Writing
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What Can Be Done, Will Be Done
I’ve been on a year-long coming-to-terms with capacity, as a concept. Here’s what happened: At the beginning of last year, I sat down with a calendar and blithely booked trips and visits from mid-March through mid-July. Over an 18-week period, I committed myself for 14 weekends, including two international trips. Cumulatively, I spent five and Continue reading
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billie eilish punctuation headcanon
I have headcanon punctuation for the refrain in Billie Eilish’s song “I think therefore I am.” It is this: I’m not your friend, or anything—damn—you think that you’re the man; I think therefore I am Continue reading
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Messy first drafts.
It’s been a few years since I wrote a blog post, and every time I think of writing another I ask myself but do you have a subject worth blogging about? Which is really to say: do you have a subject worth blogging about after so much time? Continue reading
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Achronological storytelling case study: Dunkirk.
Welcome to the 3,000-word analysis of achonological storytelling in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk that was neither requested nor required. Continue reading
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POV in Mystery Fiction
I enjoy a good mystery, but I also enjoy analyzing the plot structure behind how to tell a good mystery. Continue reading
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January word count.
I wrote 13,381 words in January. And as exhausting as that feels, it’s also incredibly exhilarating. Continue reading
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Phantasia and the lack thereof.
I discovered a short time ago that some people are unable to create mental pictures using their “mind’s eye.” Coming to terms with this tested the limits of my own imagination. Continue reading
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Deadlines are my lifeline.
Deadlines used to be a constant source of dread for me. But in recent years, they’ve transformed from a source of dread and anxiety to my saving grace. Continue reading
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I write the Internet.
Over the past few years as a professional content writer, I’ve written about a million words in the form of blog posts, website copy, emails, and white papers. That feels like a lot, but in the context of the rest of the Internet, maybe it isn’t. Continue reading
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You, inc.
Recently, I’ve been tracking time spent on my most important creative/learning endeavors using my accounting software as a way to view the things that are important to me as business I owe myself. It’s been a useful experiment. Continue reading
L. H. Lynch 