Scribtotum
Scribtotum
scrihb-tote-um (Noun): A portmanteau combining the words “scribe” (writer) and “totum” (roughly Latin for “the whole thing”). Borrowed / adapted from the word “factotum” (one who does all kinds of work) to mean “one who writes on a variety of subjects.”
I strive to offer my experiences as an independent creator from the perspective of a veteran beginner. As I like to say, it’s not my first rodeo, but the horses and bulls… and the clowns… keep changing!
So, whenever I can teach or share, I write an article for this blog, Scribtotum.
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Scribtotum Article Archive
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- Explaining the "Star Wars" films as an exercise in long-form storyworld construction... and really, just to mess with fans.
It makes sense a word game would have some hidden lessons for writers. Here are the top five.- Three great ways to kill the "social" in "social networking."
- When I was a kid in the seventies and eighties, I loved comics. For a while there, I was buying three dozen books every two weeks. Many of them were Marvel comics, and of those, many of those Marvel comics were written by Bill Mantlo. It's not an exaggeration to say I've read hundreds of…
Thinking about the demise of Borders book stores and what might arise in their absence.- I know this isn't a new subject, but I've been thinking about it lately. Social media and social networks like Twitter, Facebook and the like are great for keeping in touch at a distance, bringing people together for causes and crises, and maintaining a kind of loose thread between friends and acquaintances. I'm wondering if…
- My friend, colleague and former boss Chris Miller wrote a compelling post about the nature and meaning of value when many "valuable" things are made of bits and bytes. You should go read it, then come back here. (The post and site have since been taken down -- Matt ) In his post, Chris asks…
An appreciation of Philip Jose Farmer, master of interconnected storyworlds and pulp adventure, and an influence I don't recognize often enough.- Matthew Wayne Selznick waxes nostalgic about his days as a baby rockstar and lovesick fool in San Clemente, California in the mid-1980s.
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