The debate has been raging since the first words of Sumerian were chiseled into the Kish tablet. OK, we don’t know that for sure. But whether writer’s block exists has always been a contentious topic. From writers and academics to psychologists and armchair critics, everyone has an opinion...
The same is true for acrostic poems. But, in addition to being read left to right, the poem also contains a hidden message in the form of vertically aligned letters or words. In other words, an acrostic poem is a poem that uses the vertical nature of poetry to spell out a hidden word...
As a result, we start to get anxious, depressed, and full of self-loathing. Doesn’t that suck? “Why can’t I be that slim/ripped?” we may lament as we scroll through endless pictures of chiseled bodies in bizarre yoga poses. “Their house/boyfriend/wife/holidays/life is so amazing...
how to introduce these characters. His hair was long and black as pitch, he had a short, well-trimmed beard, an average nose, and deep blue eyes. He wore a hood and heavy black padded cloth under thick leather plates. He is standing by the door of the ruins listening to the cave-...
s about how they move through space — and about how they interact with everything around them, from objects to other characters. By focusing on their mannerisms, you take a step towards showing instead of telling: big, bold movements imply confidence so you don’t have to spell it out,...
Created under the omnipresent eye of GM design chief Bill Mitchell, Camaro styling was exactly right: long-hood/short-deck proportions; low, chiseled profile; flowing, slightly "hippy" lines. Like Mustang, Camaro aimed at those who wanted a sporty four-seater that could be equipped as an econ...
I found that with my parents, they’d sometimes get their own narratives about me stuck in their heads and not update them as I grew older and more experienced, especially once I’d moved away from home and they weren’t seeing me every day. Sometimes I’d have to spell it out for ...