How good scripts get turned into bad movies: Screenwriting Tip Of The Day by William C. Martell - Romeo to Rambo
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Link: How to Write a Story, by Robert Jackson Bennett
"The first step is waking up." Brilliant: How to Write a Story, by Robert Jackson Bennett
Link: "Long-standing party loyalties, even in a less tribal world, are not easily suspended"
"… But May 2010 offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape politics for the better. It must be seized."
Fascinating list of signatories to this letter in The Guardian: "Long-standing party loyalties, even in a less tribal world, are not easily suspended
Link: An Awesome Interpretation of Avatar
Brilliant analysis of what could have been "really" happening in Avatar. Don't read if you haven't seen the film.: An Awesome Interpretation of Avatar
Link: A Self-Referential Story
"Sentient sentences": an astonishing piece of work.: A Self-Referential Story
A quote from Amanda Palmer: asking for money for your art is not selling out
ASKING FOR MONEY FOR YOUR ART IS NOT SELLING OUT.selling out is when you go against your own heart, ideals and authenticity to make money.
selling out is an action, a 180 from a stated position.
i don’t consider pop stars to be sell-outs.
but if neil young were to suddenly hire the matrix to write him a thumpin’ dance album and then appear on saturday night live snogging bob dylan, i’d have reservations about his integrity.
the lady gagas, britneys and madonnas of the world are UNABASHED about why they got in this game: fame, money, über-success, chart-topping hits.
From Virtual Crowdsurfing
Link: Do I know where hell is? Hell is in "Hello"
God save us from crazy religious nutters.
The title is taken from 'Wandrin' Star', by the way.: Do I know where hell is? Hell is in "Hello"
Link: A report on FT.com: The man who invented exercise
Amazing story. Hard to believe that the benefits of aerobic exercise were unknown as recently as the 1940s.: A report on FT.com: The man who invented exercise
I really need to post more
But these days, if I try to write a post of more than 140 characters, I get a strange, compressed feeling. Things start to slow… down…
Without Twitter, how will we know what’s happening?
Twitter seems to be down at the moment – or at least, it’s not accepting tweets, and I can’t log in at the website. But how do we know what’s happening without Twitter to tell us?
Edit: back to normal now. I’m @devilgate, of course.