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    • 0. The Airport Version
    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
    • 8. Audience
    • 9. Abandonment
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  • Home/
  • What?/
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 1
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 2
    • Glossary
  • Blog/
  • The Nine Precepts/
    • 0. The Airport Version
    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
    • 8. Audience
    • 9. Abandonment
  • The Books/
    • The Book
    • Young Person's Guide
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/
September 08, 2025

Ten Little Waltzes

September 08, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Ten Little Waltzes

In which I dazzle you with tales of my composing this weekend and excite you with how close we are to finishing “Ten Little Waltzes”…

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Composing, Ten Little Waltzes
Abortive Attempts, Abandonment, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
September 03, 2025

Another Little Waltz!

September 03, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Another Little Waltz!

In which I crank out another Little Waltz…

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Ten Little Waltzes
Abortive Attempts
August 20, 2025

How hard can it be?

August 20, 2025/ Dale Lyles
How hard can it be?

In which I encourage you to read “Tristram Shandy,” along with a passage about the difficulty of writing…

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Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
August 01, 2025

Fun Friday Resources

August 01, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Fun Friday Resources

In which I give you two thoughtful articles on the creative process, and a silly fun thing…

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Resources
Abortive Attempts
July 23, 2025

Okay, a Little Waltz for real...

July 23, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Okay, a Little Waltz for real...

In which I beat an ABORTIVE ATTEMPT at a Little Waltz into submission, mostly…

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Composing, Ten Little Waltzes
Abortive Attempts
July 21, 2025

Behold the power of TASK AVOIDANCE!

July 21, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Behold the power of TASK AVOIDANCE!

In which I have surprising news about “Ten Little Waltzes”…

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Cecil Project
Task Avoidance, Abortive Attempts
July 16, 2025

The Writer vs. the Shinyperfect

July 16, 2025/ Dale Lyles
The Writer vs. the Shinyperfect

In which I share examples, if not incontrovertible proof, of the messiness of the creative process (and why it’s unavoidable)…

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Writing
Abortive Attempts, shinyperfect
July 14, 2025

More Little Waltzes? More Little Waltzes.

July 14, 2025/ Dale Lyles
More Little Waltzes? More Little Waltzes.

In which I decide to STEAL FROM THE BEST, i.e., me, to complete the Ten Little Waltzes…

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Ten Little Waltzes, Composing
Abortive Attempts
July 01, 2025

That Little Waltz

July 01, 2025/ Dale Lyles
That Little Waltz

In which I am bold enough to share with you an unsuccessful SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION while reminding you that that’s the way it works…

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Composing, Ten Little Waltzes
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
June 23, 2025

About that Little Waltz

June 23, 2025/ Dale Lyles
About that Little Waltz

In which I surprise my readers with An Plot Twist of astonishing twist…ish…ness, and also some reiteration of basic Precepts…

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Composing, Lichtenbergianism, Ten Little Waltzes
Abandonment, Abortive Attempts, Task Avoidance, Successive Approximation
  • Next
  • Home/
  • What?/
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 1
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 2
    • Glossary
  • Blog/
  • The Nine Precepts/
    • 0. The Airport Version
    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
    • 8. Audience
    • 9. Abandonment
  • The Books/
    • The Book
    • Young Person's Guide
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/

Lichtenbergianism

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