C.B. Lee's Blog, page 74
April 21, 2016
thepoliticalnotebook:
@vox takes on the trope of the...
@vox takes on the trope of the hypercompetent female sidekick. You know her – the one who’s the smartest, toughest and most capable yet ends up being rescued by the less talented, but extremely straight, white, cisgender and male hero.
This intersects well with discussions about the pay gap and obstacles women face in their careers. For those of us who aren’t straight white cisgender men – the persistence of being typecast as not-the-hero (or the boss, or the leader,...
How to Outline: For Beginners to Writing Veterans
Let me start out by defining a few things:
Pantsers
These types of writers generally plan out very little before diving into their novels. They might have some ideas, maybe a small outline, but they feel free to take their story in any direction they please. The lack of outlining and planning lends itself to untethered creativity.
Plotters
These types of writers usually have some sort of outline that they follow while writing their novel. They spend some time planning and...
April 20, 2016
megarah-moon:
I got rather close to a mama seal and her pup,...
I got rather close to a mama seal and her pup, and a couple other beautiful seals playing in the water. It was an amazing experience.
(4-17-2016)
"In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to..."
- Junot Diaz (via wordsbydan)
Em Dashes
A lot of people use semi-colons wrong because they know there’s supposed to be a pause in their sentence that they know isn’t quite a comma, so they think it must be that mysterious semi-colon. Usually, it’s actually supposed to be an em dash (—), which in some ways is more mysterious!
The em dash is the longest of the three dashes and most often used for interruptions. Interruptions in speech, in action, in thought. It’s also a great syntax addition for fight scenes, sinc...
