The last couple of lessons have centred around dialogue.
We had also been discussing how the descriptive text surrounding the dialogue can change everything. I tried to create the same scenario with the same characters but couldn’t quite manage… more »
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This phrase was thought up by Stephen Fry. He enlisted the help of the engraver Graham Short to write it on the side of a fountain pen which would be auctioned in aid of English Pen the body that represents imprisoned writers around the world:
Waggle… more »
The Internet's content can be split into many pieces, but it can be characterised into just 2 (well 3 if you count all the porn!): what people know and what people think.
What people know is simple; it includes all the journals, academic papers, rese… more »
Homework: write opening and first scenes, try to introduce aspects of the characters without explicitly referencing them.
Jeff leaned over the guard rails of the bed. His eyes were bloodshot and his cheeks were wet with tears. The little girl looked… more »
There are many people who turn their noses up at Science Fiction films and yet the majority of people do like them, it's just they re-classify them in their mind. I over heard a conversation in the pub on Friday.
John: Don't like SciFi.
Al: What a… more »