#WorldOfOntyre 26

For me, each chapter hides a reward waiting for me to awaken to the truth.

That reward?

The moment whenI recall how the chapter was a problem in any one of a hundred ways. It’s when I recognize the contrast between start & polished. Yes, satisfaction.

I imagine it’s like a sculptor finishing a figure & remembering when it was an untouched block of marble. Yeah, it’s like that.

Be everwell.

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Nathan Blum Reads “Outcomes”

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-writers-voice/nathan-blum-reads-outcomes

Nathan Blum on Education, Inside and Outside the Classroom

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/nathan-blum-11-03-25

The #MastoPrompt for Sunday 26 October 2025 is:

#kludge

The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.

@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.

If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.

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Dream
Thunder crushed Aurora to the ground. Gasping for air, sweating, her chest palpitating, she woke with a jolt. It was dark in the bedroom as she caught her breath. A bus rolled past her flat, shaking the building, agitating her further.

Ideality chapter 1
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#WordWeavers 2025.10.26 — If the antagonist suddenly just died, how would your MCs react?

Depends on which story. There is one and only one MC who might at some point be trained well enough to figure out how to save the world from dying in about a couple of weeks post-antagonist. Problem is the devil-girl is convinced the main series antagonist is evil, so she's running from any teacher-student relationship.

All the others? They'd die with the rest of the world.

[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]

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New on Philosophics: The Film or the Strip — Freud knew the 'normal ego' was a fiction; Strawson simply refused to pretend otherwise. Some live the film, others the strip. The projector hums either way.

👉 https://philosophics.blog/2025/10/26/the-film-or-the-strip-on-freud-strawson-and-the-fiction-of-normal-selves/

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