Helping to Change the World…Word by Word
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Helping to Change the World Word by Word
Today the U.S. celebrates Labor Day as a national holiday.
Eight years ago I posted the below video on Labor Day and asked readers to think of ways this bear’s activity is a metaphor for the writing life. For life in general. Or write a 100-word short story about what you saw.
I’ve left the creativity of those comments below. Add yours to the mix!
Enjoy!
The invention of the child-proof medicine bottle proved to work too well on many occasions. Today’s video demonstrates.
I love maps. Very few things make me happier than the excitement of surveying the made-up lands of Narnia or Middle Earth. Scanning the page for landmarks, important features, or new locations makes the reading experience so much richer for me. In the same way, I like to utilize my love of maps and imagination to communicate timelines, identify benchmarks, and check progress. I even use them to …
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Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., was quite a guy. A prominent, influential physician and writer, his friends included Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Ralph Waldo Emerson. He was born in 1809 and died in 1894. His son was Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the …
Some foods are better to eat than others when you’re writing. Right? It goes without saying (but I will say it anyway) that Cheetos are not the most keyboard-friendly food to snack on while you’re writing your next article, blog post, or book. And tacos get all over your keyboard, research, and outlines, right? So, I asked some Steve Laube Agency clients, “What IS the food you most …
You may have heard of the numerical Sudoku game, but I play a much better game. And a lot more fun. Tsundoku. Do you tsundoku? That may be unfair, so let me have the Cambridge online dictionary give you the definition: The practice of buying a lot of books and keeping them in a pile because you intend to read them but have not done so yet; also used to refer to the pile itself. Until I recently …
I sing bass. But this fellow sings BASS. The note he hits at the end? Impossible. Enjoy the video!
A notable goal of any author is to be recognized by the industry with an award. Even earning a place as a finalist is an honor, particularly when the contest is known to have many entrants. But if you win, will you be rich? Maybe, but probably not right away. Awards are typically granted well after a book has been published. By then, the first blush of excitement and intense book promotion around …
We’re back on the topic of characterization. I’m getting close to wrapping up this topic and moving on to plotting, but I have a few more things to say about building characters. But for the moment, let’s summarize. When starting a story, I come up with my main characters and write a short summary of what the story is about. Then I do a deep dive into who the characters are by doing character …
