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The Proust Questionnaire

Christopher Clancy

The Proust Questionnaire is supposed to tease out one’s “true nature.” Needless to say, I took it very seriously.

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Posted in: Ephemera, Writing Filed under: Linus Van Pelt, Marcel Proust, Vanity Fair

Dream Journal

Christopher Clancy

For those who don’t know what a dream journal is, it’s exactly what it sounds like: a place where you write down your dreams.

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: Carl Jung, dreams, J.E. Cirlot, Oxford comma, symbols

Worldbuilding: A Mansplanation

Christopher Clancy

I took it upon myself to learn what it is we’re talking about when we talk about worldbuilding. I’d like to share some of the more interesting tidbits with you.

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: J.R.R. Tolkien, Kurt Vonnegut, mansplain, N.K. Jemisin, Shakespeare, Star Trek, The Porch Nashville

Naming Your Fictional Characters

Christopher Clancy

It sure would be nice if coming up with names for your fictional characters was as easy as it seems at first blush.

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: Lord Voldemort, names, The World According to Garp

Exposition, the Broccoli of Storytelling

Christopher Clancy

How to show readers the ways of your newly created world without making them feel like they’re on the receiving end of an “info dump”?

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: exposition, RPL Writes, Vanderbilt University, Velveeta, worldbuilding, you just don't get it do you

Timelines

Christopher Clancy

Not that I imagine anyone ever noticing, but there’s a good chance that, even amid the beautifully formatted timelines offered by Preceden, I still have a few time-sensitive mistakes.

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: Infinite Jest, Preceden, timelines

My Dry January

Christopher Clancy

How did it go? Pretty well. I made it, anyway.

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Posted in: Ephemera Filed under: drinking, Lent, rehab

Top Three Record Stores in Murfreesboro, TN

Christopher Clancy

Murfreesboro, Tenn. contains at least three very good record stores, all within three miles of each other.

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Posted in: Ephemera Filed under: Bread, Donald Byrd, Jaco Pastorius, Murfreesboro

Three of My Favorite Coffee Spots in Murfreesboro

Christopher Clancy

Like a lot of people, coffee is important to me. And at no time is it more important than when…

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Posted in: Ephemera Filed under: breakfast, coffee, doughnuts, MTSU, Murfreesboro

Oh, The Places I Went: An Infographic

Christopher Clancy

Virginia Woolf said, “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”

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Posted in: Ephemera, Writing Filed under: JJ's Market & Cafe, privacy, Virginia Woolf, Walmart, writing

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