Adapting "Little Miss Muffet" into a Chaos-structured story

I've written about Chaos before. First, in my post about the concept in general, and then in an analysis of "Hey Diddle, Diddle" as a manifestation of a Chaos structure. Now, I'm going a step further. I'm doing an adaptation of "

"Hey, Diddle, Diddle", a Nursery Rhyme Built With Chaos

"Hey Diddle, Diddle" (HDD) makes no conventional sense. Theorists and literary critics cannot agree about HDD. Some believe it's "literary nonsense". Others insist it is "gibberish". These are actual literary distinctions. I want to reinterpret and clarify a nursery rhyme that can

CHAOS: an Alternative Plot Structure for Neurodiverse Writers

I've been working on this for a long time. Only recently have I taken on the name of Chaos to describe this alternative plot structure. It's nothing new. I'm only describing a form of writing that's existed on the edges of literature

Star Wars Isn't Star Wars

I watched an Instagram vid this morning all the way through. That's a rare event as I have only a modicum of patience for vids. The vid was done by Jason Pargin. I've watched his vids before. He writes about film and culture. This piece was

#AI PIRACY: A short #play by #ChatGPT and various uncredited, unpaid authors

The Descent of Lasagna A Cruel Culinary Confession **Setting:** An abstract, distorted kitchen. The space is surreal, with oversized forks and knives hanging from the ceiling, a stove that breathes heavy, smoky breaths, and a table that seems to pulse and move as if alive. The lighting is dim, reddish,

#ADHD #actuallyautistic #auDHD At the beginning of the year, at the age of 49, I was diagnosed auDHD and I haven't talked about it.

I'm one of many women diagnosed late in life. We were also misdiagnosed for many, many years. For me, it began at 20, with a diagnosis of major or clinical depression, bits of OCD, PMD, an eating disorder, and an anxiety disorder. I didn't go on

My former playwriting professor David Rush Died two weeks ago

U r a wundrful writr One of the first things David ever said to me, in our first conversation as mentor and student, was, "I accepted you because you're a woman." When he showed me the Emmy he had won, I said, "Yeah, but, aren&

Brain Experiments Reveal Ways To Develop Creative Flow States, or, Why Your Brain Needs Creative Writing Coaching

https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-imaging-experiment-reveals-the-secret-behind-creative-flow Whether or not you sign up for my coaching, this is very important. Creative people, in fact anyone that does anything that has creative elements, can get into a "flow state". Essentially, this is being in the Zone. You start working, you lose

#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: Describe an action moment you’re most proud of. Share an excerpt.

This is from my novel Dying in Pleasure. It's an excerpt from a gladiator battle. "Pompeii,” he said, "I give you Diana, the Virgin Huntress.” The gladiators pulled the curtains and revealed Diana in the cage, helmeted so her face was covered completely; chains wound about

Nudist Chicken Theatre Company, or, I Didn't Know Nudity Was An Option For Chickens

Nudist Chicken Theatre Company the performance is already in progress There's a manifesto. There must be. I had to keep with ancient tradition. Click the naked chicken above if you wish to know more. You can try a chicken burger. I recommend that highly. It's a

Why Creative Writing Coaching? I'll Tell You Why, As Plato

[I'm going to structure this one like Plato] WRITER: No, just no. Not going to do it. PLATO: Why? WRITER: I know how to write. I've written ten novels and a thousand short stories. Creative writing is supposed to teach me how to write stories, right?

PROFESSOR DAVID RUSH TAUGHT ME HOW TO CRITIQUE

This format for critiquing is one used by the former playwriting professor, David Rush, at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.  The point of a critique is to determine whether or not the writer has created a work which conveys his or hers intentions.  If the author wanted to write a horror