Most Toys Wins

“Hey!” “What? I can’t hear you.” “HEY!” “I can’t hear you from up here. Let me come down there.” “You can’t park that thing here.” “What’s that, friend?” “You can’t — what is that thing? You can’t park that here.” “I thought this was a parking lot.” “It is, but…” …

DIALOGORRHEA

“Greeting.” “Counter-greeting, establishment of identity of Speaker #1.” “Polite inquiry establishing identity of Speaker #2?” “Confirming statement. Expansion on answer to place setting and time.” “Response to set up reader expectations; deliberate invocation of mise-en-scene.” “Affirmation. Background information providing exposition.” “Counter-reference expanding on previously stated expository material.” “Vague invocation of …

Inspiration Disinformation

Joy:  Still got your seaman’s papers? Lllewyn:  Yeah.  Why? Joy:  If the music’s not… Llewyn:  What, quit?  Merchant marine again?  Just…exist? Joy:  ‘Exist’?  That’s what we do outside of show business?  It’s not so bad, existing. — from Inside Llewyn Davis Lately I’ve been thinking about Zen Pencils. Normally, I don’t …