The following is a how to piece about writing a treatment and the skills involved. As a noobie writer, I find these things very helpful, but at the same time I am careful not to take everything said as cut and dry. That is a tactic used by modern day intellectuals (not a god thing to be in most people's eyes). Read some of this and decide for yourself if it is or is not useful to you.
This is a great video from J.K. Rowling. This really struck me because, before I was a writer, I suffered from severe depression and Paranoia, for which I refused medication. However, experiencing that deep down in the gutter moment was really helpful for me in gaining some perspective on life as well as motivated me to put some of my thoughts down to paper. Here, an incredible author shares her story with us. Enjoy!!
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Some great quotes from the most renowned artists. This should help you in your search for inspiration.I thought this was a really great post that I just had to share. More to come!
Name :District 9 Director :Neill Blomkamp
Victoria Moore, drink writer for the Guardian in the UK, shows us how to make a Campari, blood orange and Cava cocktail. She explains that Campari has a love-hate relationship with the public - some people adoring it, others being repelled by its taste. However, Campari mixed with blood orange makes for a well-liked fruity drink, not too alcoholic & refreshing- Perfect for a summertime day drink with friends! Make a Campari, blood orange & Cava cocktail.
The world's fair know was created by Gary Martin and was selected by a panel of outdoor writers to be the best new know from nearly 500 knot entries. It was given the name World's Fair know by Mr. Martin because it was first demonstrated by him at the 1982 World's Fair.
Celebrated cocktail writer, poet and killer drink mixer A.J. Rathbun blends up an incredible chocolate cream liqueur from his book Luscious Liqueurs. Aromatic and delicious vanilla and coconut extract, a rum and cream base, not to mention a generous amount of good-quality chocolate syrup, make for an amazing liqueur you'll want to introduce to your cocktail repertoire. So dazzle your friends, give as a gift, or keep it all for yourself! Make chocolate cream liqueur.
There's a lot to love about iOS 13. Permanent Memoji stickers though? Not so much. Whether you love or hate these personalized icons, most of us can probably agree it's super annoying Apple doesn't let you disable them in the "Frequently Used" section of the Emoji keyboard. Every time you go to use an emoji, you have to see the stickers, whether you want to or not. That is, until now.
My name is Elvis. I'm from Film & Theatre Arts charter high school. I'm in this world to help people become better poets/writers. I'm going to help Serigo make this world better, adding different things, and giving advice on how to express yourselves better. I'm also going to be putting up some of my own stuff wether it's poetry or music, I've made myself. I'm heard to help so if anything is need don't hesitate to ask.
Banksy, Cope2, Invader, Retna, Mr.cartoon, They all have a few things in common. Firstly, they are all extremely talented and well known urban artists. Secondly, they all have very memorable and very, very cool names.
You never know when the zombie apocalypse may hit your hood, and now, thanks to writer and designer Mike Lacher‘s new Google streetview mashup, you can test run your evacuation plan. Just enter your location and dodge those little red markers (re: zombies) on the map. As you move with the arrows, zombies come at you from all directions (choose your level: Easy, Normal, Hard, I Am Death Incarnate) and try to eat your brain. The game is in beta, and you can currently play it on Google Chrome. H...
A prolific travel writer can always consider starting his own travel site. If you know a country or a city inside out then you really can start your own site, work on drawing traffic and make money from ads. Not much money, maybe but something. And you get read.
If you want to go with something a little less deep fried heart attack for your trick-or-treaters this year, try Bakerella's recipe for Yummy Mummy Cake Pops. No reason not to have dessert-on-a-stick all year round!
The provenance of this Sci Fi Airshow is unquestionable. With decades of experience interpreting science fiction from a written to a visual medium, Bill George is the perfect tour guide for this fantastical, photoshopped exhibit. Assembling the collective imagination of multiple authors into one Airshow is a rare treat.
Check this out for five great tips on how to name your character.
Here is a list from story fix of television shows that can help writers. "Novelists are loath to admit they watch television. It’s like a chef admitting they enjoy a dripping hot Whopper every now and then. With extra cheese.
Remember, in the Terminator movies, when Arnold's field of vision is superimposed with all sorts of data? Sci-fi writer Vernor Vinge also described electronic contact lenses, technology that "projects" information right before the eyes.
Letter formation can be fun! Few children enjoy traditional handwriting practice. Copying the same black letters over and over again with a pencil is boring! Here is how you can make letter formation fun while practicing with your child at home.
Words that will help you with your writing Alliteration - The repetition of aconsonant sound. This si important because it makes words stand out, and because it can help set the mood for something.
How To Write A Poem There are a million ways to start a poem. unfortunatly I wont be able to explain all of them, actually I can't explain them. Everyone has their own way of writing. If you are a beginer you will eventually find your own way. I will show you some ways that could help you write your own poem.
I took a class in the fall entitled Writing for Television at Bentley University in Boston. Much of what I learned has helped me through my first year of creative writing. One of the keys to writing television that we learned in the class was that a television show follows the traditional three act structure that any story follows, except for the fact that in a television episode, many questions are allowed to go unanswered.
Hey everybody, This feed is about the traditional three act structure when writing an action/adventure story or screenplay.
The Washington Post challenged their readers to create "a three-dimensional essay on the state of the nation's collective consciousness, a sticky finger on the pulse of what's popular"...using Peeps.
Texas based photographer Adam Voorhes takes four objects (telephone, frog, gun, etch-a-sketch) and dissects them for his photo essay entitled Exploded. The frog in particular looks like an illustration, but is indeed a photograph.
Need to find some directions? No problem, use Google Maps. Want to find some spy photos of yourself? No problem, use Google Street View.
In this clip, InDesign writer Jeff Witchel shares some of his popular tips for working with guides in InDesign. For detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using guides for greater control in your own InDesign projects, watch this free video software tutorial.
Top-Windows-Tutorials is a great site dedicated to Windows tutorials for almost all things Windows. Whether you are a computer novice or an expert in Windows operating systems, you'll find useful information in these guides catering to your level of expertise. These user friendly and easy to follow free Windows tutorials will show you all that you can do with your Windows PC.
Tip of the Day writer Jeff Witchel shares some of his favorite InDesign tips about formatting with paragraph styles palette and the next style feature.
Layers Tip of the Day writer, Jeff Witchel has created this video tutorials sharing some of his popular tips for working with the effects panel in InDesign.
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Let's face it— most people don't understand Shakespeare's language. If they say they do, they're probably lying. The poetic words of the world's most famous playwright continue to plague school children and college lit. majors alike, but not anymore.
WonderHowTo is currently seeking a new staff member to head up FarmVille World as a highly active community admin. This new community leader would clean up any and all troublesome issues relating to the World, write extensive guides, and be available for all World member FAQs. Help us continue to grow FarmVille World into an increasingly vibrant FarmVille community!
Just as Smule's ocarina app yields the gentle sounds of a woodwind instrument by simply blowing into an iPhone, Squeal promises to emit theremin-esque noises from the iPad with easy fingerplay. Developed as a collaboration between Hong Kong musician/producer/composer Gaybird Leung and interactive designer Henry Chu, the musical app is a work-in-progress for Henry's ongoing experimental music project Digital Hug.
PC-only users read no more, this announcement is for those who embrace all-devices-Apple. Are you interested in fully optimizing the use of your iPhone, Macbook or iPad? Are you looking to go paperless, find the best apps for all your iDevices, or easily automate your daily activities online? Are you interested in upgrading to more advanced keyboard shortcuts?
This is my first posting here on Edibles in Jars and I just wanted to say hello and welcome everyone. While I'm at it, I'll give a brief run down on what you can expect here in the near future, and tell you all a bit about me.
San Francisco writer Jimmy Chen over at HTMLGIANT cleverly composited the beloved filmmaker/artist/furniture designer/transcendental meditation expert David Lynch next to the likes of Cy Twombly, Vincent Van Gogh, John Singer Sargent, Roy Lichtenstein, Claude Monet and Katsushika Hokusai.
The Writers at io9.com have been running through a fantastic series of blog posts, in which they're teaching their readers about the history of great 80s sci-fi and fantasy. Because so much of this is right up my alley, I though I'd aggregate their aggregations, so to speak, and write a little retrospective of my own.
Here is the movie trailer for the feature film "Genius Within" Synopsis:
Cocktails and spirits writer Camper English likes playing with ice. His latest experiment is a ticking ice bomb (re: an ice cube filled with food coloring that slowly turns your beverage black as it melts).
