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I’m Dustin, welcome to my digital outpost.
I created this site in 2022 with the best of intentions, to have a place where I can blog my thoughts on writing and UX. Well, that didn’t last very long. I’m currently rethinking how I want to show up in the world, online and offline. kthxbye!
My mother sent me a link to Esquire’s article The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time. It’s a pretty good list, featuring a mix of classic sci-fi and some of the most impactful recent work. I was super happy to see one of Becky Chambers’ books make the list.
I’ve only read 13 of the 50, but that just means its good input for my list of books to read!
This is a list of all the fiction books and stories that have influenced me, as well as the stuff I haven’t read yet but might one day become an influence!
I don’t recall how I first discovered Kishōtenketsu, but I’ve been fascinated by it for years, long before my recent decision to make writing a creative habit. Kishōtenketsu is a 4-act narrative and rhetorical structure developed in China, Korea, and Japan. In English, it’s commonly described as “plot without conflict,” which is what attracted me to the form. I’m no expert on the subject, but...
Do the Legwork Last week, I attended the final session of a fabulous online class from the Loft Literary Center: Writing Difference. Taught by Angela Ajayi, the class focused on the craft and mindset of writing stories with characters and cultures that are different from the author’s own experience. It covered a broad range of differences including race, gender, age, socioeconomic background...
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