Archive for the ‘Others Not Writing’ Category

The Novel as Told Through Google Maps

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 | 9 Comments

Waxy turned me onto this very cool site where a novel is told using Google Maps as the background. It’s really incredible even if my description is lacking…
Charles Cumming’s The 21 Steps:

The 21 Steps is told by following the story as it unfolds across a map of the world. Follow the trail by clicking [...]

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Writing not blogging

Thursday, March 13th, 2008 | 3 Comments

I’ve not posted much recently part of this is because I’m actually writing. Well, I was until I went on a business trip while sick with the flu and now I’m all wonky in the head, but really I’m working at getting back to writing and not blogging or journaling or any of the [...]

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Copyblogger's 10 steps for becoming a better writer

Saturday, March 1st, 2008 | No Comments

I came across a link on Arif and Ali’s Blog to coppyblogger. This is a site that I subscribe to and I really enjoy Brian White’s posts over there…
This particular nugget of writerly goodness was especially enjoyable: 10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer. I’m not going to excerpt it here. When [...]

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3 Ways to Build Confidence from WOW

Friday, February 29th, 2008 | No Comments

Keeping Your Vision Before You:
Writing can be a solitary profession. Writers spend a lot of time alone, trying to find the right words, the perfect phrasing, and the unexpected plot twists. When things don’t come together the way that you wish they would, discouragement settles in. Then that nagging little voice in the back of [...]

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Joseph Campbell the Power of Myth

Thursday, February 28th, 2008 | No Comments

Just came across this nice video companion to my long post on Christopher Vogler’s Writer’s Journey.
Six-episodes of the classic Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers series. [Google Video]
The Hero’s Adventure (episode 1) is embedded below:

[Via: Dedroidify]

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