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    dmjohnston3
    • Dec 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    EMPATHY - Writelog 14

    So I've been stalled out for a while. Mainly it's due to other priorities - articles, my actual job, and some real-life events. But even...
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    dmjohnston3
    • Nov 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    EMPATHY - Writelog 13

    There's this process by which I slowly begin to hate my own work. I didn't always have this, it was something instilled in me by...
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    dmjohnston3
    • Oct 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    EMPATHY - Writelog 12

    I'm more than halfway through this project and I'm already back to questioning the ethics at play here. Am I misrepresenting someone who...
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    dmjohnston3
    • Sep 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    EMPATHY - Writelog 11

    This afternoon, I finished writing a segment of EMPATHY that will definitely offend someone. I say that without pride, without boasting...
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    dmjohnston3
    • Sep 20, 2021
    • 1 min

    EMPATHY - Writelog 10

    I'm sitting at 35,000 words and am - temporally speaking - 42% finished. From here, it gets harder, then easier, then harder again. It...
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    dmjohnston3
    • Sep 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    EMPATHY - Writelog 09

    People love to talk about - and condemn - fiction as "escapist," suggesting that consuming it is emblematic of some sort of weakness....
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    dmjohnston3
    • Sep 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    EMPATHY - Writelog 08

    I'm about a third of the way through this project, which means it's time I once again spoke obliquely about the content of this latest...
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    dmjohnston3
    • Aug 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    EMPATHY - Writelog 07

    It's funny how real life can inform a work of fiction. One of the problems facing the protagonist of this story is the intrusion...
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    dmjohnston3
    • Aug 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    EMPATHY - Writelog 06

    You get a blend of feelings when you're working on an essentially doomed project. On the one hand, it is certainly liberating - no...
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    dmjohnston3
    • Aug 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    EMPATHY - Writelog 05

    All the things I've written about this project, and I've yet to say what it's about. I'm keeping mum about this for a reason, but I can...
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    dmjohnston3
    • Aug 2, 2021
    • 1 min

    EMPATHY - Writelog 04

    It's amazing how easy this project has been so far. Even when I'm stuck on everything else I try to do, and I'm bashing my head against...
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    dmjohnston3
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    EMPATHY - Writelog 03

    When people write fiction that's heavily inspired by their own life experiences - a technique commonly known as roman a clef - the usual...
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    dmjohnston3
    • Jul 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    EMPATHY - Writelog 02

    I've been keeping a diary in-character as the central player in this project. The entries are very short - blurbs more than anything -...
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    dmjohnston3
    • Jul 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    EMPATHY - Writelog 01

    I have a problem. I seem to be addicted to failure. A few years ago I said that the final revision of The Fabulist would be the last big...
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