writing Archives - Unwinnable

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I’ve Been Staring At This For Two Days

By Rob Rich • October 14th, 2022

Rob had so much trouble figuring out what to write about, he decided to write about how tough it can be to figure out what to write sometimes.

Here's the Thing

The midsection of an ornamental "X," representing the number 10.

It’s Been Ten Years

By Rob Rich • July 7th, 2022

Rob thinks back on how he got started writing, and where it’s gone over the past decade.

Interlinked

In key art from the videogame Okami, a white fox rendered in stylized ink leaps toward the viewer.

Retracing My Writer’s Statement

By Phoenix Simms • June 30th, 2022

For this Unwinnaversary Phoenix compares her past writer’s statement/interests to her current state of affairs.

Forms in Light

A screenshot from Okami showing its distinctive brushwork art style. In it a large red and whit fox sits under a sakura tree in bloom.

The Power of Print

By Justin Reeve • April 7th, 2022

For people in the past, writing represented a method of interacting with the world around them as opposed to a means of conveying information.

The Burnt Offering

Content is the Opiate of the Masthead

By Stu Horvath • November 6th, 2015

A website that chases advertising dollars with lists and re-writes is the same as a factory that pumps toxic waste into the ecosystem.

Two things I dread: decreasing the signal-to-noise ratio and being dishonest about how complex the world is. Both of these are pretty paralyzing to a writer. Writing is violent. To write about something you have to cut away all the things that can’t be written down, rip it away from all the things you don’t notice and all the things you don’t know how to capture. Then, if you’ve managed to get your hands on anything, if there’s anything left, you begin to pick it apart. Editors, how-tos, the voice inside your head, everyone tells you to find the essence,

Through the Lens of Gaming

By Richard Clark • August 24th, 2012

Richard Clark ponders the relevance of pondering his personal experiences.

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