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Television shows, movies, theater, graphic novels, short stories, novels, and poetry – yet how many consider comic strips to be a storytelling technique? I certainly did not until I recently ran across two masters of the art, Charles Schultz and Bill Watterson, who nearly perfected this type of storytelling in their daily classics.
[Read more…] about Plot and Panel: Comic Strips as a Storytelling Form
If you haven’t stopped reading yet, I suspect it’s for the curiosity of discovering what folly will come from this reviewer’s mind next. If so, never fear, for you’re in good company! After all, how better to start formally reviewing films than with one that splits its audience straight through the Prime Meridian? One that’s not so horribly bad to be drooling with deliciously dreadful things to say about it, but neither affording the opportunity for tremendous and emotional gushing.
[Read more…] about Review – G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
“You’ve got some ideas. You’ve got some characters. Even a plot twist or two. But give me a good story. I double dare you.”
The hard news? Writing’s, well, hard. If a piece looks beautifully written with ease, I guarantee it made the author wish he was doing something else. Anything else. Fishing with his toes in the Arctic sea else.
The better news? There’s a way to make writing not so hard. Like fishing with a net in the Arctic sea. During a heat wave.
So how do you make writing mildly less painful than very hard? ‘Bout time you asked!
Check out Part One of “How Do You Find Time To Write?” here!
First things first. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a good hobby.
God desires for us to explore and discover His world, and it brings Him pleasure when we actively use our hands and mind to pursue new endeavors. After all, a good and intentional hobby can flourish into useful skills for furthering The Kingdom. [Read more…] about How Do You Find Time To Write? 5 More Ways to Increase Your Writing Productivity
I’ve said it. You’ve said it. Everyone (if I may be so bold) who has ever had an inkling to write has said it:
“I don’t have time to write!”
From day jobs, to family commitments, to hobbies, emergencies, travel plans, and a plethora of other you-name-its, it can be absurdly easy to completely forego writing by chalking up the decision (subconsciously or not) to a lack of time—especially when we’re first dipping our toes into the unknown waters of words, which can be plain ‘ole frightening. [Read more…] about How Do You Find Time To Write? 5 Ways to Increase Your Writing Productivity
“No. Way. You haven’t experienced [insert a movie you haven’t seen or a book you haven’t read]??? You can’t be a REAL writer!”
How do you respond to a statement like that?
Worse, is it true?
[Read more…] about The Lie All Writers Hear (and what to do about it)
