Scribbles 'n Bits

Category: Bits

Irony, levity, and other thoughts.

  • Pondering

    Nothing breeds motivation like necessity.

  • Currently Reading

    “The Space Between Worlds”

    Even worthless things can become valuable once they become rare.

    Micaiah Johnson

    A captivating plot with unexpected deviations. Overall fantastic writing. Subtle, nuanced, and grounded social commentary without dwarfing the splendor of its sci-fi backdrop.

    Read if you enjoyed “Dark Matter,” “Annihilation,” and other such gripping, mind-bending stories.

  • A quick aside from me:

    I’ve gone back to edit several of my poems. Some, I’ve updated on their original page. Some, I will re-post. I abhor redundancy, but always appreciate the opportunity to improve. I re-post with the intention that these edited versions are more enjoyable, more impactful, or contain several mixed improvements. If you disagree, feel free to comment or scream into the void. I’m often wrong. I just also happen to be right a lot. Monkeys with typewriters and all that.

    Jokes aside, thank you for reading,
    Josh

  • Preposterous Ponderings: Love Bites

    You have the right to tell me how not to love you but…

    you can’t tell me how to love you.

    I corner the market on that shit.

  • Six words to describe 2024

    Gyroscopic paths do not need navigating.

  • Preposterous Ponderings: 42

    The numerous ways to be right in life far surpass the few opportunities to be wrong.

    When you have reflected on different versions of yourself, have you felt like you sometimes take yourself for granted?

  • My 2023 In Six Words

    Regret only in abdication of learning.

  • Preposterous Ponderings: Serious Cirrus

    I love weather. We can talk about the weather every day and it always changes.

    But I’d like a base understanding of my meteorological companion. Otherwise, we’re just two people with our heads in the clouds.

  • Preposterous Ponderings: Alive

    Sometimes I look up from myself and think is this life?
    Then I wonder, would that be so bad?

    As my mentor would say, “real cosmic shit, yah’ know?”

  • Tantalizing Tips: Laziness is the Work

    I often get questions from new readers about where the inspiration for my work comes from. Simply put, it often doesn’t. I rely primarily on a process of laziness that pays itself off in the long run.

    This process involves roughly 3-4 steps of meager time investments – generally opportune times when I’m bored or not busy anyway. Initially, I gather ideas by writing down characters, story snips, one-liners, etc. that pop into my head. This is often inspired by the world around me, but not necessarily so.

    Step two includes connecting these ideas. Sometimes I peruse notes and sometimes new ideas come to me as I conglomerate these loosely bound whizzes and quips.

    Finally, depending on editing and/or publishing, these last one-two part steps put it all together. I paint my finishing touches and clean up anything that feels disconnected.

    That’s it. You’ve made poetry.

    I don’t do it this way for every single piece, note. Sometimes I do a whole piece in one setting and sometimes it takes the course of several months to years to finalize a poem or short story. It all depends because I don’t invest a lot of time into willing ideas to the surface – I often find this does not work anyway.

    TLDR: How to write poetry the scribdbits way

    1. Gather data (ideas and concepts) – continuous.
    2. Organize – per piece.
    3. Edit and publish – per piece.