How many ’90s girls would’ve loved to see Sailor Moon kick the Hulk in the balls?
All of us, yeppers.
Tag: writing tips
Peggy Bechko: Writing & Reading – Two Sides Of a Coin
by Peggy Bechko
It’s easy to talk about craft and grammar and spelling and all the little how-tos and don’t-dos when thinking about and discussing writing. And it’s easy to skip over the more simple things a writer needs to keep in mind or do or both. The more general concepts you kind of have to get into your head and keep there.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. A writer has to read and write – a lot. You have to love it. You have to pretty much think about it when you’re not doing it. You must do both. The more you write the better you write. The more you read the better you write. If you read some bad writing it’s a great lesson in what not to do. Great writing gives you great tips on what you should do. Quite simply they go hand in hand. If you don’t have time to read then forget the writing.
What? There’s a Bias Against New Ideas? Who’d a’thunk?
Um, actually, we woulda.
And now, so does David Burkus, in this talk from TED:
munchman Watches an Angelo Bell Film
…And finds it so outrageous that I too would like to see it picked up by Amazon Instant Video, which is where Angelo is shopping it right now.
Let me know where to send the TVWriter™ minions, Angelo. They’re experts at handling things. Kinda like your lead here:
Advice I Wish Someone Had Given Me for My First Job
Too many people enter showbiz and immediately feel “entitled.” So entitled that they resent their duties and their bosses. (Yeppers, we’re speaking from experience here, both as the entitled jobholder and as a boss.) This article has a few words for you. (But you probably won’t even recognize who you are.)
by Thorin Klosowski
Whether you’re straight out of college or starting a new career path, that first job can be scary. You might think you know the ropes, but it’s a lot more than just getting your work done. Here are a few tips I wish someone gave me before I took my first job.