http://www.onesentence.org/ I’m shamelessly stealing SaveFerris‘s choice of quote because it is the most stunning on a page filled with good quotes. This exercise reminds me very much of one of my favourite books: The World’s Shortest Stories. It’s amazing how much we can express in 55 words or less… When asked to name the one […]
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Random Name Generator
http://www.kleimo.com/random/name.cfm Random name generator, based on the US census. Fascinating concept, questionable results. How big is the “Earlene” population in the US that I got that suggestion twice?
Martial – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial I won’t forgive the Roman poets for their free verse cop-out, but I can grant a special dispensation for Martial, the foul-mood epigrammatist with whom I feel a special connection. Somewhat of a latter-day Mark Twain (or, more accurately, Ambrose Bierce) he was especially good at carving out the ridiculous and deflating any egos […]
25 Unique Places to Find Story Ideas
http://www.writing-world.com/fiction/giles.shtml I like browsing writing guides because examples that they give sometimes inspire new ways of looking at my own characters or scenes. This article, however, just inspires me to find a better article. Do you really want to read the work of anyone who suggests “sources of inspiration” like this? 16. Life events Take […]
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http://www.westshore.edu/webs/ltc/cornell_note_taking_method.htm I managed to get by in Uni with the note-taking method I devised, though admittedly it was late in year 3. O Cornell note-taking method! Where were you when I needed you?
Reading Frenzy Book Sale
http://www.iainaitch.com/reading_frenzy.htm A blurb from a London-area book-based charity event, written with typical British humour: “We also need offers from people who may want to be librarians for a day – organising the donations into rough categories and novels into order. If it has always been your dream to wear thick-rimmed glasses and put your hair […]
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http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/ A cause I can get behind! I wonder if they take donations?
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http://www.believermag.com/issues/200505/interview_martin.php Steve Martin interview – I find him intriguing.