Quantum Tunnel

Genre, it turns out, is less a box than a promise.

This time we are looking at a short allegorical writing exercise in three steps: Start from a real tension.

This week in the Tinta Viva workshop we talked about The Perfume by Patrick Süskind and saw how the sense of smell is a powerful tool but now one that is exploited a lot in literature.

The task for this week was to build a short story in seven stages, moving from setting the scene and building expectation, through tension, suspense, conflict and intrigue, to an ending that resolves the conflict fully, partly or unexpectedly, as long as…

What a week it was.

Somebody on your team has already run npx skills add.

This week, we talked about Flaubert and Mme Bovary.

Four big models shipped between the 24th of August and the 1st of September.

Here we go, first task for the Tinta Viva workshop .

This week I joined Tinta Viva, the Taller Ibero de escritura creativa at UIA, led by Esperanza Bustillo Puente.

I was surprised to see a box at my front door.

Adam Kucharski’s Proof was published in the UK with the subtitle The Uncertain Science of Certainty.

A children’s book about lift, weight, thrust, drag — and the stubbornness of a nine-year-old with a question.

Or: Deep Thought didn’t need a better question.

In January I submitted a patch to Tufte-LaTeX, the document class a great many of us use when we want our papers and handouts to look as though we have read Tufte.