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Hero's Journey (Monomyth): Rebirth Post a Near Death Experience
The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the hundreds of Hollywood movies we have deconstructed (see URL below) are based on this 188 stage template.Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.Read more…Duality
Du-al-i-ty n. A situation or nature that has two states or parts that are complementary or opposed to each other.Why?Read more…Who Should Tell Your Story And How?
You have a story idea in your head; the characters are forming and the plot's developing. But who is going to tell your tale? Sometimes this is an easy question because the character dictates it to you.Read more…Editing, Army Brat Style
ATTENTION!Listen up, Creative Soldiers! My name is Staff Sergeant Arkin.Read more…A Ghostwriter’s Thoughts on Vanity Publishing
The difference between traditional publishing and vanity publishing, if you ask me, is pride. A traditional publisher pays you for your manuscript and continues to pay you royalties each time the book is scanned through a bookstore cash register. A vanity publisher, however, makes you pay for them to publish your manuscript, and you only make money if you manage to market the book sufficiently to gain public interest.Read more…Ghostwriting - Who Knew it Would be So Profitable?
Who knew?As I made plans to become a fulltime freelance writer, I read many books on the art of freelancing and how best to prepare for it. I was and am a Peter Bowerman disciple as I devoured his "Well-Fed" series books.Read more…Hero's Journey (Monomyth): Superimpose the Situation Over the Structure
The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the hundreds of Hollywood movies we have deconstructed (see URL below) are based on this 188 stage template.Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.Read more…Computers Are No Match For Human Passion
Much coverage has been given in the past about how computer programs can challenge some of the best chess players in the world. From playing to a draw, these computers have progressed to such a stage where they handily defeat these great human players. In the final analysis though, it is still the human behind the programming who should be given credit for being able to harness the computer's power by mixing in artificial intelligence and thus making these machines almost think like humans.Read more…Hero's Journey (Monomyth): The Mentor and the Magical Gift
The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the hundreds of Hollywood movies we have deconstructed (see URL below) are based on this 188 stage template.Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.Read more…The Writing Life: Tips for Dealing with Procrastination
I know something's up when I'd rather do laundry than write.Another more subtle sign of procrastination is when I conduct endless research, but never write a rough draft. I'm in trouble when I'm hunting in the refrigerator after every sentence.Read more…The Writing Life: Using Gender Neutral Language
I'm comfortable using terms like flight attendant or fire fighter when I'm referring to an individual who performs that job. I typically struggle with pronoun use.This is an interesting area of writing technique, because the strategies for applying gender-sensitive language are still being worked out.Read more…The Writing Life: Writing to Persuade Your Readers
Writing seems to flow when you have a strong opinion.Whether you write for like-minded readers or readers you hope to persuade, spotting the weak parts of your argument will help you and your readers.1. Pros and cons.Read more…The Writing Life: How to Revise or Edit Your Work
Writing is a lot like sculpture. In both crafts you trim away the excess to reveal the art within.Sculptors chip or carve away at stone, wood or clay; writers trim words.Read more…The Writing Life: Tips for Effective Proofreading
I love the feeling of accomplishment when I finish a written piece.I know it's finished when I have enough distance from what I have written to notice typos, syntax errors or clumsy phrases. Proofreading is an essential part of the writing process.Read more…Reasons People Write Books
People have a lot of different reasons for wanting to write a book. For one person, maybe they enjoy reading books so much and they would like to try their hand at writing one. They are the people who can always guess the end of the story before they get to the ending and are always thinking to themselves that they could certainly write that story.Read more…Hero's Journey (Monomyth): Know How to Get Going; Inciting Incident versus the Call to Adventure
The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the hundreds of Hollywood movies we have deconstructed (see URL below) are based on this 188 stage template.Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.Read more…The Website Content Guide
Writing website content is an entirely unique concept and is one that few Webmasters ever get to grips with. The reason it is difficult is because most of us are tuned to writing for paper publications, in the same way that our brains find it much easier to read from a paper publication. When we read from a book, a newspaper, or a magazine we are able to digest approximately 60% of the information we see.Read more…Hero's Journey (Monomyth) : The Quest is a quest for Transformation
The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the hundreds of Hollywood movies we have deconstructed (see URL below) are based on this 188 stage template.Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.Read more…Immediate Essay Tips
Usually immediate essays are brief presentations of the topics given by a teacher. Teachers prefer to give either topics which have been studied during previous lessons (topic’s assessment and knowledge monitoring) or topics which are going to be learnt recently (goal setting and topic acknowledgement). In both cases students are requested to present their own opinion and thoughts regarding the given problem briefly.Read more…Tips On Getting Started Writing A Book
Have you wanted to write a book? Are you stuck at the beginning? Are you constantly telling yourself that you will start tomorrow, next week, or after the holidays?Read more…
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