I have not forgotten about pontif.us again. In fact, I redesigned it; see? Marvel at the simplicity!
Anyway, I’ve been reading Bakuman — I’ve read all that’s currently available, actually. It is, in a word, good, and it stands out in its self-referentiality in terms of art itself more than fandom. I could talk about that, but I won’t, as it’s plain enough to any reader, and you really should read it. I will, however, talk about the following segment.
A while back, I conceived of my semitransparent internet writing process as such:
Twitter (brainstorming) –> pontif.us (drafting and annotating) –> Super Fanicom (relatively polished final products)
If a comment is too long for Twitter, or seems to warrant elaboration, I’ll go into more detail here; if I’m working on a post here that goes over 600-700 words, I’ll move it over to Super Fanicom…
Because this isn’t technically accurate, and I need something more apt to link to from the about page, allow me to amend.
I’ve gone over this before, but in a post so tl;dr that I’m sure it could bear some repeating. It’ll probably be relevant to the Casshern Sins post I want to write for Super Fanicom, and if not, it’ll at least give me a good starting point. Besides, I mention “text-image” enough, and it’d be nice to have a compact reference post to link to when I do.
I happened upon a post in Fred Gallagher’s personal blog, wherein said member of the webcomic aristocracy discusses Twitter and its application to the online writer. The crux of the matter is this:
When it comes down to it, Twitter is just another way to create content. The problem is that it can really impinge the other content creation you should be doing. It’s not just the constant distraction it can be, but the fact that it’s too easy a way to throw out some of those random ideas and thoughts that you really should be saving to pull together in a far more thoughtful and meaningful way.
I think this is why I have had even less of an inkling to write rants than i used to. You only have so much time in a day, and so much attention. I really need to be more selective in how that attention is spent. Twitter, as good as it is, is not really the kind of content i want to be producing. It’s like throwing out one liners rather than writing a full story.
