by jasonbatt | Jun 6, 2014 | Blog, Writing
When launching the modern classic Star Wars, filmmaker George Lucas insisted that the universe, down to its smallest detail, feel as if it was lived-in. Kiri Hart, Head of Lucasfilm Development reflected on the 1977 film: “What was so special about what George...
by jasonbatt | Jun 4, 2014 | Blog, Writing, writing craft
My son is a Lego addict. At home, he has boxes and boxes of the tiny, plastic blocks. At school, in his aftercare program, he only gets a box of about one hundred Legos. Every evening when I pick him up he smiles and holds up his day’s creation with those one hundred...
by jasonbatt | Jun 2, 2014 | Blog, Writing
In the world of robotics, particularly android development, and computer-generated simulations, there exists a strangeness called the “uncanny valley”. The gap of the “uncanny valley” is created between when human features and behaviors appear very near to what a real...
by jasonbatt | May 31, 2014 | Blog, Writing
Let’s start with the end. Francine Prose, pulling us back along with her class, tells us, “Forget observation, consciousness, clear-sightedness . . . Admit that you understand nothing of life, nothing of what you see. Then go out and look at the world.” Writing is a...
by jasonbatt | May 28, 2014 | Blog, Writing
There’s a movement, maybe just a few but loud voices, propelled by the advent of easy self-publishing, that argue that writing should be fast and easy if you’re good. One of these proponents has argued that his mediocre writing isn’t so mediocre that it won’t sell:...
by jasonbatt | Apr 16, 2013 | Blog, Writing
Writing daily can become arduous. I feel that Henry Miller’s 11 personal rules are a great reminder for focusing on the task at hand. This is being printed out and hung next to my monitor!
