E. Robert Pugh

A Heliocentric Approach - TWIW - 11/3/25 - 11/16/25 Toward the center of Once Again we journey

Toward the center of Once Again we go. Check out this week's update!

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One Foot in Front of the Other is live. We talk about endings, beginnings, and triumphs--all good things for a turtle.

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Check out Aim and Allow and Etch Ever Forward, this week's writing update. We're talkin' Third Acts, Truth, and Slowing Myself Down.

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Stuck and Unstuck - TWIW - 9/15/25 - 9/28/25 From Sweeping Changes to Rote Process

We talk about rote process and sweeping changes in "Stuck and Unstuck," this week's
update!

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Tonight, We are Young: On Kershaw and His Legacy Clayton Edward Kershaw. His birthday is one day after mine, and he was drafted the year I got into baseball, the year I graduated high school. It was an ascendant rise from the moment he struck out…

With Clayton Kershaw retiring, I welcome you to revisit the piece I wrote about him. Watching his career was a blessing and a bellwether. I wrote this piece in 2022, when I first thought he was hangin'em up, but everything definitely still applies.

#dodgers #GOAT #kershaw #retirement #essay

The Art of Making Cheese - TWIW - 8/25/25 - 9/7/25 On writing Victory Cheese, and some thoughts on turtles, philosophy, and To the Lighthouse

Check out the Art of Making Cheese, the latest Week in Words where I talk about writing Victory #Cheese, as well as some thoughts on #turtles, #philosophy, and To the #Lighthouse.

#writing #amwriting #twiw #update #literature #mantras #shortstories #onwriting

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Check out Victory Cheese, about a WWII victory celebration sent sideways by some very powerful cheese.

#shortstory #fiction #writer #writing #amwriting #periodpiece #ww2

The Discovery of Character - TWIW - 8/11/25 - 8/24/25 How the People Inform the Plot

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Check out this week's update. We're talking about how characters inform the plot.

#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #update #blog

Ignite the Flame - TWIW - 8/4/25 - 8/10/25 On "Thou Art That," Ground Work and Research

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Check out the Week in Words to hear about "Thou Art That," Ground Work and Research! It was an exciting week full of discovery.

#writing #amwriting #blog #update

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End, Begin, Transcend - The latest Week in Words is live. We talk about completion, reflection, and discovery. Check it out meow!

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TWIW - 2024 - Data Sets Crunch them numbers!

So I wrote nearly 500,000 words, and 8% of them wound up in my novel. I wrote on over half the days in the allotted time for a pretty solid .653 wrPCT (basically winning percentage for writing)

If you wanna see more, check out the Data Sets for 2024: erobertpugh.substack.com/p/twiw-2024-...

I finished the first storyline for Avalanche this past week, and wanted to share some stats with all the other word nerds out there.

Written 1/1/2024 - 7/29/25
488,187 total words (899 pages [183,396] + 304,791 typed) — 377/577 days (.653 wrPCT) — 1,295/day — 39,359 in Avalanche — Ratio: 8

Nearing the Peak - A Month in Words - 6/30/25 - 7/27/25 A month where we pushed toward our goal

Let's talk about the month that was! Here's Nearing the Peak, my update for July. We'll be back to a weekly/biweekly cadence.

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It's Summer Break 'round these parts. Look for The Week in Words to return in the last week of July!!

Grind, Push, Perpetuate. A post about resistance, sameness, and the Pouring of Time. 
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We poured our time into the Pouring of Time. Check out On Slumps and Sequences, the latest Week in Words post! #twiw

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"A wide mind is a grand thing, it nearly always leads to farseeing inventions."
The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien, pg. 134.

#literature
#quotes

"Despite all my rage, I am still just a rhodomontade." -Billy Corgan, the egoist.

#jokes #wordplay

"Despite all my rage, I am still just a rhodomontade." -Billy Corgan, the egoist.

"Mountains are not provided with escalators for dreamers." Edward O. Wilson

The Month in Words - May 2025 Stats and Highlights for May!

Stats and highlights for May!

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#writing #amwriting #stats #data #blog #update #TWIW

The Week in Words - 5/12/25 - 5/25/25 All about the Pouring of Time

Let's talk about the Pouring of Time in this Week's Update!

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Of the Day Come Now Gone Flash Fiction

Check out my new flash fiction piece, Of the Day Come Now Gone!

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#shortstory #flashfiction

The Week in Words - 5/5/25 - 5/11/25 [Something Catchy]

A week where new ideas took shape. Check out this week's update:

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From Fallen Giants to Open Roads. This week's update is (late!) live!

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The Weeks in Words - 4/14/25 - 4/27/25 A False Finish, A Reset, and a Win

A False Finish, A Reset, A Win. Check out this week's update!

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The Weeks in Words - 3/31/25 - 4/13/25 Two Weeks of Getting Forward

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Two weeks of getting #forward.

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My update for the past couple weeks is live!

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Baggage Claim A look at my writing toolkit

Get an inside look at my writing kit in my new article Baggage Claim.

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#writing #toolkit #journal #writerdeck #article

The Week in Words - 3/10/25 - 3/16/25 A week devoted to an article, and short stories

A week devoted to an article, and short stories. Check it out!

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