Ah primer in what getting into the habit of writing can do for everyone. Even – gasp! – non-writers.
For reals:
by George DyI’m not going to tell you that you should write every single day, nor am I going to list out reasons that would make my arguments general enough for everyone. This is merely a story of how I believe my passive writing has helped me in the last year.
This sexy little thing won an Award of Excellence in LaJolla’s Best Shorts Competition. And very well-deserved award it is, as far as we’re concerned.
Gives whole new meaning to the concept “non-consensual relationship.”
No long intro here, I’m going right for the meat of it. You’re writing a novel, you’re in love with your words. Well, look again and see what you need to change:
One:
Do you have your characters living in a happy fantasy land sort of like the fairy tale creatures out of Disney? Is everybody just getting along hunky-dorey and skipping hand-in-hand down the garden path?
Well, that magazines and newspapers are for sure.
According to a press release from Tribune Company, which is about to become the largest owner of major network TV affiliates in the country (don’t worry, the press release will explain), Tribune plans to spin off its magazine unit and is telling to sell its newspapers, including such Big Deal Journalistic Establishments as the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.
Let’s face it. This is not something a smart capitalist company does…unless it believes that it’ll make a ton in television and, if it doesn’t act quickly, lose its ass in print.
From Louis Armstrong’s lips to your ears: