Or how to grab the attention of a script reader right away?
The Big, Smelly Heap of Lies Pretending to be Affection
A classic scene from the 1934 comedy which is one of three movies to win all the Big Five Oscars: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay.
最近 Medium 華語世界來了一位 KOL。
In my attempts to become a better writer, I have done a variety different things. All writer’s paths…
Time for the 353rd installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood…
I wasted a lot of time and money during the first few years after I quit my job doing things that just didn’t make a lot of sense.
As the accolades and accomplishments continue to mount, don’t let your ego mount alongside them.
If you’re a reader who follows me for my parenting thoughts or my writing techniques, you’re going to find…
Kingsley International Group(KIG), a big, international think tank was owned by Tanner Kingsley. It not only had top-class buildings, it had very intelligent staffs, geniuses that worked on helpful outstanding inventions, and…
I loved her the first time I saw her. I felt that I had fallen into a pool of pure honey and I could never crawl out, nor…
A Writer’s Quote Series: Episode Six
We packed the car, the kids and road tripped out to Killington, Vermont. It took six hours to get there…
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Water Quenches Thirst More Than Sweets. Love Is Water, Beauty is Sweets
Dear men,
Water is not sweet but it quenches your thirst more than the sweetest drinks available. A girl does not have to be beautiful to be a good wife. It is good if she is beautiful. But the necessity of a wife is for her to…
Using Daily Check-In’s to Create a Journaling Habit
I must confess I thought I knew so much about journaling but I didn’t know about daily check-ins.
這件事情已經發生了一段時間，我曾經遇過不懂文字的編輯。
I recently listened to a lecture called The Rise and Fall of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Dr…
I can’t help but stare out of a dirt-streaked window, watching the sun rise above the trees.
I’ve been obsessed with the idea of talent recently. Talent versus skill, and is there a difference? I tried to think about…
You’re tired of working for the man. Spending eight hours a day trapped inside a cubicle is slowly killing…
AI Marketing Magazine, was founded in 2018 as repository of all the articles that concern the intersection of AI with Marketing.
And I don’t know who they are either.
I finished it, but it’s one of those novels where I had to look up the synopsis in the Wikipedia afterwards in order to figure out what the hell it was about. (Spoilers: there was no synopsis.) In fact, it’s exactly…
My computer is working! My schedule is still a little off and might be for a while going forward. I started a Patreon and will be sharing patron-exclusive essays there as well. I’ll also be posting some of my longform essays there before sharing them to Medium. As a…
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” — Ernst Hemmingway
I do not write to create a product for commercial consumption. I simply cannot do the generic cookie cutter stuff, drink the kool aid and proceed to…
A twitch here or an itch there — we ignore it so easily — don’t we?
We love the circle of denial — the one which we are so fond of, that despite numerous instances, multiple realizations as well as…
One of the great features about Penmob is you’re not limited to one person’s…
Why does it feel so bad to be done?
This article doesn’t even explain how to make it better!
Don’t buy that Mercedes just yet!
照理說，作品集不是都收錄叫好或叫座的作品嗎？如果一篇成品失敗了，那它還值得放入作品集嗎？
“The beast will leave us alone.”
— The Mist (2007), screenplay by Frank Darabont, novel by Stephen King
Yesterday I went to a write-in at Gotham Writers’ Workshop. They give you a prompt and you write about it. One of the prompts was “screwed” and here is what I wrote:
Okay, okay, I know where your mind went. Well, no. I know where my mind went. I got a hint that that’s where some other…
I.
In a simpler time I firmly believed happiness could be secured with only three possessions: a bike, an iPod shuffle, and a notebook. Back then I biked whenever my workload thinned, the tunes of a recent playlist flowing in the background as I pedaled my way to the local…
Ok, so that headline might seem like shots fired at other writers and posts here on Medium, or across the web. It really has nothing to do with them at all and everything to do with me. And the reason why is because…
I am what you call a hybrid author: paperbacks and hardbacks are traditionally published; eBooks and audio books are self-published. Although there still lingers the idea that traditional publishing is the way to go, lending prestige and better sales, I…
She asked me what I was going to do next.
“I don’t know,” I said. “Maybe I’ll try going back to writing. Not fiction. Essays, maybe.”
I like to explain, recount, opine, speculate.
A story of my brain trying to get things done. Writing something crazy impressive or catchy. Is it even possible at first shot?
There is only one terrible problem with Michael Sullivan’s books — once you finish one you go into a state of…
God. This stirred up so much nostalgia for me 😂.
A friend of mine introduced me to fanfiction.net in 2007 and I started my own terrible, clichéd writing on the summee after our Secondary School entrance exams. From Wrestling, to Transformers, to Bridge to Therabitha, fanfiction helped me to become a much more flexible…
I want you to know; I am still here. It has been weeks or months, perhaps decades, since that day of fatality. However…
This is difficult.
I could be doing so many other things right now...
It’s been a little rough lately — not terrible, just not great. I haven’t been…
In self-publishing, the banker is the writer. The person financing all activities in…
I am from a city of gangs and slangs, a city where handshakes are beyond greetings, an identity for the real indigenes.
What Will I Learn?
I recently finished The Tenth Island, and lovedlovedloved it, Diana Marcum. As I read, I realized that you are one of those writers who, if you wrote the phone book, I would read every.single.word.
It started out like this: Something is bothering me.I don’t know what’s bothering me // Couldn’t tell you if I…
Once Upon a Morning Dreary
Once upon a morning dreary,As I pounded my keyboard, wearyOver some poem with which I was bored,Slowly sipping, my coffee cooling,Thinking to end a stanza unruly,I dropped a participial upon the floor.Oh, ’tis nothing…
I left you a couple of private notes. I hope those help. :-)
Your English is outstanding and you are definitely way beyond being merely a “good” writer. English has a lot of synonyms, both words and phrases in common usage, each of which carry related but differing context.
Freedom is such a precious yet vague thing.
You know, Sometimes, I feel like a lone cowboy who loves to gallop down the countryside watching the green fields on a horseback in the era of spaceships. I don’t understand the change that the world has adapted itself to. Definitions of so many things have changed here. Things like…
This feels so weird.
I have never really dared to experiment with this realm of writing and posting my thoughts online for anyone to take a sneak peek at.
On my desk ajar
Enticing my eyes to mark the painted words
Patiently waiting to feel the warmth of my clutch
And ready to hear the voice of my heart.
First Act
I wanted that one to stayYet here you are insteadThe fog that’s now surrounding,Weaving into my threads.The lump in my throat will tighten…
Yeeeeeees! My favorite one is the relateing through “similar" experiences tactic “ well I’ve blah blah blah and I’m ok" Don’t ask me what’s wrong and then do that. No it’s not the same and actually fuck you!
Did it suddenly escape me that suffering became a pissing contest at some point, suffering is awful always. I’m sorry…
I’m pleased to announce the upcoming release of two anthologies containing my stories.
My short story, “The Birthright” has been accepted by Fantasia Divinity for inclusion in a Greek myth anthology due out later this year.
the blurry mirrorkept him distant for decades at a time.
As a writer, I would say that I’m a bit fickle. I bounce from subject to subject and platform to platform. I never want to limit myself to certain topics. I also like each platform for different reasons. Maintaining a consistent stream of content across several…
What an inspiring story. So good to see not only a good writer, but also someone who needs to win, kicking goals.
I wish you even more success.
I am a newbie on Medium. I so need to emulate your success.
As I wake up at 5:30 in the morning, with my son and girlfriend sleep in bed, I’m…
Jenna,
Thanks for reading and thanks for reaching out! Firstly, hats off to you for being a teacher. Educators are the pillars of our society. My sister and brother-in-law are teachers too, and their work is so darn inspiring. Your response to the meme piece is fascinating! I’ve been meaning to get back to you about it.
YES! Thank you for this.
I’ve released two such books, one from over 1,000 essays distilled down to the most relevant 65 and the other is a résumé in story form, second, third, fourth edition to be released as new and interesting things happen living forward.
In each, I am the character of myself I want others to believe that I am…
When I sleep, I don’t think about killing myself. I don’t think about the one thousand different spectrums of pain that I feel so much. I understand some of them but mostly I don’t.
Let us say you go to purchase the newspaper, and you read some headlines from around 10 newspapers.
Yass! Your words speak to me in many ways. Love the format and your kickassness! You inspire and encourage me to continue this path I’ve been trailblazing for two years — like I have a choice! 😉 Thanks for sharing your experience. ✨
Rhetoric:
(To survey other elements and author quotes, visit the Elements of Fiction home page)
“Study of writing or speaking effectively: The study of methods employed to write or speak effectively and persuasively.” Encarta World Dictionary
L’amour vers soi-meme est le debut du roman qui dure toute la vie.
A blue sky,
doesn’t request
to be seen.
This is the level all writers should aspire to. If your sentence isn’t “people would make movies about this” level, then it’s back to the drawing board!
I feel like I can write about whatever I want.
More often than not, a writer feels the pressure to narrow the focus of their writing to fit the needs of a particular niche. I would never trash someone who takes this approach. A lot of niche writers are great and their stuff is worth binging on. That being said, it’s not for…
O, it breaks my heart to see the fallen kings.
I am my mother’s daughter, a daughter of Lilith, of Medusa, of all wronged, dismissed, denied, defiled women.
Oh what a paradox that creates within me!
you just don’t sit around and expect things to change. you need to do something in order for change to occur.
you can’t have a positive mindset if you continue to think negatively.
adjust your mindset and think positive thoughts in order to be accustomed to things.
Great article, Frank.
You put together many important points aimed at having an interesting title in a balanced and honest way. In fact, we have to accept that our content needs to promote itself but, at the same time, we should not be selfish, nor betray promises.
Congratulations on your success thus far! As I mentioned on Facebook, I’m a big fan of your writing. And I’m doubly impressed with your ability to publish so much great content — I’m still struggling with posting 1–2x a week! You’ve inspired me to keep trying harder. Thanks for sharing your work.
Personal Museum
How do you like top-notch design skills? See that? You can tell the difference between the title and my story due to my having hit the convenient little “dot dot dot”-looking thing on my phone’s keyboard. I ask that you resist the urge to immediately rush to the comments section to appluad me: please read the…
I came across a quote by Heraclitus saying, ‘Eyes are surer witnesses than ears.’
As someone of poor hearing with a dash of tinnitus, my eyesight is definitely the stronger of the two senses—albeit, aided by a pair of specs on a lazy day and…
Till infinity and beyond was a promise of forever
In a twisted fairytale
Hymns of love inscribed in my heart
As I held unto them even tighter through the walks of life
Will, I think this is a comment that every blogger dreams of receiving. It seriously made my little flamingo heart happy =) In regards to style, everything you said is exactly what I was going for so it’s really good to know that that’s how it came across. I waited a year to post it and it’s an article that I really love.
Importance of Essay Writing For the Academic Students
Essay writing is one of the important tasks for every academic student. They could not avoid this task. A good essay writer can become a critical thinker. Unfortunately, essay writing is not an easy task. It is very hard for every student to write five, six, or seven page…
I was literally just thinking about this earlier tonight. It’s the simplest thing but it creates a guaranteed smile.
#latergram <Vibe Your own pace>
It can be ironical as someone who lives on an island doesn’t know how to swim. 😆. But here I am, learning how to swim at the post quarter-life stage. “You need to slow down, relax & let it float.” The instructor said.
Don’t write a daily blog and probably never will, but found value in your comments about what perhaps happens all too often when one does. (I’m just getting started and aiming for posting once a week is more than enough for now!) Also helped me understand better what another Medium writer meant when he assessed the value of what’s being blogged…
As soon as you begin your journey at high school, the process of writing essays, articles, reports and academic papers starts and you frequently get to write something. You are taught about the basics and structure of all kinds of academic writing so that you get familiar to each…
vanity of vanities, all is vanity;
being constantly preached in Bible study,
sitting in solitude, saying silently
Mascarilla de arcilla roja, estimada. Es mucho más natural, económico y ecológico (valga la consonancia). Un gusto encontrarte. Buen estilo.
Let it grow
Let it shine
Let it be
Absolutely! Perhaps that’s the role of meaningful relationships…. Those that mean the most enrich our lives and help us to stay on our feet… We then serve the same role in other lives.
Traveling is the third true love of my life (behind reading and eating). My sister, best friend and I spent two glorious weeks…
I have been hoping to write for a publication, but as yet have not found one that is right for me. Can I join yours?
You know how some people just seem to give off a good feeling? Tom doesn’t do that.
He gives off a bad one, but not the kind of bad that just makes you feel like being around them isn’t fun, he gives off the kind that makes you feel afraid.
Yesterday I wrote a bunch of organ duet recital proposals for organ festivals in Germany, Italy, Switzerland…
Thank you for the encouragement Sarah! Have a beautiful weekend!
Oh, Pen — you had me laughing all through this! I know what you’re going through — I’m in the same boat right now. Aside from the giggling, I recognize the truth in all you’ve written. Great job!
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