But then you ask yourself, “How do I quote poetry correctly?” Or worse, “What even is a poem citation?” Suddenly, you’re Googling frantically, drowning in rules about line breaks, slashes, and MLA guidelines. It’s enough to make anyone question their life choices. You’re not ...
Building upon the “man in a hole” arc is the “double man in a hole” arc, one of the most popular shapes for stories, appearing in many bestselling novels and blockbuster films. Like man in a hole, it begins with a character who is in a great place, but soon gets into trouble....
I mainly write poetry and essays, but want to try a screenplay. This would be an arthouse kind of film, so I am somewhat struggling with a log line, as there are so many layers to the story. But here goes… A middle-aged teacher who wants to write reflects on her childhood hero ...
"Beautiful, sonorous poetry has always been a balm for Rumi, who is amongst only a handful of poets throughout history who defy the passage of time and linguistic barriers, and speak to the soul of mankind," says Narguess Farzad, senior lecturer in the Department of the Languages and Cultu...
Without line breaks, text is less likely to read as poetry. So I put the speech on the same line and separated each phrase with an ellipsis instead. This gave the text a fragmented look, which was perfect for the shards of ice.
“The Nickel Boys” comes around and Colson’s narrative is so familiar and so powerfully rendered, my co-writer and I realized that we can distill it and we can populate it with the poetry that’s kind of missing from that time period. And, w...
at the 1985 GRAMMYs (which beatsBetty White's record by 26 days, as the late comedian's 2011 win for Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) came when she was 90 years and 26 days old). Ella Fitzgerald...
Those little quotations and/or excerpts of poetry that authors so love to tack on to the front of their work, presumably to demonstrate that they are well-read, the source of their inspiration for the book to follow, or a subtle announcement that this work is ready to join the ...
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6、ith passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are all noble pursuits, and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman: “O me, o life of the questions of these recurring, of the endless trains of...