my writer mentor said that we should consider the possibility of writing for our most generous readers, our most attentive & thorough readers

& I’ve loved that advice

I wrote about Priscilla, Yellowjackets, and the “sad girl” as gentle antihero

watchingtogetheralone.com/p/this-is-what…

Writing about Poor Things

I wrote about Priscilla, Yellowjackets, and the “sad girl” as gentle antihero

watchingtogetheralone.com/p/this-is-what…

Sometimes I like to watch 'sad girls', often I prefer 'mad girls' who take matters into their own hands—

New piece by Arielle Bernstein:

watchingtogetheralone.com/p/this-is-what…

My next essay just might be on Sofia Coppola's Priscilla:

'Now, in the same way décor trends make their way from design magazines to Ikea, mini homes are showing up in the kinds of subdivisions and exurbs where buyers used to travel for maximum space.' nytimes.com/2024/02/17/bus…

My next essay just might be on Sofia Coppola's Priscilla:

'Ultimately, less criticism means less conversation about art. And when we limit how we talk about art, we limit what art is made.'

Important essay from Gabe Bullard watchingtogetheralone.com/p/canaries-in-…

I'm a huge fan of awkward humor and was so happy to discuss the odd and endearing work of Nathan Fielder for Together, Alone:

watchingtogetheralone.com/p/more-than-aw…

Beautiful day to go read a book away from the gaze of the internet. ~~~

I wrote about Weird Barbie and why I love weird female characters:

watchingtogetheralone.com/p/the-enduring…

'Women have always been criticized for sharing their stories, and the more real and uncomfortable they are, the more critics are likely to pathologize the sharer.'
salon.com/2017/06/11/the…

I wrote about Weird Barbie and why I love weird female characters:

watchingtogetheralone.com/p/the-enduring…

You can build up a scene in fiction the same way you build up a painting. Layer over layer, putting in your shadows, your highlights, going back in and doing the detail work, as the scene becomes clearer and clearer to you.

More great work from Arielle Bernstein & Gabe Bullard:

watchingtogetheralone.com/p/adaptation-f…

The writing process is writing a sentence and then replacing it with a more specific sentence.

In our latest episode of Together, Alone, Gabe Bullard and I discuss the art of adaptation with novelist Iain Reid ✨
We loved watching and discussing the haunting and introspective FOE, now available to stream on Prime Video
watchingtogetheralone.com/p/adaptation-f…

Thank you

'...as chatbots become a ubiquitous element of modern life and permeate many of our human-computer interactions, they have the potential to subtly reshape how we think about both computers and our fellow human beings.' theatlantic.com/technology/arc…