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FRIDAY LINKS: THE VALUE OF CHANGEJudging ‘Gatsby’ by its cover(s). NYTimesHarry Potter to flatten Gibson Amphitheatre, Curious George Playland. LATimes.Helsinki Bus Station Theory. This column will...
View Article212 ~on creativity
29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVEWatch this video ’29 ways to stay creative’ by TO-FU Motion Graphics Studio:*****Click to order I say Who, What, and Where! an inspirational novel about the courage to be...
View Article213 ~on grammar
THE GLAMOUR OF GRAMMARIf the English language lives inside you, and if you live inside your language,The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English invites you to embrace...
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FRIDAY LINKS: MEN ARE NOVELISTS, WOMEN ARE WOMEN NOVELISTSWikipedia’s Sexism Toward Female Novelists.NYTimesWhat’s in a category? ‘Women Novelists’ Sparks Wiki-Controversy. NPRWikipedia bumps women...
View Article215 ~on success
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IN CREATIVE WORKWatch this video on storytelling from Ira Glass, producer and host of the award-winning radio and television program This American Life :*****...
View Article216 ~on writing
HOW TO HOOK YOUR READERSHooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go helps you to overcome the weak openings.Opening with your character’s thoughts “Opening with your...
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FRIDAY LINKS: GAMES OF THE TITANSMicrosoft may buy Barnes & Noble’s Nook unit for $1 billion.Jacket Copy. LATimes.My Psychic Garburator. NYR Blog. Folio Prize: a level playing field for...
View Article218 ~on motivation
THE SURPRISING TRUTH ABOUT WHAT MOTIVATE USWatch this video on motivation from Dan Pink, author ofDrive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us “We are purpose maximisers, not only profit...
View Article219 ~on writing
THE LITTLE RED WRITING BOOK“To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man”—Aristotle.The Little Red Writing Book is about what you have to do to hear just the right...
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FRIDAY LINKS: IT’S IN OUR NATURE TO NEED STORIESIt’s in our nature to need stories. Scientific American Would novelists want to be friends with Humbert Humbert? Jacket Copy. LATimes. Gatsby, and other...
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THE LAST BOOKSHOPThe Last Bookshop imagines a world in which only one bookstore survives. Watch this short film by Richard Dadd and Dan Fryer. ***** .goodreadsGiveawayWidget { color: #555; font-family:...
View Article222 ~on writing
THE WIDER A NOVEL’S THEME, THE BETTER IT IS AS A WORK OF ARTThe Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers gives a private series of extemporaneous lectures, analyzing the four essential elements...
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FRIDAY LINKS: THE CRITICSDon’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown. The Telegraph. George Orwell’s critique of internet English. Robert McCrum on Books. The Guardian.Reading it wrong. The New York Review of...
View Article224 ~on success
DON'T BUY SOCIETY'S DEFINITION OF SUCCESS“At the moment, our society’s notion of success is largely composed of two parts: money and power. In fact, success, money and power have practically become...
View Article225 ~on writing
WRITING IS A WAY OF ORGANIZING EXPERIENCE AND LIFE ITSELFIn Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction Patricia Highsmith shows us how there is no secret of success in writing except individuality, or call...
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FRIDAY LINKS: ON LOVE AND JOY Hillary Kelly on Emily Dickinson in Love: The Case for Otis Lord Los Angeles Review of Books. Where is happiness in 20th-century fiction? Robert McCrum on Books. The...
View Article227 ~on vulnerability
IF YOU’RE NOT IN THE ARENA ALSO GETTING YOUR ASS KICKED, I’M NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR FEEDBACK “Courage: To tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.”Dr. Brené Brown, author of Daring Greatly:...
View Article228 ~on writing
WHO INVENTED WRITING?“If you just draw what you mean, that’s art—not writing. In order for this to be writing, the symbol has to stand for the word..”Mathew Winkler, author ofThe Bloomberg Way: A Guide...
View Article229 ~on happiness
HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU KNOW WITHIN A FIFTEEN-MINUTE WALK OF YOUR HOUSE?InThe Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World , Eric Weiner wonders: What if you lived in a...
View Article230~on consciousness
THE BOOK ON THE TABOO AGAINST KNOWING WHO YOU ARE.“For chivalry is the debonair spirit of the knight who ‘plays with his life’ in the knowledge that even mortal combat is a game.”Alan Watts was a...
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