Six Styles of Love Love Styles: A Brief Background The six love styles was originally developed by John Lee (1973, 1988), he referred to these love styles as "colors of love", and also wrote a book on this theory. The six love styles are: Eros, Ludus, Storge, Pagma, Mania, and Agape. Ben Bova Writing Tips TIPS FOR WRITERS Ben Bova 1. Write Every Day.The most important thing for a writer to do is to write. Write every day. Locus Online Features: Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction from Locus Magazine, January 2009 We know that our readers are distracted and sometimes even overwhelmed by the myriad distractions that lie one click away on the Internet, but of course writers face the same glorious problem: the delirious world of information and communication and community that lurks behind your screen, one alt-tab away from your word-processor. The single worst piece of writing advice I ever got was to stay away from the Internet because it would only waste my time and wouldn't help my writing. This advice was wrong creatively, professionally, artistically, and personally, but I know where the writer who doled it out was coming from.
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37 Lectures Every Writer Should Listen To By Jessica Cortez Seasoned writers and complete novices alike have a few things in common: a shared love of the written word and the need for the occasional word of advice, wisdom or motivation to keep them going. While writing is a creatively gratifying process, it can also be one riddled with dead ends, late nights and loads of frustration. Whether you are studying for a liberal arts degree, have a career in liberal arts, or writing for fun, here are a few lectures that will give writers young and old alike some tips on writing better, getting published and promoting their craft as much as possible.
The Color Thesaurus - Ingrid Sundberg Update: Hey everyone! Thank you so much for your support of my color thesaurus. I’ve gotten tons of wonderful emails from writers, designers, and educators who all love the thesaurus and want one in their own home. After so many requests, I’m excited to announce I’m currently working on a poster version of the color thesaurus. Woot! Woot! Suggestions please okay, there are some glitches and i cant retrieve posts from the new members forum. i guess that section of the site is being worked with at the moment.. i can offer you this thread, to the bookclub forum: here's another author to read: his writing is brutal, infective. plus he currently has three books out, and the forth releases this year! definitely give kiss me, judas a try. a great book, and the hard cover is cheap, like twelve bucks new at amazon. and it has a great first line: “I must be dead for there is nothing but blue snow and the furious silence of a gunshot.” (you'll flip when you read the opening pages of his third novel; fucking brilliant!) another writer, a list:
The Forgotten Language of Flowers In the early 18th century the Turkish "Secret Language of Flowers" was introduced to Europe by Lady Mary Wortley Montague, wife of the British ambassador to Constantinople. Flowers had long been a sign of romance but now lovers were able to send secret messages to each other by means of sending a posy of flowers. Each flower had a specific meaning and the order of arrangement had much to do with the intended "message". Jennifer Castle on Writing a Grieving Character Unsure how to create a character who grieves convincingly without writing a totally depressing tear-jerker? Here’s some advice from someone who definitely knows what she’s doing. Jennifer Castle, author of The Beginning of After, shares her secrets. There were moments while I was writing The Beginning of After, my novel about a teen girl who must find a way to move forward after losing her whole family in a car accident, when I would stop typing, smack myself on the forehead, and say, “Wait a minute, missy. Just what the hell do you think you’re doing?” Because I have zero personal experience with this level of tragedy.
Detailed Character Profile Generator Create a Detailed Character Profile Generate a detailed profile for a realistic and rounded character. Output loads of detail including a biography, information about the important people in your character's life, and a timeline. Writing Gender-Specific Dialogue Writing dialogue to suit the gender of your characters is important in any genre, but it becomes even more essential in romance writing. In a romance novel, characters of opposite sexes are often paired up or pitted against each other in relationships with varying degrees of complication. Achieving differentiation in the tones and spoken words of your male and female characters requires a careful touch, especially if you’re a woman writing a male’s dialogue, and vice versa. In an excerpt from On Writing Romance by Leigh Michaels, the author discusses ways in which you can render the dialogue of your guy or gal protagonist more realistic and effective.
How to Avoid Cliches in Writing: Story Themes To be an original writer, it’s important to learn how to avoid clichés. Many of the same themes are explored often in fiction without being reduced to clichés. You can do the same by understanding what the clichés of your genre are, and how to create your own, varied treatment: First: What is theme in a story? Theme is not the same thing as a plot. The dictionary definition of ‘theme’ is: ‘An idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature.’
On the Concepts of Set-Up and Pay-Off - 2 Set-Up/Pay-Off and a Related Figure Richard Raskin Early in The Return of the Killer Tomatoes (John DeBello, 1988), the character played by George Clooney throws a disc of pizza dough up into the air, pizzaiolo fashion (Figure 1), and the action continues with no shot of the dough redescending. In the final moments of the film, Anthony Starke and Clooney address the audience on the subject of the film's construction (Figures 2-4). While this example does not especially illuminate the nature of the set-up/pay-off figure, it shows that those concepts are so widely used within American film culture that audiences can be expected to understand a gag based on them, at least in a spoof on low-budget cinema.
Plotting your sci-fi novel - PATTERN How do you begin to develop a plausible world and start plotting your sci-fi novel? Here’s how the Now Novel PATTERN system can give you the blueprint you need for well-plotted, well-developed science fiction: Worldbuilding is a crucial aspect of writing science fiction.