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Writing Adult Fiction

An important lesson from classic film: go all the way.

July 5, 2010

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conversation Holy shit.  I just happened to watch “The Conversation” last night (1974).  I hardly ever watch broadcast TV, but it was on in the common room, and I caught the opening scene.  Instantly hooked, I watched one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. These days, a “conspiracy thriller” would consist of: Hunky or [...]

Tagged as: character development, coppola, extreme, movie, the conversation

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How writing fanfiction can help you become a better storyteller.

March 22, 2010

Following on the heels of my Orson Scott Card post, here is more opinionation about fanfiction… I am not that deep in the fanfiction community, but I still support it 100%. I think it’s a great way for writers to overcome some of their weaknesses in a supportive community, and have Definite Issues with some [...]

Tagged as: amateur, challenges, community, Fanfiction

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Porn for women

March 16, 2010

http://xkcd.com/714/ HAHAHAHAHA! Thanks to J. for sending this to me. Arkayne = window.Arkayne || {}; Arkayne.baseurl = ‘http://www.arkayne.com’; Arkayne.go = function(e, a, view, cid, gid) { var id = a.getAttribute(‘id’); var orig = a.getAttribute(‘href’); var target = a.getAttribute(‘target’); var redir = [Arkayne.baseurl, view, cid, gid, ''].join(‘/’); redir += ‘?ts=’ + Math.random(); // prevent caching redir [...]

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