Category: articles
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Story Q&A: When should budget limit my film’s genre?
One of the questions that has come up in Free Lance Friday was posed by a screenwriter and filmmaker: when should my budget limit my story? The answer is either always or never, but not both. First, “never.” Your budget, as a screenwriter, should never limit your story when you write to sell your screenplay.…
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October 11th ~ Free Lance Friday!
Friday, October 11th, I will give away my writing services: Free copy for businesses. Free old-school, blue-pencil editing for writers. Free coaching for non-trad storytellers like filmmakers and public speakers. Need to see my portfolio first? Go to LinkedIn. If you’re not a current client, start sending in your stuff now before the line…
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Dead Christ
Holbien fishes bodies from the Rhine // stone or marble forms a slab // he clears green mold, seaweed, the guts // it takes to paint a Chrorpse, // and spreads them out to prompt his work.
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TFH: Bubba VS. The Bear
Fall makes me nostalgic, that’s my only excuse for what follows. Tales from Home all come from my past. I reserve the right to exaggerate, alter, or fabricate details. Home isn’t Lake Wobegon and this ain’t its News. My goal is to share, to entertain, maybe to inspire, but never to harm, so please email me…
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Tales from Home: The World’s Largest Hippo
Fall makes me nostalgic, that’s my only excuse for what follows. Tales from Home all come from my past. I reserve the right to exaggerate, alter, or fabricate details. I’m not Lake Wobegon and this ain’t my News. These are just… tales from home. My goal is to share, to entertain, maybe to inspire, but…
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Is Advice a Vice?
In reading Emerson’s Lecture to Divinity Students, I’m struck by several thoughts, the first concerns how often we seek advice. (For noobs, I’ve been reading my way through Harvard slow and steady. So welcome all). Anyways, something that nailed me between my eyes was Emerson’s aversion to advice and counsel. A buddy of mine recently…
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Why I like the description of God as “jealous”
Often I hear people like Mr. Dawkins ask, “How could I believe in a god who feels such a petty emotion as jealousy?” I’ll set aside my opinion of calling jealousy an emotion for the moment and focus on the thrust of the statement. The statement assumes that coveting — wanting someone else’s possessions or…
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Quick S.E.O. Fixes for WordPress
I’m no SEO guy, but I do hang out with SEO guys often. Here are a few quick things I learned about SEO on WordPress: WordPress does most of the hard work, but you should still register. Your domain is registered, all of the metadata is factored in easily, but you still should take advantage…
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On Your Calling in Life
No one, not even Milton, ever made a living off of writing good poetry. Only those who were patronized by the rich could ever afford to do only poetry, but even then they did not generate an income off of the sale of their poetry. That’s a historical “never,” which are pretty hard to come…
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Quick thought for your maiden voyage as a nonfiction writer
Several of my clients have started nonfiction works recently and asked if they should go the memoir route or the how-to route. I pushed a couple of them toward a memoir-heavy blend. If you’re in an industry with an established audience and are approached as one who could make an “easy sell” or if you’re…