Comments on: DCWYTBMA in First Quarter ’09 http://denniscass.com/2008/12/29/dcwytbma-in-first-quarter-09/ Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:07:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Hopeful Technology Moment « Dennis Cass Wants You To Be More Awesome http://denniscass.com/2008/12/29/dcwytbma-in-first-quarter-09/#comment-329 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:16:32 +0000 http://denniscass.com/?p=460#comment-329 [...] teaching creative nonfiction at Carleton College this winter. (The course description is in this post.) Recently we were talking about how to attribute quotes and I [...]

]]> By: denniscass http://denniscass.com/2008/12/29/dcwytbma-in-first-quarter-09/#comment-208 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:08:49 +0000 http://denniscass.com/?p=460#comment-208 @Michelle: I’m thinking of a definition that describes a nirvana-like ideal as opposed to a set of constraints (stools have three legs and you sit on them and they’re often made of wood).

@Adrienne: I want to make funny, evocative pictures and movies for you.

@JES: I will see if I can reformat some of the lessons to make them online friendly.

@mapelba: A magazine editor I once met gave me a piece of advice that I think about all the time, even if I don’t follow it nearly enough:

“A fact in every sentence.”

]]> By: mapelba http://denniscass.com/2008/12/29/dcwytbma-in-first-quarter-09/#comment-206 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:37:11 +0000 http://denniscass.com/?p=460#comment-206 Well, as JES mentions above, I’ve been trying to work on that truer than true sort of thing on my blog. I’m always looking for how to be more awesome… I say that as if I’m awesome at all. Don’t know about that.

Good luck on your talks, and if I’ve any tough love to give, I certainly will.

]]> By: JES http://denniscass.com/2008/12/29/dcwytbma-in-first-quarter-09/#comment-205 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:28:36 +0000 http://denniscass.com/?p=460#comment-205 Re: the nonfiction course… frequent DCWYTBMA commenter “mapelba” is wondering, in a blog post from last night, why exactly does “true” seem so important?

As Adrianne said, that’s a kick of a course description. Can we audit it online? :)

Thanks for one of the writingweb’s most consistently interesting — or maybe that should just be “anomalous” — concept sites. Looking forward to seeing what you (we) do with it in ’09!

]]> By: Adrianne http://denniscass.com/2008/12/29/dcwytbma-in-first-quarter-09/#comment-202 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:01:17 +0000 http://denniscass.com/?p=460#comment-202 Man, that *is* a great course description.

Why iMovie and Photoshop? I found the former to be really intuitive, but have managed to uncover maybe 3 of Photoshop’s secrets in the past few years. (I suppose Reading The G-damn Manual might help — siiiiiiiiiigh.)

]]> By: michaele http://denniscass.com/2008/12/29/dcwytbma-in-first-quarter-09/#comment-201 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:40:50 +0000 http://denniscass.com/?p=460#comment-201 Isn’t the whole point of awesome that it defies definition?

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