May. 18th, 2010

mbarker: (BrainUnderRepair)
Writing Excuses Season Four Episode 18: How to Steal for Fun and Profit

From http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/05/09/writing-excuses-4-18-how-to-steal-for-fun-and-profit/

Key Points: All artists incorporate their experiences. History and mythology provide a mine of experiences and relationships that you can use. Avoid plagiarism, make it yours. Or hang a lantern on it, make it an homage. But don't use borrowing as a shortcut -- use it as a buttress for your originality. Try combinations!
pesky plot snatchers? )
[Brandon] I think that it's a great idea. In fact, I'm going to give our writing prompt this week as being... I want you to go... I want you to go to Howard Tayler's website, schlockmercenary.com. I want you to click the button that says "click here to instantly teraport to some place inside the archives."
[Howard] [whistle]
[Brandon] I want you to take whatever strip shows up, read the next three or four, and have it... use it mailed in with some other concept to create a new story.
[Dan] Something wholly original.
[Howard] If you can stop reading after just three or four, that's probably best for you. You don't want it to cost you hours and hours of your life.
[Dan] Otherwise, you won't get any writing done.
[Brandon] This has been Writing Excuses. You're out of excuses, now go write.
mbarker: (Burp)
Ge-ge-ge no nyobou 5/18
aka Guess who's coming to visit?

Fumie looked at the telegram. The 22nd? That's tomorrow? Coming to Tokyo...

Fumie sat in the coffee shop with her friend from sewing class. "I was surprised to get the telegram saying that you were coming to Tokyo." "Well, my husband had to come, and he invited me, so I've got the day free to visit with you...Say, I don't think you've cut your hair since the wedding. It looks good."
When first we practice to deceive... )
The voiceover said, "An angry Genbee held court in the kitchen."

to be continued...

[Okay, I'll admit -- I think the timeline is skewed here. One episode Shigeru is just meeting a new publisher and using the advance to get goodies, the next episode we've got the new book coming out -- and the father's visit somehow got wound around these two. My guess -- there was a gap between the new publisher and father planning to visit that I didn't catch.]
mbarker: (ISeeYou2)
Quick notes on pictures from the NHK web site...Week 7
In the envelope )

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