Chris Orcutt, Writer

Thoughts, observations, musings, maunderings, rants, stories and essays on what it means to be a working writer doing anything communication-related that pays including fiction, speechwriting, scriptwriting, plays, blogs, web content, technical documentation, magazine nonfiction, marketing material, copywriting, idea generation, creative consultation, editing, teaching, and mugging—all in the name of getting my message (or my client's message) across with clarity, humor and eloquence.

Archives

  • The Inuksuit Script
  • Surprise Causes Writer to Choke on Big Mac
  • Shut Up, Hemingway
  • A Thoreauvian Spring
  • Harlan Ellison's Wonderful Rant
  • Self-Employment Has Its Advantages
  • The West Wing Marathon
  • 38 is the New 18—Right, Mr. Chandler?
  • Dakota and Svetlana are in Good Company
  • My Granite Reminder
  • Polishing
  • Synopsis Détente
  • The Writing Heart Wants
    What the Writing Heart Wants
  • Putting Dreams on the Altar
  • Me and Buridan's Ass
  • What the Hell Are Syntactic Slots?
  • Gems from the Notebook Drawer — Vol. 1
  • The Big Al Experiment: UPDATE
  • When I Was Hooked on the H
  • My Shower Notebook
  • Love Makes Me Write, Not Self-Discipline
  • Orcutt's Tax Tips for Writers
  • Squelching Editing Myself
  • A Rainy Day Book for Grownups
  • Lines I Can't Wait to Use
    (but won't get the chance)
  • Why Do I Have a Thing for Alices?
  • The Big Al Experiment
  • Goodbye MS Word, You Lousy Whore
  • Little Boy Dumbass
  • The Pleasure of Having the Right Tools
  • Death by Redheads
  • In-Between Syndrome
  • Preparing for Success
  • Inspiration
  • Readjusting
  • The Speechwriter - Part 3:  Success
  • The Speechwriter - Part 2:  Writing the Words
  • The Speechwriter, Part 1:  I Get the Call
  • FREE Ebook on Getting an Agent
  • The Masters of Narrative Drive
  • Cutting
  • God's Delays Are Not God's Denials (I Hope)
  • How I Write, Vol. 1 - Making Lists
  • A Bond Aficionado Speaks
  • On the Virtues of Typewriters and Pencils
  • Back to the Office
  • Dakota Stevens & Svetlana Krüsh—A Modern PI Duo
  • For the Record - Recollections of 9/11
  • His Pen Was Quick
  • A New Orcutt Weblog

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Recent Posts

  • The Inuksuit Script
  • Surprise Causes Writer to Choke on Big Mac
  • Shut Up, Hemingway
  • A Thoreauvian Spring
  • Harlan Ellison's Wonderful Rant
  • Self-Employment Has Its Advantages
  • The West Wing Marathon
  • 38 is the New 18—Right, Mr. Chandler?
  • Dakota and Svetlana are in Good Company
  • My Granite Reminder
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