Inneresting 83
issue 83
January 7th, 2021
Feeling The Fear Of Missing Out (and Doing It Anyway)
Characters can harbor regrets about past choices, or feel frozen when they need to make a decision. So can writers! Understanding the feeling better might help you both…
FOMO’s Boston Origins: Ben Schreckinger interviews Patrick McGinnis about how his weekend routines during school lead him to coin the acronym FOMO.
Minimizing the Fear: Elizabeth Scott suggests ways you can deal with FOMO in your life.
Avoiding Living as an Elegy: Adam Phillips argues for a shift in mindset to avoid defining yourself by the life you chose not to lead.
Leaving Ideas Unwritten: Amber Thomas explains how writers at The Pudding determine if an idea is worth completing, and how it helps them walk away to focus on other projects.
Stop Pursuing Every Opportunity: Kate M. Colby advises emerging writers to stop acting like they need to act on every opportunity and instead focus on what’s essential to their goals.
Avoiding Obligatory Scenes: Blair Hurley describes how to find more interesting scenes at the margins of the scenes you assume you must write.
Your Never Ending Queue: Linda Holmes proposes that there’s no way to watch everything you want to, and that’s okay.
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At our site, you can learn more about how Highland 2 is a better way to write.
Previously on Inneresting…
In case you missed it, last issue’s most clicked link shared Henry Miller’s 11 writing commandments.
Other Inneresting Things
Elissaveta M. Brandon explains how Adaptive Reuse could create more affordable housing without the environmental consequences of new construction.
Play the classic original Prince of Persia in your web browser.
Nathan Dane recreated BBC’s decades-old text-based Ceefax news service with current news.
And that’s what’s inneresting this week!
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