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- November 2nd, 2010, 2:44 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Famous planners and famous pantsers
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6987
Re: Famous planners and famous pantsers
He mentions some of his process in this interview . Supposedly he doesn't outline at all. He quickly hammers out a first draft then retypes it several times with revisions until it's ready. I chuckled. First Bradbury says no one should tell writers how to write, then he imperatively says writers sh...
- November 2nd, 2010, 12:36 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Famous planners and famous pantsers
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6987
Re: Famous planners and famous pantsers
Ray Bradbury numbers his rejections into the high four digit thousands. As far as I know, he has yet to share the methods of his process. He mentions some of his process in this interview . Supposedly he doesn't outline at all. He quickly hammers out a first draft then retypes it several times with...
- October 29th, 2010, 6:57 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: Screen Names
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12734
Re: Screen Names
I'm awkward and difficult to carry.
- September 30th, 2010, 3:27 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: What's your favorite song that tells a story?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 28929
Re: What's your favorite song that tells a story?
I absolutely love this song. Thanks for mentioning it!kristycolley wrote:Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens
I thought of another one. A Well Respected Man by The Kinks.
- September 28th, 2010, 11:41 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: What's your favorite song that tells a story?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 28929
Re: What's your favorite song that tells a story?
I absolutely loved these. Mariner's Revenge was hilarious. It sort of reminded me of an Irish drinking song.
My favorite story song is Fred Jones Part 2 by Ben Folds.
My favorite story song is Fred Jones Part 2 by Ben Folds.
- September 28th, 2010, 3:28 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Name that children's Christmas book!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5309
Re: Name that children's Christmas book!
Is it A Gift from the Lonely Doll? I think my mother used to have several of these books. The style looks familiar anyway.
Part of this particular story is up on Google Books.
Part of this particular story is up on Google Books.
- September 25th, 2010, 1:08 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Favorite Screenplays
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4345
Re: Favorite Screenplays
I love that movie. The Royal Tenenbaums is also excellent. Wes Anderson has amazing vision. Casting Bill Murray every time doesn't hurt, either.Nathan Bransford wrote:Rushmore
- September 22nd, 2010, 11:02 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Favorite quotes about writing
- Replies: 62
- Views: 20268
Re: Favorite quotes about writing
Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
- Samuel Johnson
- Samuel Johnson
- September 22nd, 2010, 2:09 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Favorite Screenplays
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4345
Re: Favorite Screenplays
What a fun subject. It's probably cliche to say it, but Citizen Kane was a great screenplay. Orson Welles co-wrote the screenplay as well as being the star actor. But lauding that film is a lot like saying Ulysses is the best novel of all time. Most people don't really enjoy it that much. It's not v...
- September 21st, 2010, 5:59 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 528
- Views: 308245
Re: What are you reading now?
unwieldy, I'm assuming you've read Cloud Atlas ? If not, it's Mitchell's best work (in my opinion) and the culmination of his experiments from Ghostwritten and number9dream . I've not read Cloud Atlas , but it is on my "to read" list. If number9dream doesn't amaze me, I may still try it o...
- September 21st, 2010, 3:25 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 528
- Views: 308245
Re: What are you reading now?
I'm reading number9dream by David Mitchell right now. I really want to read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet but my library doesn't have it, and I refuse to be "that guy" reading it at the book store.
- September 21st, 2010, 3:13 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Jonathan Franzen
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2845
Re: Jonathan Franzen
The irony here is that JF became famous or infamous for dissing Oprah's selections for her book club as "middle-brow." This apparently offended her to the point of disbanding the book club. He kind of apologized later, but I wonder if some intuition told him he was headed for a magazine c...