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I must be feeling contrarian today, because people all over twitter are gushing about the new Doctor Who trailer, and I actually think it's kind of lame. Not lame in an "Oh-my-god-Moffatt's-ruining-my-show-I'm-never-watching-again" kind of way, just kind of silly. Though I will say, the more I see of Matt Smith in the role, the more I like him. So in that sense, the trailer did it's job.
In further contrariness, many of the rules in this Guardian list of rules for writing made me want to stab either myself or somebody else with a pen. Particularly Elmore Leonard's rules, which seem to be good rules if you want to write like Elmore Leonard. Which is fair enough, I suppose - when giving advice about writing, one can only really be authoritative on how to write like oneself. There are lots of nuggets of good advice scattered though this article, as well as part two, though a lot of it won't be new unless you're not in the habit of reading writing advice. I was particularly amused by Phillip Pullman's contribution:
There's always one, isn't there?
In further contrariness, many of the rules in this Guardian list of rules for writing made me want to stab either myself or somebody else with a pen. Particularly Elmore Leonard's rules, which seem to be good rules if you want to write like Elmore Leonard. Which is fair enough, I suppose - when giving advice about writing, one can only really be authoritative on how to write like oneself. There are lots of nuggets of good advice scattered though this article, as well as part two, though a lot of it won't be new unless you're not in the habit of reading writing advice. I was particularly amused by Phillip Pullman's contribution:
My main rule is to say no to things like this, which tempt me away from my proper work.
There's always one, isn't there?
