Uncreative writing
by Kenneth Goldsmith, Robert C. Cottrell · first published 2011
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Kenny Goldsmith [0], the guy who teaches this class, has done a lot of thinking about internet-based poetics... highly recommend his book "Uncreative Writing"[1] for those interested [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Goldsmith [1] http://www.amazon.com/Uncreative-Writing-Managing-Language-D...
on “At Penn, students can get credit for ‘Wasting Time on the Internet’” ↗+1, This has been my favorite technique as well. Also, I would higly recommend experimental poet Kenneth Goldsmith's [1] book "Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age" for those struggling with writer's block. In the context of this discussion one could say that his entire art deals with issues of writer's block very closely (e.g.…
on “Franz Kafka Agonized over Writer’s Block (2017)” ↗"There’s one solution that each and every book on writer’s block offers: write five words. Any five words. Follow this advice, Mr. Ashbery, and you’ll never have writer’s block again." (From "Uncreative writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age" by Kenneth Goldsmith [1]). 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Goldsmith
on “I've procrastinated working on my thesis for more than a year” ↗