Stephen King’s Brief Writing Tips
After Monday’s post, I didn’t want to take up too much time. The weight of the week is probably dragging on you in any case. Here’s Stephen King with some brief writing tips.
Writing
Tag: Videos to Watch
Writing
A Writer Autobiography, Carl Reiner Edition
I’ll probably share some other videos done by the Writer’s Guild as I watch them in the future, but here’s a treat for those of you who are fans of Your Show of Shows or The Dick Van Dyke Show and so on. Carl Reiner talks almost for almost an uninterrupted hour and it flies by as he gives you not only his history and development as a writer, but all sorts of wonderful tidbits…
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Hey, it’s a nice flag. One might even call it grand.
I’m not sure if this is what the Founding Fathers were thinking of when they decided to adopt the ol’ Stars and Stripes. I’m sure they hoped the Great Experiment would be successful. But did they envision a future where people would proudly wear versions of the nation’s flag as neckwear and sing about said flag in a form of digital cloning on the Inter-Tubes? Okay, I’m pretty sure it’s not what they were thinking…
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Why Isn’t the U.S. Metric Already?
Just over 240 years ago, the United States announced its separation from Britain… a separation that could be measured in many ways, but definitely in miles. And while pretty much the rest of the world has decided to “Make Mine Metric,” Americans remain unconvinced. Why? The Verge has some theories.
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Real Princesses Roll for Initiative
If your 2019 has been bereft of geeky, geeky mashups thus far, have we got the video for you! Behold: nearly all the Disney princesses playing D&D (with Belle as DM, which just makes sense). In case you not only like it, but love it, they apparently have a crowdfunding campaign going through February.
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Space: Above and Beyond the Myths
Astronaut Chris Hadfield debunks some myths about space in a wonderfully wonky first-hand way that only he can do. If you’re worried about cooking tomorrow’s turkey just right, remember, you can’t do as bad as exposing it to the hard vacuum of space. I’ll let him explain:
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Introvert Trigger Warning
The other day, I was feeling my introvert tendencies pretty darn hard the same time I needed to interact with people. So what if you “leaned in” to that whole “interact with people” thing and talked to strangers?
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Summarizing Shakespeare: Lightning Edition
If you’re a Shakespeare fan who hasn’t enjoyed the simple, stick figure pleasures of Good Tickle Brain, you should definitely avail yourself of it. If you’ve been kicking yourself because you know you’re not as familiar with all the Bard’s work, Mya Gosling, the brain behind Good Tickle Brain has your back. Watch as she summarizes all of Shakespeare’s plays in five minutes.
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Big Bird Bows Out
Big Bird, the character, will continue of course, but Caroll Spinney, the performer who gave both him and Oscar the Grouch life, is finally stepping away from Sesame Street after about 50 years. They’ve created a nice 5-minute tribute about Spinney’s work: If that leaves you too verklempt, enjoy the cast of Sesame Street participating in one of Wired’s “autocomplete” videos from last year: And hey, have a great weekend!
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What’s WASD Got to Do With It?
I’m not sure when I started using the W, A, S, and D keys playing first-person shooters on the computer, but I’m sure I wondered why that was the standard. In case you’ve wondered too, Phil Edwards over at Vox has your back.