C.C. Bolick

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@james_xond No. Life is driven by motivation.

Do you think more people would study if education was totally free?

@Charlygotyou I go for several days not opening mail. Stack it on the side of my desk and pretend it's invisible.

Does anyone else have the kind of ADHD where you just kinda refuse to open mail?

@pennpaperplanes My favorite place to write is hidden in a corner of a library.

I love libraries. They feel like one of the few places I can exist in the world without paying money.

@ronsterd89 Cook. Wash. Repeat.

Does everybody clean and wash their crockpot after every use?

@ThrillaRilla369 The rule in our house was if you don't like it, you don't have to eat it. But you're not getting anything else.

Be honest because I’m proving a point When you were a child if you didn’t want to eat what your mother made for dinner What happened?

@JenScot15004619 I took the time off due to health issues and personal loss. I think sometimes we all need to step back and recharge.

@ccbolick Why the hiatus? Everything ok?

Back writing after a 6 month hiatus. Great feeling.

@adrianalexpoe A little slow to start, but I think I've got the hang of it again

@ccbolick Was it like riding a bike or did you have to shake off the cob webs?

@ABKoga Thanks, that sounds reasonable

@ccbolick I don’t think there’s a particular page. But you need a couple scenes/chapters to introduce character/world. If your chapters are ~3k words, then the inciting incident should begin around 6-9k.

An inciting incident can't be in the first pages of a novel. You have to introduce a character and their normal world before you sever them from it. #writingcommunity

@OrevaZSN If you can find a job you enjoy that funds your lifestyle AND be satisfied with what you have, the rest will fall into place.

I am not interested in climbing any corporate ladders. I don't care about job titles. I don't need recognition or fame. I just want to have an income to fund my lifestyle, not be depressed, help other people, and be around good humans.

@theo_jil Yep, that's me

You don't have a time problem. You have a priorities problem you've been calling a time problem for a painfully long time.

@stephenRB4 I'll just say no and leave no doubt.

Normalise saying yes or now instead of maybe or perhaps.

@TechOperator There are so many forms of intelligence, I don't believe we've developed enough ways to measure it and compare people on the same scale.

Did you know that half the population has below-average intelligence?

@Alex_TheAnalyst We were already going there as a society. AI just validated the trip and pushed us off the cliff.

I'm going to call this right now. We are going to have a large population with absolutely no critical thinking skills if they blindly trust AI for everything. We have all already seen it. They don't validate outputs. They don't really understand anything. They just ask questions, it looks good, and they go with it. There are going to be huge issues in every company as this continues over the years. The amount of technical debt and knowledge gaps are going to be insane. So much opportunity if you actually know what you're doing.

@jayneiskool Try some different books. I always used books as a way to leave reality and destress.

nobody is more stressed than a girl in young adulthood who’s trying to read lots of books while also juggling a job or school and a social life

@douglass_meghan I think it's always possible to write something fresh and interesting. Who knows what will happen that far in the future.

Do you think it’s possible to write new fairytales that will one day be as widely known and loved as the classics are now?

@SDDonovan Thanks. The last few years have been tough between health issues and personal loss. But the thing that keeps me writing is still there inside. I've got a backlog of drafted stories that need to be published.

@ccbolick Keep at it. I had a similar break between writing, too. I am finally back into it.

@Thebiglade Children deserve to be treated with respect. That's how they learn to treat others with respect.

Do you think children deserve apologies and explanations??

@LewisHowes Can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped

What life lesson did you learn the hard way?