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Most recent letters
# 14Keep Hanging On, Kid
Remembering Lyra McKee, a fellow journeyman who lost her life too soon in Northern Ireland.
# 11Three Thoughts on Visual Storytelling
On Spiderman Into The Spider-Verse, the nature of juxtaposition and writing screenplay dialogue.
# 10Musical Interval
Playing around with loops and ossilations, I discover whale music inside a 95-year-old song.
# 8Building A Body Of Work
You’re not just publishing into a never ending stream, you’re building a library of work
# 009Barbecues On The Titanic
On climate change and how stories create aesthetic emotion to comprehend what’s happening.
# 008On Being Busy
Is busyness really a trap? Or is a sign of a life well-lived? Is creative energy a finite resource or something abundant?
# 6The Sleep Consultant
Robin Sloan asks a critical question for creators — what does it mean to love something on the internet today?
# 5The Screenplay Problem
The problem with screenwriting as a creative pursuit, and three ideas to fix it.
# 4It's Telling You What It Wants To Be
Thoughts on the creative process and letting the work tell you what it wants to be.
