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GRACEPOINT
yadadarcyyada “We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.”Stephen King Is that why we watch murder mysteries? Not only to test our observational and deductive skills, but to explore, process, and cope with the unthinkable horror of murder? Last year I watched ITV’sBroadchurch because it starred David Tennant (Doctor Who, Harry […]
It’s About Time
yadadarcyyada Time. There never seems to be enough of it. Or is there? Some films are hits, others misses. I think we can safely sayAbout Time falls squarely into the misses category, but why? Written and directed by Richard Curtis(Love Actually, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Mr. Bean, Blackadder, Notting Hill, Doctor Who, War Horse, The Vicar […]
Teen Thursday
Originally posted on BookPeople:
It’s YA lucky day! It’s Teen Thursday! Where we bring you YA news from around the globe and highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corps! Texas Teen Book Fest News! There have been a lot of announcements from the fest in the past few weeks. Many amazing authors have joined the…
Coming back from the dead
Originally posted on Saturday Night's Alright for Writing:
If you spend any time on the internet, by now you’ve probably heard the breaking Harry Potter news: JK Rowling has written another Harry Potter story. If you haven’t heard the news yet, don’t get too excited. It’s a short article, written by Rita Skeeter, the…
One Thing Authors Shouldn’t Leave Out of A Story’s “Big Moment”
Originally posted on Creative Writing with the Crimson League:
Just because a character is acting quickly, or must REact, doesn’t mean she doesn’t have a real motivation for the choice she makes. Today’s post is about the big moments in fiction–the action-packed, “everything is changing because of what is happening” moments–and about one thing in…
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