Time for the 355th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood…
Actually three scenes because they are all intimately linked.
Léon: The Professional is one of the finest action movies of all time precisely because it has in spades what so many films in this genre lack: Genuine emotion. Spectacle is…
A Writer’s Quote Series: Episode Seven
For about the last third of my two decades as a high school English teacher, I…
Some dreams die hard. Some just flit away, untethered balloons drifting into the clouds. I’m glad my dream didn’t just crash and burn, it really was a slow dance up until this point, something I’ve tangled with for about a year now, and I’m ready to let it go.
The inspiration for this came from Paul Scott…
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A growing trend has infiltrated many companies, startup and technology companies especially, for the accepted use of profanity during the course of business.
Drink from it to honor your writing
Sooooo, this is my first crack at writing on medium or anything public really, I’m terrible at English and the last time I wrote something it was 5 years ago in year 12 English. Look If your expecting some great read on business or something please stop now.
A poem portraying the bond between a mother and son.
Hello! A friend of mine recommended I start writing on Medium, so here I am! My name is Andrew Wimpy, I’m from…
The first time was when we were going camping. It was during the car ride to the campsite and I was talking about Ray Bradbury’s book of essays called, “Zen In The Art Of Writing.” I said, “Ray is poetic. He gives useful advice with beautiful language. I’d love to…
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Dawn. He wanders through the lonely field plodding slowly in search of a familiar face. His eyes look slightly droopy but he’s alert as…
I have recently finished reading Origin by Dan Brown, the latest book of the Robert Langdon series after Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Last Symbol and Inferno. In this book, our famous…
Bright days seem darker when you’re around
A gust of fresh air, the sound of street traffic, a bike bell ringing, a child crying… shouts from across the park; birds, an airplane on its way to LaGuardia, rolling, billowing, cumulus clouds…
From Dan: r you on ur way?
The new Medium publication Other Doors is thrilled to present bullshit free poetry…
Here are all of Week 2’s prompts for this year’s Scene-Writing Challenge.
Day 6 prompt: An obnoxious Uber driverDay 7 prompt: Handling two phone calls at onceDay 8 prompt: A secret revealedDay 9 prompt: Use voice-over narration to convey…
A Facebook friend encouraged me to enter a Halloween-themed writing contest. The…
With a fresh cup of coffee and a few minutes before I had to leave for class, I…
The Internet is a beautiful place.
Bernadette slowly climbs down the pine tree, resting her legs, all eight of them, on the mossy forest floor. Finally. She…
As A Writer…
Is to embrace it.
There really is no other way.
Change is scary.
And the best hedge against the things you’re scared of is to embrace them.
“Congratulations on getting your piece into EBE. So good! Apparently you got the golden ticket — keep running with…
A writer needs healthy eyes…
Your eyes are important no matter what field of work you are in, and to a writer they are an important tool. That is why you need to do all you can to keep them healthy.
As a writer, you use your eyes more than you might realize. You use your eyes for reading, research…
This refers to the expression of one’s meaning which means directly opposite for a humorous and emphatic effect. The…
I promised to show up every day with something to inspire you to write. I don’t want to today, but here I am. I hope you appreciate it.
INT. Marina’s new apartment | Tufnell Park | 1990 — DAY
We are in the loft of a grand house that has been renovated into apartments. Judging by the decor Marina’s new place has not been lived in since the 60’s. It is a graveyard of 60’s interior design, the once bright psychedelic…
“This is on the table. That’s my car. Want to bet?”
— Casino Royale (2006), screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, novel by Ian Fleming
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appeared first in my head
99% of the people never take that first step. It’s an ego thing. I think.
Whenever you take that first step you might be the one to blame. You might be the one who’ll get rejected. And rejection is never easy.
Imagine for a moment:
A young Robin Williams stands on a stage in a…
Over the many years that people have been talking to me about freedom,I rarely find any of them being able to come to terms what it entails to them.Some may quote some constitutional right and others will define it in legalterms. I have known those who would describe it as an…
Great piece, Michael!The Faulkner quote always gets me — I love the melodramatic sentiments of great writers. But they are no less true, in spite of their self-indulgence.
Great writing will always stand apart (but the crowd, as we can all see, is getting pretty big). It is our responsibility — as…
Another writer-friend on facebook posted a painting he did years ago while at the Pratt Institute. There he said the instructor more or less brought him down to size and told him basically to forget about painting. I thought the painting was excellent for a…
The landscape of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) is changing everyday. As trends come and go, many entrepreneurs looking for equity-free fundraising via a tokenized business are finding themselves redoing work every few days — just to keep up.
I remember seeing “Back to School” banners in stores when I was a kid and feeling awful, feeling the same…
Kathy, you’re courageous and beautiful.
A narcissist will steal your essence only for their own salvation. They are cowards preying on the praying.
Understanding what is happening and what transpired is the solution. You have done just that.
Mi venganza será descuadrar todos los objetos de la mesa.
Que la ausencia de lo simétrico te incomode.
Quiero que pierdas el poder.
Verte reír de la incomodidad.
Far too young and prettyTo get caught up in that fishnet!
Those fine, black linesAge your face.
How dismal of you!The children want you to play.
Today, I told a client their article wasn’t blog worthy because it didn’t follow a few…
This sums up the problem perfectly. Although I rather stumbled upon Medium (rather than intentionally choosing it), I was at first impressed with the way it enabled writers to interact with their readers and grow a following. This seemed to be the Medium USP, unlike other blogging sites where you were pretty much on your own in terms of getting…
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A Spanish Restaurant Auguststraße an old Ballhaus behind us. Wasps are bored but fly around our vino rosado, unusual…
when someone who has no verifiable success or authority starts touting themselves as the ultimate authority on success and personal improvement, well, I’ve got a problem with that.
Which is why I call my self-help blogs “The Loser’s Guide to Happiness and Loving Yourself”. I am a Loser, and I say it repeatedly in my…
there’s something about typing these words on the keyboard. something that makes my heart race, makes me feel a happiness inside. typing on this keyboard gives me the opportunity to embrace whats inside this world. to let go, express, and enter a whole new world of truth. to me…
Thank you for your kind words, David. I absolutely agree with what you’ve written here, we do need to bring it.
I so relate to this. I always shudder at the thought of letting others read my work, and even after I hit publish — I remain bedridden for days dreading how much I must have embarrassed myself. I remember two months back writing a story that got the kind of attention my work has never gotten; I fell sick. Wrote a friend and told her I was going to…
I lie to myself sometimes
when I can’t think of anything
We are all the sum of our parts, an amalgam of origin stories, myths, and fairytales. Every story we have heard and every story we have told ourselves, whispered or howled in the corners of our heads, becomes a thread in the fabric of our minds and our self…
Diary Of A Private School Kid by Penn Brooks is a burst of humor for the…
When using a CMS like WordPress, selecting good taglines can mean a huge difference in your Search Engine rankings. That is, with a couple of useful tagline SEO tips you can easily get not only better rankings but higher click-through rates. Which means more visitors from search…
Neon signs are iconic. From their humble beginnings as expensive commodities for the science community in the early 1900s, revolutionary techniques have allowed the element Neon to be manipulated more efficiently. This has benefited our current generation by making cheap…
A shake runs through him, the kind that means he’s just pissed himself, not that you could really…
In Portugal, a popular teen singer just released a video clip where the camera is on the passenger seat and films him as he goes OUT of the car in movement and dances along with it. Slow speed but the vehicle is driving with NO ONE behind the wheel, and he’s dancing/running. The point is not as much the clip but the challenge. He triggered the…
Write a journal entry (150-200 words) mentioning the experience of the assessment, what were the areas where you faced difficulties? How do you plan to improve those? How did you use you the guidance from the session to improve your performance?
You're already incredibly successful Deb. You have achieved the metaphorical summit. You also declare that as comfortable.
Your new path is one of inspiration. It contains your “why”. Your reason for contributing.
This alone will fuel your propensity to succeed. You’ll improve and excel. You’ll…
Lo dichiaro subito: questo è un tentativo terapeutico.
Non sono una scrittrice, quanto meno non nel senso creativo del termine. Mi piace scrivere, questo sì. Mi piace scrivere di me e delle cose che mi colpiscono, mi emozionano, mi interessano.
Aujourd’hui-nous changeons «demain», «hier»-nous ne changerons jamais.
A really great piece. I am so relieved to see that my inclination to avoid SEO work has been officially sanctioned.
I too started over after an epic collapse. I wrote about my journey in the Critical Imperative. I feel there are relatable lessons that may inspire you if you’re so inclined. 🙏
My Poetic Memoir is now available on Amazon in paperback only.
“Don’t think about making art, just get…
Holy smokes. Hashtag KILLING IT WITH HONESTY!
Is it strange that I find that profile much more intriguing than the standard, individualized version of “friends, family, hiking, cooking and a little room for someone special”. Ugh… that is so contrived, 2016.
No. That is not what I am saying. Sometimes it’s hard for me to talk about things like math and statistics because I know I think differently about them than almost anyone else.
So at great personal risk, here is what I think.
I feel the stretch reach into my back. My mouth forms a large circle, my arms extending in opposite directions into the air, and…
The flow state is elusive, whether in writing, sports, or any other pursuit. When putting pen to paper it often seems distant, if…
Dearest,
Have we written for you, we have.
Developing the content of a book is not everything because you need to focus on other elements that are supposed…
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~Demise~
Deep down there if I still look today after so many years, yes you are still there.
Hoping that wherever you are in this world, you’ll be happy and in peace.
Saying bye was the hardest thing that I came across, cause you never did and I alone did.
Death has taken you else no one ever could.
The crew isshouting questionssimultaneously‘Who threwthe green beamWho stoppedThe EnterpriseCaptain toBridgeHover andcarefully observe…
Author: Rachel Cusk Title: KudosPublished: 2018
An organist writing about creativity AND drawing silly comic strips about a piglet and a hedgehog…
Hi Yosef, thanks for following me. I’ve returned the favor. Best wishes for success in your writing.
Be wary of your accumulation of stuff or in time your possessions will possess you and will hinder making physical changes in your life, especially in later life. Because it’s later than you think.
I was writing before I could crawl. It has always been in my blood, but publishing my writings hasn’t always been easy or accepted. I’ve been at war with creative enemies my entire life over what I’m “allowed” to write — both publicly and privately. Even still, keeping private journals and thoroughly…
Such a shame. In that case, I have to be a fan of your writing :)
Great read! Thank you for sharing:)
As an author, you must be knowledgeable enough on how to format your book, not just write and design it. In this…
My rose-colored glasses showed me what I wanted to see.
I saw all the lovely people and their friends traveling about doing day-to-day things. They said hello, and I waved back. They were all so friendly and cheerful.
So you have decided to self publish your book. How do you make sure that your book is as professional as it can be…
It’s hard to choose a starting point to a story, as if the events preceding do not matter. Very few care about what happened on the land before New York City was built. Few care about the origin of communication and the English alphabet, and before the big bang. Because I work in film production, I…
Hi Let’s Fly. Thanks for following me. I’ve returned the favor.
Best wishes for your writing success.
Your English is amazing! Keep up the hard work brother and keep writing everyday. I need to take a page from your book as I am struggling to write everyday for my series Minute Snippet. You inspire me:))
Mishael,
Beautifully described — your feelings, your doctor doing the normal things but your mind taking it further. It’s hard to know when to put up the protective shield and when to know you are safe.
Blessings to you as you work each day trusting in God to lead, guide and protect you.
Janis
Thought provoking and motivating.
Great read Brianna.
I’d also add that certain people are exceptional skilled at several things. There needs to be a deciding factor that drives the decision to pursue a purpose.
Definitely will read more! Thanks for sharing:)
