Category: Resources

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LB: Did You Know You Can Read Kindle Books w/o Having a Kindle?

Whoa, I just found out. (Thanks to my wonderful wife Gwen the Beautiful, who’d assumed I had the info all along.)

Get yer Kindle Cloud Reader here

Turns out that Amazon.Com has this Cloud Reader app that lets you read any Kindle purchase on your computer, just like a PDF!

Yeah, I know how that sounds. I’m trying too hard with the positive spin thing, right? But I really do think this is cool…and the Kindle edition of Television Writing from the Inside Out costs 1/3 less than the PDF version did. And 3/3 less today and tomorrow because today and tomorrow it’s FREE. read article

In Their Own Writ Dept – 12/5/12

People ask me, “How can I make myself start writing?” My own question has always been, “How can I make myself stop?”

I’ve spent more time worrying about my characters than I have about my children, but it’s my children, not my characters, who call every week to make sure I’m okay.

LB: Dan Harmon Says What We All Need to Hear

In my experience, every word this man says here is true. New writers and creators, the world is yours.

After a fashion. read article

And Now, a Major Real-Life Rule For Writers to Live By

Hey, it’s from Lifehacker.Com, so you know it’s about Real Stuff:

“We Have to Continually Be Jumping Off Cliffs and Developing Our Wings on the Way Down” – by Whitson Gordon

Authors Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut, both of whom have been cited as saying versions of this quote, know a thing or two about creativity. They say that “We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” Apart from being a vivid image, it’s a great metaphor for taking risks. Sometimes, you need to just jump headfirst into a project, even if you don’t know where you’re going with it yet. You’ll learn as you go, and sometimes that’s the best way to get the results you want. read article

Peggy Bechko Tells Us How to Kill a Character

Heartless, that’s what she is.

And that’s why we love ‘er:

Here’s somebody who really knows how to kill a characer – Uma Thurman in KILL BILL

by Peggy Bechko

Ever Wondered How To Kill a Character? read article