Make sure you upload an image to be your avatar so you don’t have a creepy blue default profile.
– Read more Tumblr Tips for Writers - GalleyCatApril 22, 2012
How you can tell I came of age in the 90s: I can still name both models at a glance.
“Grunge & Glory” by Steven Meisel, Vogue 1992.
April 3, 2012
I love Silicon Valley Ryan Gosling.
Hey girl. Calling out systemic sexism within tech needs to be done by the whole community. And that’s the kind of callout validator we really need.
SVRG responds to this.
March 22, 2012
Brown suggests reviewing this formula for a successful novel, identified in James Hall’s soon-to-be-released book, Hit Lit: Cracking the Code of the Twentieth Century’s Biggest Bestsellers: Describe a crime or serious violation on the first page; Choose a hot-button topic and hook the reader, at the very beginning, with a puzzle, riddle, or unresolved problem; Create a main character that is rugged and rebellious and likely tired of the status quo and a fictional family that is fractured, non-traditional and conflict-ridden; and then, Fill the story with insider knowledge and endless minutiae about an unfamiliar world or secret world.
– Inkubate: Erasing the Line Between Literary and Commercial FictionMarch 10, 2012
The story skeleton (also called a story question) consists of a simple format:
*WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS*, *YOUR PROTAGONIST* *PURSUES A GOAL*. But will he succeed when *ANTAGONIST PROVIDES OPPOSITION*?
–I know I keep linking to Jim Butcher’s Livejournal, but it’s only because it’s awesome.
jimbutcher: Fundamentals—Story Skeletons
March 10, 2012
This video is pretty insanely awesome & I’m pretty sure the song will be stuck in my head forever.
March 9, 2012
As always, excellent and spot-on advice from Neil Gaiman. (Click through for maximum awesomeness.)
birdartpoetry asked: Mister Gaiman, you’re kickass. I was just wondering, what do you think is the best way to seduce a writer? I figured your answer would be pretty spectacular.
In my experience, writers tend to be really good at the inside of their own heads…
Just remember:
1) EMOTION
2) REASON
3) ANTICIPATION
4) CHOICE
Get those in there, in the right order, and you’ll be fine.
Excellent, excellent writing advice from Jim Butcher (author of the Dresden Files books).
March 6, 2012
