Archive for November, 2008

Re Research Draft Project Evaluation Thingy I have hit on an absolutely first class source and am investigating the scholars and thinking concerned!!!

Posted on November 14, 2008. Filed under: Dorothea Brand Writing Advice, Research Draft Bid Reading List 2008 | Tags: , , , |

This Evaluation project thing is like Rawls magnum opus ‘A Theory of Justice’ which took him a good thirty years or so but which has got academia talking for the next thirty years following it’s publication.
For a start I have never done what the Academics term ‘Peer Review’ let alone being involved in something that [...]

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3rd Day of new 2000-3000 words regime:after 1,700 of verbatim words from various sources I was so exhausted I had to go to sleep

Posted on November 14, 2008. Filed under: Dorothea Brand Writing Advice, Inspirations, One Hundred Book Programme 2007, Personal Project Progress Report: Reading 75pp a day, Personal Project:Writing 2000 or more Words a day, Research Draft Bid Reading List 2008, University Podcasts 2007, amazon uk | Tags: , , , , |

My foray into the Very Short Introduction to Kant made me mentally exhausted. The Words on Day 3 had a similar effect after 1,700 words of verbatim words using another Luckhurst and Singleton exercise on Words Words Words; which as a Chapter looked very interesting, but unfortunately required the aqquisition of a number of substantive [...]

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Following ‘Luckhurst and Singleton’ The Creative Writing Handbook’ Palgrave 1999,2000 I did 6000 words this week!!

Posted on November 9, 2008. Filed under: Fiction, Journal, NEW 3000 Word Daily Writing Target | Tags: , |

I wrote a short story on Russian Psychiatrically imprisoned Dissidents, the word that comes to me is ‘research’ into Novels that is the way forward. My imagination REALLY went for it in the Evil scenarious that I conjured up in my Brain. Today
I did ‘My Room’ but I did my Flat which is more of [...]

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Who might be visiting? My Speculations as to motive, curiousity etc

Posted on November 9, 2008. Filed under: Blog Analysis | Tags: |

academics? vulnerable to stealing ideas.
Students who wonder what I am going on about.
Academics who I fear maybe parasites for Research where I am most vulnerable. Research participation is always asked for never taken never taken because I am online.
I have to believe my ideas are worth stealing in order to act in a protective manner. [...]

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The First 3.054 words word Essay and first experiment in fiction on demand

Posted on November 8, 2008. Filed under: Personal Project:Writing 2000 or more Words a day | Tags: |

My Fiction Experiment was based on Forced Psychiatric Imprisonment of inmate in Moscow where the ….xxxxxxxxxxxxxx protected Edit.
 The 2,500 words were journaling words, diary words words of expression self expression and just ambling along the highways and biways of the memories and thinking in my mind. I may use the Singleton and Luckhurst in future [...]

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I have decided NO Nanowrimo: I need to learn to write a Novel a year completely freestyle completly me in 300,000 words to gain a voice

Posted on November 6, 2008. Filed under: Personal Project Progress Report: Reading 75pp a day, Personal Project:Writing 2000 or more Words a day, Proper Literary Story Telling and Novelling 2008 | Tags: , , |

I need a new routine:3000 words a day. 1000 or so Journalistic blog Words, 1000 Academic** words and 1000 Literary and Story Telling Words.
The 300,000 words per Literary Words = one full proper Draft a year. Idea on HDD. I am all fingers and thumbs on this. Other forms of writing ie blogs/journalism and Academia [...]

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Shields Ancient Philosophy: I am reading about Aristotle and it his philosophy is deep, detailed, abstract

Posted on November 5, 2008. Filed under: Personal Project Progress Report: Reading 75pp a day | Tags: , |

My reading of Aristotle for the future looks both demanding and intensive. It looks as if I am going to be reading my plain vanilla text versions of key books of the books 1-16 (??) which according to writer amount to a DISCIPLINE (key word that!). The writer so far follows the nuances and complexities [...]

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My Informal Reading List: my efforts seem puny,inadequete etc

Posted on November 4, 2008. Filed under: One Hundred Book Programme 2007, Personal Project Progress Report: Reading 75pp a day, Research Draft Bid Reading List 2008 | Tags: |

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48 Books To go My Informal Reading List My efforts seem puny inadequate and intellectually poor compared to whats out there
 
Estimated List 80 odd
 
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Theory Construction From Verbal to Mathematical Formulation

Prentice Hall Methods of Social Science Series Eds Herbert L Costner Neil Smelser Blalock [...]

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Day 3 of Nanowrimo and 2,480 words of autobiographical import mixed with assidious fantasy!

Posted on November 4, 2008. Filed under: 2000 Book Reading Programme, Dorothea Brand Writing Advice, Personal Project Progress Report: Reading 75pp a day, Personal Project:Writing 2000 or more Words a day, Research Draft Bid Reading List 2008 | Tags: , |

Comment about Today.
I did 2004 words on Sunday 2nd November
2,583 words Monday 3rd November. I am 2,500 words behind current target which is 2,500 words a day of Fiction Words which is posing a considerable challenge. Quite frankly this novel is cathartic, therapeutic. I am allowing myself full license to do what I like SO [...]

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Nanowrimo 2008: I have just begun my crapulent novelistic prognostications

Posted on November 3, 2008. Filed under: 2000 Book Reading Programme, Dorothea Brand Writing Advice, Inspirations, Personal Project Progress Report: Reading 75pp a day, Personal Project:Writing 2000 or more Words a day | Tags: , , |

2004 NOVEL Words My rhythm and syntax are stuck into grooves.  I feel full of cliches decidding that Real Life is the best way forward and that my Real Life has more than enough interest and variety to spice up any novel that might be published in a very narrow specialist sphere. Dreams of proper [...]

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