I'm doing 20 things
During a cross-country move to California, we consolidated cars and my nice little miata was traded in :(
Bill Katz's Life List
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1. exercise more
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2. Practice religious test-first development for a month
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3. revise and submit screenplays or short stories
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4. Read more books
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5. finish my techno-thriller novel
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6. drink more water
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7. publish a science fiction story in Asimov's
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8. Win the Hugo or Nebula award (or both!)
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9. play in the World Series of Poker
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10. learn haskell
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11. Promote/Enter Writers of the Future Contest
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12. Learn how to remember peoples' names
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13. See all the films that have won the Best Picture Oscar
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14. Bully SUVs with my Miata
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15. master CSS
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16. read some books on graphic design and typography
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17. See SNL Live
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18. integrate my flickr photos into my website
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19. develop a fun and interesting web application like flickr or 43things
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20. learn jazz piano
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: Dedication and deadlines for a class. Got a first draft, sent it through a lot of workshopping with friends and classmates, then heavily revised the characters and scenes based on the feedback.If you're just starting out in screenwriting, revision will be key. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Procrastinating is fun. I’m much more productive when I feel like I’m doing the forbidden, so I’ve created a system where my main job is something I don’t like, but my sidetracks are the real things I need done.
Example: Want to read “Fifteen Ways of Preparing Hair Styles for your Poodle” but keep procrastinating? Just force yourself to do something like - um, memorizing the middle four chapters of an Organic Chemistry textbook - and voila, you’ll find yourself gravitating towards that poodle book in no time.
Roads in the US are starting to get as polarized as our politics. There are the little cars and the aircraft-carrier-wanna-be SUVs. Let me count the number of times I’ve been cut off by drivers in these gargantuan vehicles who can barely see down to my rag top. It’s time we little cars start reclaiming the roads!cough
