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the first syllable : a podcast about writing — 55 episodes

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...if i don't remember the names, even...

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it becomes a sort of... existential dread kind of thing

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my adhd part of me wants to do too many things

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fascinating me so much that i need to put them onto paper

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and this fits with who i am as a person

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names that are too much earth

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i think i know everything that has to be revealed

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...well, let me describe the board.

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why do we keep reinventing the chariot?

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it needs a more detailed outline than, probably, i have ever done

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a handful of conversations. everyone dies. the end.

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some kind of implication

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certain characters weren't where they were supposed to be anymore

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it looks cool but it's hard to say

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that creates a domino effect in the other direction

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they don't quite finish... if you know what i mean

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no need to be weird... or precious

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out of the lion's den and into the fire

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stories go as stories go

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part three: 2013

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part two: 1999

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part one: 1985

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the world is a mess and there's lots of noise

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today, i'm gonna talk about the days of the week*

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how it turns into two more

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duos insequens lepores neutrum capit

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i love the implication that characters have things going on

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no one listens to this show

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it keeps the demons at bay

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my special interest that i never had

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before the faller man

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as soon as i made that decision

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i like the idea that i was writing regularly again

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i'm looking forward to the next thing

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my brain is constantly harping

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i don't even remember now

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my main character is still a cypher

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the story of the last syllable notes file number eight

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what you want to spend your time doing

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that's what makes me happy

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take the good, and keep it. leave the bad behind.

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though some of the details will change along the way

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the voiceover is aware it's talking to an audience

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tv tropes, pay attention; you can add these.

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transpersonal symbolism from the collective unconscious

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it's a tragedy pretending it's an absurdist comedy

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more of a worldbuilder than a storyteller

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i should let you know who i am

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where each piece of the mix-and-match comes from

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an existential kinda deal

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i made my system a little too complicated

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it's not a bug, it's a feature

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when you've got nothing to think about but being dead

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every time you push play

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putting into my head an idea