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DIY Editing: Seems? I know not ‘seems’!
I’ve got a weird favorite Shakespeare quote. While other people are off getting lovey dovey with Romeo and Juliet, or sniggering along with Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I’ve got a thing for Act 1, Scene 2 of Hamlet: Shortly after the death of his father, Hamlet’s mother remarks that he seems sad. To which Read more
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Writing Exercise: If things had been different…
You already know I’m into Bioshock Infinite, as well as Fringe and the Star Trek reboot. Apart from all being some pretty fun Sci-Fi, all three deal with different timelines and realities. (You’ll also find Ursula K. LeGuin’s The Lathe of Heaven, Ray Bradbury’s A Sound of Thunder, and Terry Pratchett’s Jingo on that list). It’s Read more
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Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy…
People talk about character motivation all the time– what’s the character’s inner yearning, the secret desire of their heart, the thing that makes them get out of bed in the morning? I’m not here to talk about that. Instead I want to talk about something much more basic– which means that it often gets overlooked Read more
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Beating depression over the head with a monkey wrench
If you haven’t read it yet, I implore you to head to Hyperbole and a Half for her take on the subject of depression. I dealt with that same brand of depression a while back. Though therapy and pills didn’t work, I finally found my corn (and I swear to all that is holy, we Read more
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What hats are your characters wearing?
Each of us, in our daily lives, wear a whole slew of hats. Not physical hats, mind you… though if you’re as cool as I am, then you’ve got that covered, too. Each ‘hat’ is a role we play– and those roles change depending on where we are or what we’re doing. Each one comes Read more
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Borrowed inspiration
The weirdest thing happened this week. I was reading a blog post, when this person named SugarOpal invited me to give the subject of the post a shot. In case you haven’t decided to follow the delectable links, it goes like this: An older– now mostly defunct– therapy technique involved showing the subject a series Read more
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