Tag: cut up writing

• Philip K. Dick Again

  I just finished Lawrence Sutin’s Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick (1989, Harmony Books).  Enjoyed every page. Instead of reviewing the entire book, I want to share two good parts. Page 265 features a classic PKD parable mixing scientific knowledge with divine wisdom. Phil wrote this in 1979: A new ambulance is filled with gasoline…

  Bill Ectric

  April 9, 2010

  cut up writing, entropy, Lawrence Sutin, parables, Philip K. Dick, VALIS, William S. Burroughs

• Fine Lines

  I suppose my recent cut-up experiment is more about marketing than writing. It’s certainly easier to write a cut-up than it is to get someone to read it, but I don’t want to trick anyone into reading something that isn’t any good. Quality should always come first. One should believe they have a product of…

  Bill Ectric

  November 16, 2009

  Booklife, cut up writing, cut-up, Cut-ups, Finch, Jeff Vandermeer, Jessa Crispin, marketing, RealityStudio, William S. Burroughs, writing, writing skills

• Cut-up Experiment Results, with Commentary

  Fresh from the research field! I’m the first to admit this experiment was not as scientifically controlled as it could have been. It was more of a warm-up exercise; nevertheless, I did learn something that I found quite interesting. First, a brief summary of the experiment: I created a piece of cut-up writing from two…

  Bill Ectric

  November 14, 2009

  cut up writing, cut-up, experiments, Mike Reynolds, William S. Burroughs, writing