I totally resonate, pun intended, with your musical revelations this week. I realized something similar myself when I took a songwriting course during COVID. The first things I wrote, 36 years ago, were song lyrics. Taking the class, I realized, while I was decent at it back then, I could be better now, by focusing on the emotion I wanted the listener to feel and then using the fewest words possible, connecting with the melody to convey that emotion. Changed my scriptwriting too. Thanks!!
Hey Mickey! Loved seeing the mention of Jami Attenberg's blog and #1000wordsofsummer. Have you read her book I Came All This Way To Meet You? It's a memoir about her life as a writer and I really enjoyed it. I'm going to do the 1000 words a day, too. I took a sci-fi fiction class recently through Gotham Writers and started a grounded sci-fi short story that my classmates really liked. They encouraged me to keep going so I figured at a thousand words a day for 2 weeks, I can make it a novella.
Any interest in having an accountability buddy during the two-week challenge? Let me know!
I totally resonate, pun intended, with your musical revelations this week. I realized something similar myself when I took a songwriting course during COVID. The first things I wrote, 36 years ago, were song lyrics. Taking the class, I realized, while I was decent at it back then, I could be better now, by focusing on the emotion I wanted the listener to feel and then using the fewest words possible, connecting with the melody to convey that emotion. Changed my scriptwriting too. Thanks!!
Friday is my day off and I get to read your newsletter. Great treat! Thanks Mickey you help get me into a creative mode.
Hey Mickey! Loved seeing the mention of Jami Attenberg's blog and #1000wordsofsummer. Have you read her book I Came All This Way To Meet You? It's a memoir about her life as a writer and I really enjoyed it. I'm going to do the 1000 words a day, too. I took a sci-fi fiction class recently through Gotham Writers and started a grounded sci-fi short story that my classmates really liked. They encouraged me to keep going so I figured at a thousand words a day for 2 weeks, I can make it a novella.
Any interest in having an accountability buddy during the two-week challenge? Let me know!
BOB