The wild thing to me about studying subtext is when you pull it up to look closely, it doesn't feel like subtext. It feels too obvious. But it really is & it really works. That's the magic.

In this class, we'll do the incredible work of close reading--together with other writers--to pull up the subtext of stories & figure out how it works.

Online/live meetings: 6-8pm (Central), Thursdays, 7/17 -- 8/21

#WritingCommunity #Subtext #WritingConversations #Writing

https://loft.org/classes/6-week-beneath-surface-exploring-subtext

Subtext
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #AmWriting #Subtext #Symbolism #WritingTips #WritingAdvice

http://georgelthomas.com/2025/04/29/subtext/

The Power of Unspoken Words: How to Write Subtext in Fiction

[From KMW: I’m taking a quick sabbatical this week. I’ll be back next Monday with a post/podcast about “The Disillusionment Arc in Storytelling: A Powerful Tool for Character Growth.” Until then, I hope you enjoy this short post on the important topic of how to write subtext in fiction!] One of the…
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-to-write-subtext-in-fiction/

#Prose #showdonttell #subtext
@indieauthors

Stand By Me evokes heartfelt #nostalgia no matter when you grew up, and it offers valuable lessons anyone can relate to. But as I rewatched it last night, I realized I must have seen it quite differently than how my father saw it.
https://buff.ly/gHcJSqe

#LGBTQ #Film #Memories #Subtext #Love

What is #Subtext in #Acting?

https://actingmagazine.com/2025/03/what-is-subtext-in-acting/

@OregonLive
#SubText: Because #WhiteIsRight

A quotation from Orwell

But every writer, especially every novelist, has a “message”, whether he admits it or not, and the minutest details of his work are influenced by it. All art is propaganda. Neither Dickens himself nor the majority of Victorian novelists would have thought of denying this. On the other hand, not all propaganda is art.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1939), “Charles Dickens,” sec. 5, Inside the Whale (1940-03-11)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/orwell-george/6852/

#quote #quotes #quotation #art #message #polemic #propaganda #subtext #writing

#Fear is an interesting #concept for a #movie.
The real #horror isn’t the #monster or #demon that’s trying to kill you.

It actually is that we believe in our fears and that makes them real.

I see it more than a horror movie. It’s more like a way to self criticize ourselves and see that what hold us back is our fear to (you name it).

Neither is a good or a bad movie, but has an interesting #SubText.

#movies #thriller #HBOMAX #streaming

I love always being the messenger. It means I get all the blame, and none of the agency! #subtext

t-shirt idea: ask me about my #subtext

The #author of #OG #Wicked #novel #confirms #lesbian #subtext between #Glinda and #Elphaba is #intentional

#Author #GregoryMaguire said in a recent #interview with #Them that he “wanted to give that level of #complexity to #Oz” for it to be “#believable” – this “included #sexualorientation and #sexual #diversity”.

#Women #Lesbians #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Movies #Inclusion #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/12/10/glinda-elphaba-lesbian-wicked-book/

So I ignored Rule 1 at my own peril and suffered the consequences. If you are wondering, rule #1 is:
- it's the firewall,
Meanwhile, rule #2 is:
- it's DNS.
It was my local Subtext 'proxy box' to block telnet abuse that was doing something weird with FidoNet connections. At least I got MacTCP 2.1 out of this.
(@jcs I'm good now)
#subtext #macintosh #fidonet #fsx

@jcs - for some reason all I get is -23015 errors hitting the FSX host (openFailed). It worked one time randomly. Even went from MacTCP 2.0.4 to 2.1 and no help. Not DNS.
#subtext

If you have a Policy for which people regularly get exceptions, what's the point of having said Policy?

He asks, rhetorically?

#subtext #hashtags

Subtext to Mark 20th Anniversary with New Compilation, ‘Cybernetic, Or Ghosts – Stories From Myth To A.I.’
https://thequietus.com/news/subtext-to-mark-20th-anniversary-with-new-compilation-cybernetic-or-ghosts-stories-from-myth-to-a-i/

#thequietus #News #Emptyset #Subtext

Subtext to Mark 20th Anniversary with New Compilation, ‘Cybentic, Or Ghosts – Stories From Myth To A.I.’
https://thequietus.com/news/subtext-to-mark-20th-anniversary-with-new-compilation-cybentic-or-ghosts-stories-from-myth-to-a-i/

#thequietus #News #Emptyset #Subtext

@root @chloe@chadthundercock.com
-#subtext

You can't beat KISS. I forgot what the format was of the UDP packet data that @jcs designed Subtext to send the trusted host when there is a bad actor trying to telnet in as root, admin, etc..

So i wrote a small python script to listen to UDP and display the payload of any packet that arrives.. (https://gist.github.com/dillera/89c94e445c6b31a27efeb80031a32055)

And the payload was... just the IP address. Perfect. There wasn't much to say about that, it does the job :)

#subtext

I just love this. Full directions/docs and code coming in the next day or so. If you are running a SubText BBS you know what I'm talking about...

$node udp_firewall.js

UDP server listening on 0.0.0.0:6677

Received IP address: 80.184.221.186
Command executed: sudo iptables -A OUTPUT -d 80.184.221.186 -j DROP
...
Command executed: sudo iptables -A FORWARD -d 80.184.221.186 -j DROP
New iptables rules saved using netfilter-persistent

#subtext #bbs