Categoría: How to write fiction
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Just a collection used to built on
Thompson’s Motif-Index is one of the most important works in folklorestudies produced in the twentieth century. Some may view it merely as a taxonomic endeavor, but as Thompson stated, “Before it can become an object of serious and well-considered study, every branch of knowledge needs to be classified. There was a time when geology and…
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As usual
Although she had long looked forward to it, as the story unfolded, she realized she didn’t find it funny at all. The lyrics were racist, the actors were white, and it was blatantly obvious that the female lead was going to be blamed for everyone else’s misdeeds. The whole thing reminded her of work. Lessons…
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A more poetic science?!
Although metaphor and analogy areunconventional in scientific circles, I am firmly convinced that a more nonlinear kind of thought will eventually supplant much of the logical reasoning we use today. Chris Langton, one of the primary researchers in the field of complexity theory, has speculated that in the future science will become more poetic. Our…
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Exophony p2
ARE THERE WRITERS (LITERATURE WRITERS) WHO WRITE IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE TO THEIR OWN? How many? Do they write correctly? Is the switch convenient? What languages do they speak and in which language are they writing? I’ll stop asking. I can always inquire things I won’t be able to answer later. LET’S VOOGLE IT Exo:…
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Exophony p1
REQUIREMENTS Have you ever been to the requirements of a scanlation team? Ah, scanation means to scan and translate. Which is theoretically illegal but very much needed when some manga title is not making it up to any of the markets in which one can actually read and understand… Thus. Nothing important but: NATIVE ENGLISH…
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What’s poetry?
Such is poetry, ineffable but something we know upon sight or hearing. A bundle of words [I know…stanzas]. Something idiotic. Something sublime.
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Bad idea number 2: how to write using bad ideas
THE TRUTH It is more difficult to stare at the blank paper and try to fill it with something, anything; than criticizing. I wonder how many people would just shut up if they tried to write or just draw over. And drawing is not as difficult as we are made to believe. It just takes…
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Bad idea number one: how to write using bad ideas
LINKEDIN AND TED Once upon a time I used to have a LinkedIn[1] account with my penname until policies said my avatar was not mine and wasn’t me. It obviously wasn’t me. For good reasons I won’t tell here. Amd since that comment was a complete distraction from business, let’s jump out into the important…
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How a cliché telltales where you’re from (or what you have read)
HOW CLICHÉS ARE A NATIONAL ISSUE I’m pregnant. He is your father. I’m getting married to her. Who can save us now? The Caucasian main characters. The billionaire and the poor girl (universal motif?). To betray family for love. The traditional single mom’s family. Can you recognize these clichés? You have watched Mexican movies and tevenovelas. Argentinian…
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Is it the same the one who writes to the “writing person”?
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WRITE A just anyone writer can wear turtle necks, listen only to classical music or be inspired by music… Place their tongue in whatever pleasure (metaphorically speaking) in front of the allotted word painting time… A normal kindergarten teacher coming home gets dinner heated in the microwave, takes her phone and gets…