"It's America—Hollywood's going to do what they're going to do, and they're going to throw a happy ending on everything," she said. "I don't know why. You hope they'll keep to what you've written because it meant something to you, but you also have to think...
But I’m here to tell you that instead of focusing on Coing what we love, I think we should focus on loving what we do.In my line of work, you hear a lot about talent, which is an idea we’ve mostly invented to give ourselves an excuse to be lazy. Here is why: If you see ...
Did it prompt you to yank the covers over your head, reasoning that whether that terrible noise came from the wind or the collective resultants of holiday merry-makers returning to work, you wanted no part of it? If you’re a writer, I hope you obeyed that instinct, at least so far a...
Move(reparent) messages by selecting Action / Move, or by dragging messages around in the table of contents on the right. (You can also start a drag in the main view from the right-arrow of a message, but the drag must end at the table of contents.) Dragging directly onto a message...
aListen not to listen to each other to say, but listen to each other the meaning of words. Listening skills include: First, listen to the conversation without interrupting each other; two, then listening to each other; Third, even if no records, you can make out each other's meaning; Fo...
speaking, if the word count of your story is under 2,500, it probably needs more development. We rarely take stories that are shorter than that, not because we want you to pad your word count, but rather because it takes time to develop a plot into something more than an idea. ...
As I mentioned in my Monday post, Nancy and I spent the last week of September and the first two weeks of October exploring South Africa. I will admit up front that a part of me balked at the idea of going in the first place. I came of age during the anti-Apartheid campaigns of ...
The idea of using seaweed(海草) to make eco-friendly water bottles has been around for a few years. Recently, Ari Jonsson took his invention—a water bottle made from red seaweed—to show off at a festival. The bottles will only hold their shape as long as they are filled. As soon as...
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