You're right — I am giving some dignity to content writing, if only by reading it as seriously as I treat other texts (even though I end up finding it as incomplete and deadening). And I've probably written close to 700 pages of such content over the last few years, though I don't know if I have a deep well of unhappiness to give away.
Out of curiosity, what was the QuickBooks manual called?
Exactly. Attention-deficit texts are abandoning nuance, craft, and allusion, and probably many other things as well. (I'm going to print this out and study it harder, one reading isn't enough.) Thank you, and I hope you can keep going at your day job without being completely hollowed out, or even better, that you get involved in that Great Resignation that's going around, and find something more fulfilling to do!
Thanks, man! I'm thrilled to hear that you'll take it off the screen and into a physical, lasting form.
As for my job: I certainly have elements of it that fulfill and retain me (my coworkers, other ways that I get to use my mind beyond writing attention-deficit texts). For now, regularly writing this newsletter along with fiction and poetry has plenty of fulfillment. But if you ever sniff out a well-paying position that'll let me do all three forever, you know where to find me.
Gasp. Hold on. Let me catch my breath. ... OK. About half-way through, I thought, 'I'll come back and finish this later.' Then, I thought, no, I can see the summit from here. It's not that far. It is, though! It is that far.
Kevin, thank you for clarifying the types of texts. It makes so much sense to me. Much more sense that Ulysses, don't get me started on Faulkner. You'll need one of the ADHD things you spend all day writing to "hook" me on Faulkner.
Keep writing material like this. I want to read it. I need to read it. I want you on that wall. I needy on that wall.
You're kind, thank you so much. With this one validation, I'll have enough to write at least two more essays. I'm glad you want and need them - so do I.
I'd absolutely want to hook you on Faulkner, but writing him up like that would defeat the purpose. Instead, I'd recommend As I Lay Dying, as an intro (if you haven't already read it).
You're right — I am giving some dignity to content writing, if only by reading it as seriously as I treat other texts (even though I end up finding it as incomplete and deadening). And I've probably written close to 700 pages of such content over the last few years, though I don't know if I have a deep well of unhappiness to give away.
Out of curiosity, what was the QuickBooks manual called?
Exactly. Attention-deficit texts are abandoning nuance, craft, and allusion, and probably many other things as well. (I'm going to print this out and study it harder, one reading isn't enough.) Thank you, and I hope you can keep going at your day job without being completely hollowed out, or even better, that you get involved in that Great Resignation that's going around, and find something more fulfilling to do!
Thanks, man! I'm thrilled to hear that you'll take it off the screen and into a physical, lasting form.
As for my job: I certainly have elements of it that fulfill and retain me (my coworkers, other ways that I get to use my mind beyond writing attention-deficit texts). For now, regularly writing this newsletter along with fiction and poetry has plenty of fulfillment. But if you ever sniff out a well-paying position that'll let me do all three forever, you know where to find me.
Gasp. Hold on. Let me catch my breath. ... OK. About half-way through, I thought, 'I'll come back and finish this later.' Then, I thought, no, I can see the summit from here. It's not that far. It is, though! It is that far.
Kevin, thank you for clarifying the types of texts. It makes so much sense to me. Much more sense that Ulysses, don't get me started on Faulkner. You'll need one of the ADHD things you spend all day writing to "hook" me on Faulkner.
Keep writing material like this. I want to read it. I need to read it. I want you on that wall. I needy on that wall.
You're kind, thank you so much. With this one validation, I'll have enough to write at least two more essays. I'm glad you want and need them - so do I.
I'd absolutely want to hook you on Faulkner, but writing him up like that would defeat the purpose. Instead, I'd recommend As I Lay Dying, as an intro (if you haven't already read it).
Are you a fan of Robertson Davies? He once described a good book as like the sheet music for a concerto for book and reader.
I am not, though he's certainly onto something: music as analogy for writing is close to how I understand good books.