil, someone else is is doing the shit anyway.
Seen/ Read/ Listened/ Practiced: May 2025
See April’s post here.
32. Shifting to a Creative Path | J. Adams (JDAM Production House)
Listen now (71 mins) | Finding Fulfillment: From Government Work to Creative Passion
Seen/ Read/ Listened: April 2025
See March’s post here.
Seen/ Read/ Listened: March 2025
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Seen/ Read/ Listened: February 2025
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Seen/ Read/ Listened: January 2025
“What gets measured get managed”, so said someone somewhere one time
beginner's mind and experience
When you first begin a project or a new field of study an infinite amount of possibilities are open to you.
laser-focused learning: clear and direct questions
using a form of Socratic questioning to aide in learning
project-based learning: the non-shortcut shortcut
learn, do, suck, reflect, repeat, suck a bit less, etc.
three-ingredient life cocktail
If we have about 70-80 years here, if we’re lucky, then the most reasonable things we can do with our time is something along the lines of:
four things #15
romance by fontaines d.c., batman killing joke, freebird shaver for baldies, nautilus magazine
washing dishes
I spend a lot of my day washing dishes.
just one tic
just one tic a day is all you need.