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¿Qué es real?
En comparación con los libros que leía, la «vida real» tenía todas las de perder (es decir, lo que para OTROS era la «vida real»). Contra la lectura. Mikita Brottman. Blackie books. [The Solitary Vice (Counterpoint, 2008)]. La autora Nikita Brottman [hablando de como la lectura era para ella no solo un refugio contra la…
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Does your fiction begin with death?
Perhaps a Hero has no romantic partner, and is looking for the «missing piece» to complete her life. Thisis often symbolized in fairy tales by having the Hero experience a loss or a death in the family. Many fairy tales begin with the death of a parent or the kidnapping of a brother or sister.…
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Is communication overrated?
When communication nonetheless breaks down (as it sometimes does) we can pinpoint the error and make our language more specific: Yet another dark, oven-hot morning in yet another hotel bedroom, packing, dressing… and now I couldn’t find my sock. I opened the door of the wardrobe and said, ‘Have you seen my sock?’ ‘Shut it,’ she said. ‘I was…
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The whole cake
In whole For decompress Gobble up Starve before Think there’s nothing more And afterwards To a single comment Get mad and howl About your saintness Boring man I know you want more than one piece For cake is the thing you eat whole adding more without remorse But if the cake wants to fly free What’s your…
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Do you think too much? Just do it!
Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something— anything—down on paper. A friend of mine says that the first draft is the down draft—you just get it down. The second draft is the up draft—you fix it up. You try to say what you have…