writing archives
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note: the pieces of art i’m looking at here are all books/television shows i consumed for the purpose of research. interestingly, i’ve found that seeing how a story has been formed (characters, world-building, plot, setting) is much easier to wrap my head around in a TV show rather than a novel. 1/19/25 from watching ONE…
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have you ever wondered how to write the first draft of a novel in less than a year? buckle up, because i’ll show you how i did it in five steps. step 1: decide in late december 2023, i decided i was going to write a novel in 2024 as one of my new year’s…
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2/5/25 it is not flattering what i feel for you. were i (or you) to peel back the layers of my skin you might justifiably recoil. this time i will be silent, i will let him be around me, and later i will let him leave too. if that should be the way of the world…
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1/11/25 my flaw is i read everything wrong. on the brown walls of your bedroom described a list of books in arabic spread in a swooping, deliberate hand. a yellow book, the one i found. the words: “then fuck me.” i found more traces of your scrawling, impatient hand like an artist had set an…
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a woman will notice if you love her. your tells. the shifty eyes, hesitating body, any odd move. a woman will notice the ridiculously small effort in your eye movement, whether it’s on her or avoiding her because it secretly loves her, or plastered somewhere else in distraction because it doesn’t love her. none of…
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5/4/24 running away from japan. day trip to california. i was so far up i could see the roundness of the earth, darkness draining from the edge of the skyline. what a beautiful world with mesmerizing things (6:31AM, los angeles, CA) i was supposed to be here. otherwise i wouldn’t be soon you will be…
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3/31/24 it’s this: novel writing. not anything else — not friends, not poetry, not disturbing remnants of you that still haven’t dried themselves out. it is so simple. this is the only thing. hm. i’m just sitting here in this quiet fever dream. i don’t think my mind’s been working on the novel much. i’ve…
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not your regular program – a strange formatting today. just one-liners it’s your heart, it needs defending [redacted] just focus on taking it easy [redacted] the weather will get warmer and you will be fine [redacted] random convos in cafes. ‘i love when men cry.’ ‘yeah it’s pretty sweet.’ ‘her idea for having a wedding…
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i recently bought myself a bouquet of 紫陽花. they are my favorite flowers. usually I had only ever bought flowers for mother’s day, for birthdays, graduating friends, never for the body i used and walked around with. that meant it was my first time washing the vase at home, cutting the stems, fingers carefully avoiding…
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11/30/24 you know what you have to say fuck you to the parallel universe where you two are holding hands first there was the parallel place you promised you would love what was good for you (and then went back on your word in this one) the parallel hole where you’re sitting on the bus…
coming soon:
- What’s Up With Art? Abstract Thoughts on what art does to artists