After the MFA

Threat Level, a Wired magazine blog, has been following a story wherein a Chicago-area high school student was arrested for the content of a free-writing exercise. They knew it would happen sooner or later, so did I. So did we all. (Threat Level – Wired Blogs)

Writer Stephen Elliott went a month without the Internet (the horror!). He got lost on his way to a party (no online maps), but he found his way out of an addiction to “continual bursts of small information.” A really nice read — we all have habits we wish we could break. If you feel like you could be more productive, but don’t know how, take a serious look at Elliott’s adjusted approach to going online. (Poet’s & Writers)