Books and Literature

Crit Happens

02.16.2012 Art

My youngest daughter, a freshman at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), gave me a t-shirt for Christmas. It’s emblazoned with one of the more popular sayings around campus: “Crit Happens.” It does indeed. RISD embraces criticism from the top to bottom. It’s a regular part of daily life there. It can be brutal [...]

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More Things You Cannot Convey To A Young Writer

02.06.2012 blogging

You are not as smart as you think you are. Your first draft isn’t all that good. Neither is your second. You cannot edit your own work. You can become a much better writer.   More Things    

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The Writer’s Notebook: When To Abandon A Project

01.30.2012 Books and Literature

Writers start all sorts of projects. Some, perhaps many of those projects just don’t work out. How do you know when you should abandon a project? Here’s the simple answer: never. Just put it in drawer and wait for its time. You might have a great idea, but you don’t know enough about the subject [...]

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Day For Night

12.21.2011 Art

In movie and TV production sometimes it’s necessary to cut corners, to make the best of a limited budget or sub-optimal conditions. They have a type of filming, shooting, that they call “Day For Night.” It literally means “we’ll shoot during the daytime and use filters or other effects to make it appear to be [...]

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Cats And Dogs And Sweeping Generalizations

12.06.2011 blogging

All cats are essentially female. Feline/female, right? All dogs are loyal and selfless. Except when they are not. I am a user of sweeping generalizations. It’s something that I know that I need to work on. They are a dangerous mental trap. It is sloppy thinking and if it creeps into your writing, you’ll undermine [...]

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