Tom Beck

tombeck.eth

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) Jun 16

Creative Weather

On working in creative seasons (with news of a finished book)

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) Feb 27

Finding Your Creative Signature

Why it's not really possible

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) Jan 28

Is There Objectively Good Writing?

On finding the beauty in what's already there

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) Dec 21

Touching Snow

There is nothing more clarifying—and more terrifying—than a health scare. Something (I do not yet know what) happened to me one night in late November. My body, which for thirty-eight years had been humming quietly beneath my awareness, a small cat hidden beneath a blanket, purring gently, suddenly betrayed me. The purr became a snarl. Something thrashed about beneath the covers. I came away wounded, but how, where, and how deeply, remains to be seen. When your body speaks to you like this, you know it’s time for introspection.

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) Nov 22

Melville and His MFA by Sea

On the stepping stones to greatness (and why they look like failure)

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) Nov 6

The Daemon in the Machine

On writing platforms, genius, egregores, and AI

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) Oct 3

Writing Through Denial

A history of starting and quitting platforms

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) Jul 27

Why Artists Can't Get Paid

A list of problems without easy solutions

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) Mar 15

Fiction in the Age of the Phone

Why no one reads fiction on their phone and what fiction writers can do about it

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) Feb 9

Farcaster is a Car

Thoughts on growing a new social media protocol

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) Sep 17

Why You Should Not Set Goals

Instead of relying on objectives, search for what's interesting

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) Jul 6

Curator Economy, Not Creator Economy

Toward a new publishing model

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) Jun 1

In Praise of Going Slow

/10 Thinking

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) May 8

Is There an Ideal Writing Pace?

What does it mean to be a fast or a slow writer?

The Driftless](https://paragraph.com/@driftless) Mar 31

Against the Creator Economy

A manifesto for failure