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February 2, 2018
LinkFest ~ Best Reads on Writing, Screenwriting & Self-Publishing: The Door In The Floor
Ted Cole: Everything in fiction is a tool: pain, betrayal, even death. These are, you know, these are like, uh, different colors on a painter’s palette. You need to use them. —The Door In The Floor, 2004. WRITING Stripping Down My Prose: Risking the Removal of Adjectives | WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® How to Start Writing […]
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January 25, 2018
LinkFest ~ Best Reads on Writing, Screenwriting & Self-Publishing: The Words
Clay Hammond: At some point, you have to choose between life and fiction. The two are very close, but they never actually touch. —The Words, 2012. WRITING Protecting Yourself and Others When Writing a Memoir | Live Write Thrive Setting of a Story: 3 Ways Going Outside Can Improve Your Writing | The Write Practice […]
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January 21, 2018
5 Ways to Improve Your Morning Routine
Winston Churchill: You can not reason with a Tiger when your head is in its mouth. —Darkest Hour, 2017 Churchill’s Daily Routine Churchill awoke about 7:30 a.m. and remained in bed for a substantial breakfast and reading of mail and all the national newspapers. For the next couple of hours, still in bed, he […]
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January 18, 2018
LinkFest ~ Best Reads on Writing, Screenwriting and Self-Publishing: Midnight In Paris
Gil: Would you read it? Ernest Hemingway: Your novel? Gil: Yeah, it’s about 400 pages long, and I’m just looking for an opinion. Ernest Hemingway: My opinion is I hate it. Gil: Well you haven’t even read it yet. Ernest Hemingway: If it’s bad, I’ll hate it because I hate bad writing, and if it’s […]
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January 11, 2018
LinkFest ~ Best Reads on Writing, Screeenwriting & Self-Publishing: Blind
Bill Oakland: Well, I’m guilty of a crime that I would never forgive someone else for committing. I judged the book by its cover and I misjudged you. And in spite of your ridiculously oversized diamond ring, I was wrong about you. You are not at all what I thought you were. Suzanne Dutchman: Well, I actually […]
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January 8, 2018
How the Law of Attraction Works
Bob Proctor: You’re getting exactly what you’re feeling about, not so much what you’re thinking about. -The Secret, 2016. Perhaps you don’t believe in it. Perhaps you don’t understand it. It doesn’t matter. It works because it’s a law of nature. The Law of Attraction: Definition The Law of Attraction says that you […]
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January 4, 2018
LinkFest ~ Best Reads on Writing, Screenwriting & Self-Publishing: 5 to 7
[first lines] Brian: Some of the best writing in New York won’t be found in books, or movies, or plays, but on the benches of Central Park. Read the benches, and you understand. —5 to 7, 2014. WRITING Three Powerful Techniques To Harness A Reader’s Curiosity | WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® 6 Revealing Characterization Questions […]
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January 1, 2018
How To Build Momentum Towards Your Goal? Follow These Steps
Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is? Mitch: No. What? Curly: This. [He holds up one finger.] Mitch: Your finger? Curly: One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and everything else don’t mean sh*t. Mitch: That’s great, but what’s “the one thing”? Curly: That’s what you’ve got to figure out. […]
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September 7, 2017
LinkFest ~ Best Reads on Writing, Screenwriting, and Self-Publishing: Following
Bill: When I started to follow people, specific people, when I selected a person to follow, that’s when the trouble started. -Following, 1998. WRITING The Innovative, Intuitive Way to Organize Your Novel’s Scenes | Live Write Thrive How to Write a Bestseller: 747 No. 1 Novels | Now Novel Grip-Lit: Five Elements Your Story […]
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August 31, 2017
LinkFest ~ Best Reads on Writing, Screenwriting & Self-Publishing: Certified Copy
Elle: After we’ve seen so many copies of something over so many years, we’re not all experts who can stand before an original and understand it. It takes our breath away. Therefore, without the existence of copies, we wouldn’t understand originals. – Certified Copy, 2010. WRITING 5 Ways to Create Strong Internal Conflict | Live […]
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