Rant on putting your characters through absolute hell Well, this one was the winner by the most votes I’ve ever seen in a poll, so up it goes. You’ll probably note pretty quickly that all the items on this list are psychological/emotional. Well, yes. I think scenes of physical pain, especially torture, are overused in fantasy, especially because authors have a tendency to forget about wounds whenever they would get in the way and just send their characters pelting off as if they’d never suffered. Also, psychological/emotional methods of putting people through hell mean that you get to use characters’ faults against them, and readers’ expectations for fantasy heroes against them. (And if I sound like a sadist, I swear I’m not. 1) Create a situation that punishes the character for using his best qualities. The trick here is not to make the situation seem contrived. Fantasy authors create the most extraordinary people all the time. 2) Have him mistake a present threat or enemy for one from the past. Now seize that and turn it on its head.
100 best first lines from novels Following is a list of the 100 best first lines from novels, as decided by the American Book Review, a nonprofit journal published at the Unit for Contemporary Literature at Illinois State University: 1. Call me Ishmael. - Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. - James Joyce, Finnegans Wake (1939) 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 124 was spiteful. - Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987) 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
100+ Portraits of Iconic People of All Time Today we bring you a great collection of portraits of the most iconic people throughout history. Portraits explore the relationship between the subject and the photographer or artist and usually continue to impress the viewer years after they have been created. The common thread running through all of these portraits is superlative design. Each is a masterpiece in its own right, from the medieval painted portraits right up to the most current photographs. This collection is arranged in alphabetical order and is by no means complete. We hope that this collection inspires you, makes you gasp and even smile. Afghan Girl This photo was taken as part of the National Geographic “Green Eyes” project, tracking the genetic trait of green eyes passed down through the Mongols of Genghis Khan’s time. Buzz Aldrin This image was captured in 1969, the day that the Eagle lunar lander made the first touchdown on the moon, by Neil Armstrong of fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Muhammad Ali Woody Allen Joan of Arc
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FUNNY WEED T-SHIRTS | SENSIMILLA STREET T-SHIRTS 6 Wordsmiths Who Couldn’t Spell This month marks my 6-year anniversary blogging for mental_floss. It also marks mentalfloss.com's 6-year anniversary in the blogosphere. To celebrate the more than 2,000 daily posts, I'll be republishing some of my favorite posts from these last half-dozen years, starting today, running to the end of the month. (Originally published on Feb. 3, 2009)1. 2. Best known for: his stream of consciousness technique in such celebrated novels as his 1929 classic, The Sound and the Fury But did you know: the title of the novel comes from a Macbeth soliloquy? 3. Best known for: The Great GatsbyBut did you know: The novel didn't sell well during Fitzgerald's lifetime? 4. Best known for: those great stoic characters, like Robert Jordan in the 1940 novel For Whom the Bell TollsBut did you know: Hemingway was decorated as a hero after being injured during WWI? 5. Best known for: the 1820 poem, Ode on a Grecian UrnBut did you know: tuberculosis took the young Keats in 1821, at only 26 years of age? 6.
Motivational Quote Monday (28 Photos) » The Drop Kings Start your week on a positive note with some motivational quotes… For some more inspiration check out some motivating posters illustrated by Ryan McArthur… Amazingly Creative Drawing Vs Photography This wonderful work has done by a very talented Belgian painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer Ben Heine. This creative artist was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He Studied graphic arts and sculpture and I also have a degree in journalism. Lets take a look at some of his awesome works that he calls “Drawing Vs Photography” or “Imagination Vs Reality”.
Software Engineering Proverbs collected by Tom Van Vleck Drawn by Angus Macdonald A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. -- Einstein André Bensoussan once explained to me the difference between a programmer and a designer: "If you make a general statement, a programmer says, 'Yes, but...' while a designer says, 'Yes, and...'" No matter what the problem is, it's always a people problem. Jerry Weinberg Wexelblat's Scheduling Algorithm: Choose two: Good Fast Cheap Craziness is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. Tom DeMarco, rephrasing Einstein, who said Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. "There's no time to stop for gas, we're already late" -- Karin Donker Deming's 14 points Create constancy of purpose. We know about as much about software quality problems as they knew about the Black Plague in the 1600s. -- Tom Van Vleck The Troops Know The schedule doesn't have enough time for maintenance in it. To go faster, slow down. -- Scott Cherf -- W.
Theta Wave Brain Synchronization This is a replication of a Theta wave entrainment rhythm first created by scientists in the 1960s to lull patients into a deep, colorful, creative dream state. Listen to it for 10 minutes, longer if you can. The longer it plays, the deeper you’ll go. How It Works The human brain produces different levels of electrical activity depending on the amount of information it is processing. Throughout the day, the brain lingers between four different types of brainwave patterns: Beta (12 -30 Hz): the normal, awake consciousness associated with busy tasksAlpha (8 – 12 Hz): the relaxed and reflective state, like those induced by closing the eyes during waking hoursTheta (4 – 7 Hz): a very relaxed state associated with meditation and some sleep statesDelta (3 and under Hz): deep, dreamless sleep Theta waves (at around 4 to 7 Hz) are the sweet spot for many brain functions.
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