Here’s a little gem that speaks to all of us, regardless of the specifics of our creativity:
Cartoon: What It Means to be Creative
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Peggy Bechko’s Tips on the BEST Time to Write
by Peggy Bechko
You have a great idea.
You have lots of notes and the plot all mapped out in your head and maybe a synopsis typed into a word processing program.
It fires you up every time you think about it. But nothing messes up a great idea like not having the energy to bring it to life on the page.
Listen and weep: ‘Audiobooks outdo films in emotional engagement’
True? False? What do you think? Seriously, we’re asking for your opinion here, so fire away.
by Alison Flood
As Arya Stark watches from the crowd, tears streaming, King Joffrey toys with her father Ned Stark before executing him in front of a baying crowd. This scene from Game of Thrones is harrowing in any medium – but a new University College London study has found that audiobooks are more “emotionally engaging” than film and television adaptations.
UCL, in collaboration with audiobook giant Audible, measured the physical reactions of 102 participants aged between 18 and 67 to audio and video depictions of scenes from books including A Game of Thrones, The Girl on the Train and Great Expectations. The scenes were chosen based on their “emotional intensity”, and for having minimal differences between the audio and video adaptations. For Thomas Harris’s The Silence of the Lambs, participants were shown or played Clarice’s interview with Dr Hannibal Lecter; in Pride and Prejudice, they witnessed Mr Darcy’s successful proposal to Elizabeth Bennet; and in The Hound of the Baskervilles, they heard and saw the first description of the beast.
Everything You Need to Know About the Best Show on TV this Season
This article from New Yorker perfectly encapsulates the wonder that is The Good Fight. You’re gonna love ’em both!
The Incendiary Verve of “The Good Fight”
by Emily Nussbaum
A few weeks ago, on “The Good Fight,” some Chicago litigators found the pee tape. Initially, they suspected that it was a hoax—entrapment by Project Veritas, perhaps, designed to embarrass the D.N.C. Their firm investigated, and in the process they discovered an entire genre of pee-tape fakes. The F.B.I. weighed in. There was a granular comparison of bathrobe screen grabs. (“Enhance!”) Finally, they had confirmation: it was the real thing.
The Most Irresistible Movie Poster TVWriter™ has ever Seen
by TVWriter™ Press Service
Sam Elliott!
Big Foot!