Justin Martin
@jmartinwrites.bsky.social
Trying it over here. Disabled and queer. Word tinkerer (in schools) and word tinkerer (not in schools). Never not thinking about Plastic Man.
and like, not even for public consumption, but often I'll go 'what's the Bar Conversation version of this -- okay great -- now make that into the clean scholarly one'
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
and like, not even for public consumption, but often I'll go 'what's the Bar Conversation version of this -- okay great -- now make that into the clean scholarly one'
far be it from me to give you writing advice, so take or leave, but have you tried writing a scriptlike draft, plato-style, between you and the most competent, generous, but also wrong stranger you can imagine?
that eats up a ton of time, granted, but sometimes gets me out of a rut/clarifies.
that eats up a ton of time, granted, but sometimes gets me out of a rut/clarifies.
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
far be it from me to give you writing advice, so take or leave, but have you tried writing a scriptlike draft, plato-style, between you and the most competent, generous, but also wrong stranger you can imagine?
that eats up a ton of time, granted, but sometimes gets me out of a rut/clarifies.
that eats up a ton of time, granted, but sometimes gets me out of a rut/clarifies.
I do not know what THE main idea of Beloved is; do you? Does anyone? And even if we could all agree on the one thing it's about, why discount all the other things we notice on the way there, if we can back them up with evidence?
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I do not know what THE main idea of Beloved is; do you? Does anyone? And even if we could all agree on the one thing it's about, why discount all the other things we notice on the way there, if we can back them up with evidence?
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Also, maybe we come up with, like, two more holidays, say in the early and late spring, that involve walking around the neighborhood and talking to your neighbors?
October 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Also, maybe we come up with, like, two more holidays, say in the early and late spring, that involve walking around the neighborhood and talking to your neighbors?
regular makes me giggle or sob or gasp and often all three several times.
November 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
regular makes me giggle or sob or gasp and often all three several times.
ignore your brilliant brother and proceed directly to alt comedian Chris Gethard's BEAUTIFUL ANONYMOUS.
one hour. one phone-call between a deeply empathetic comedian & a total stranger. no names. no holds barred. episodes range from like "my baby just died" to "let's talk about being a lumberjack"
one hour. one phone-call between a deeply empathetic comedian & a total stranger. no names. no holds barred. episodes range from like "my baby just died" to "let's talk about being a lumberjack"
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
ignore your brilliant brother and proceed directly to alt comedian Chris Gethard's BEAUTIFUL ANONYMOUS.
one hour. one phone-call between a deeply empathetic comedian & a total stranger. no names. no holds barred. episodes range from like "my baby just died" to "let's talk about being a lumberjack"
one hour. one phone-call between a deeply empathetic comedian & a total stranger. no names. no holds barred. episodes range from like "my baby just died" to "let's talk about being a lumberjack"