8 Retail Workers Who Made the Most of Their Free Time Everyone should work in retail at least once, if only to get their go-to retail horror story for cocktail parties. From rude customers trashing the dressing room to endless nights of inventory most retail workers have plenty to complain about. Still, there can be nice moments in the aisles and behind the cash register. Moments when the store is quiet and calm and you suddenly realize what the business really needs is your creative touch. 1. Image courtesy of Reddit, politicaldan 2. Image courtesy of Reddit, Repost_Expirement 3. Image courtesy of Reddit, zooalien 4. Image courtesy of Reddit, krunchee 5. Image courtesy of Reddit, EnderVViggen 6. Image courtesy of Reddit, jeezymcfly67 7. Image courtesy of Reddit, Stewpid 8. Image courtesy of Reddit, cunth Homepage image courtesy of Flickr, nateone Molly Horan Molly Horan was an editorial intern at Mashable.
Creative Writing Prompts, Creative Writing Ideas, Creative Writing Exercises, ... — Helping Writers and Poets Get Some Writing Done 25 Panic GIFs to Calm Your Nerves If you're feeling a little stressed today, don't worry — you probably just instinctively knew you had to celebrate International Panic Day. Though today is a time to let your anxieties go, there are many forms of panic that can hit on any day. Be prepared to share your panic with those around you in GIF form, because who knows if you'll be able to form sentences. 1. For morning panic. Image courtesy of Tumblr, arlenexii 2. Image courtesy of Tumblr, strikebackbubbles 3. Image courtesy of Tumblr, needthisforreactions 4. Image courtesy of Tumblr, mydogthinksimawesome 5. Image courtesy of Tumblr, harryfkinstyles 6. Image courtesy of Tumblr, noyouroutoforder 7. Image courtesy of Tumblr, confessionsofabadchemist 8. Image courtesy of Tumblr, lawschoolwoes 9. Image courtesy of Tumblr, fearlssly 10. Image courtesy of Tumblr, harrypotternerdsunite 11. Image courtesy of Tumblr, nutellaplease 12. Image courtesy of Tumblr, articleoffashion When those nay-sayers finally understand your concern. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
Create paintings from photos Did you ever wanted to be a great artist? But unfortunately you are really bad at it? Well that's ok because now with Psykopaint you can be a great artist with no skills. Archetype: The Fiction Writer's Guide to Psychology About a little thing called 750 Words One Page Per Day: A web typewriter for authors. 5 Ways Not to Write a Novel Writing a novel? There's first-draft flow, and there's editing flow. And then there comes a time when you think you might be done, yet the manuscript is still not quite "there." , such as "Danielle was a woman of medium height with brown hair and brown eyes." , such as: "He shaved, and then he wiped off the shaving cream," "She walked to the corner, and she looked both ways," or "We opened the door, and we found the mail on the porch." . such as the following: the difficult task, both share, blend together, on account of, considering the fact that, report back. [Better: Add some tension, impending tension, or trouble to every page. * Did you miss my post about the sometimes unpolished writing of Stephen King ? * Or the one about best writers' resolutions ? * For more examples of inadequately revised writing, see this amusing article about Dan Brown's "20 Worst Sentences." Copyright (c) Susan K.
The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do. Writing is a muscle. Smaller than a hamstring and slightly bigger than a bicep, and it needs to be exercised to get stronger. Think of your words as reps, your paragraphs as sets, your pages as daily workouts. Think of your laptop as a machine like the one at the gym where you open and close your inner thighs in front of everyone, exposing both your insecurities and your genitals. Procrastination is an alluring siren taunting you to google the country where Balki from Perfect Strangers was from, and to arrange sticky notes on your dog in the shape of hilarious dog shorts. The blank white page. Mark Twain once said, “Show, don’t tell.” Finding a really good muse these days isn’t easy, so plan on going through quite a few before landing on a winner. There are two things more difficult than writing. It’s so easy to hide in your little bubble, typing your little words with your little fingers on your little laptop from the comfort of your tiny chair in your miniature little house.
10 Creative Block Breakers That Actually Work Doesn't matter what you call it: writer's block or creative block or simply "Where is my inspiration when I need it?!" All creative individuals find their work coming less easily at some times than others. That's when you need strategies, and plenty of them. There are at least 90 such tips, tools, and techniques in , edited by Alex Cornell, with a foreword by Erik Spiekermann. is a fresh compilation of practical, real world solutions offered by a range of creative individuals, including graphic designers, artists, writers, and photographers. The insights in this perkily designed, light-hearted, and useful little volume are sometimes amusing, often unexpected. to find it more compelling. Place an ink-stained handprint on its blankness so you have something to fix. You can't criticize the results. Consider this: "I'm not running out of ideas, just trying to push myself into better ones." in your episodes of creative block. to conceive of your blocks. , not just one. Blocked?
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance. To do this Polti analyzed classical Greek texts, plus classical and contemporaneous French works. He also analyzed a handful of non-French authors. Publication history[edit] “Gozzi maintained that there can be but thirty-six tragic situations. This list was published in a book of the same name, which contains extended explanations and examples. The list is popularized as an aid for writers, but it is also used by dramatists, storytellers and many others. The 36 situations[edit] Each situation is stated, then followed by the necessary elements for each situation and a brief description. See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]
Bouba/kiki effect This picture is used as a test to demonstrate that people may not attach sounds to shapes arbitrarily: American college undergraduates and Tamil speakers in India called the shape on the left "kiki" and the one on the right "bouba". The bouba/kiki effect is a non-arbitrary mapping between speech sounds and the visual shape of objects. This effect was first observed by German-American psychologist Wolfgang Köhler in 1929.[1] In psychological experiments, first conducted on the island of Tenerife (in which the primary language is Spanish), Köhler showed forms similar to those shown at the right and asked participants which shape was called "takete" and which was called "baluba" ("maluma" in the 1947 version). Although not explicitly stated, Köhler implies that there was a strong preference to pair the jagged shape with "takete" and the rounded shape with "baluba".[2] In 2001, Vilayanur S. More recently research indicated that the effect may be a case of ideasthesia.[5]
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