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Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing: (https://commons.wikimedia.org) There is magic in stories. Magic is the transmutation of objects or the manipulation of the world in ways that move outside the realm of science. Whether or not magic is real in the sense of the here and now world is not the point;… via… Continue reading True Magic In Writing! — A Teacher’s Reflections

We are always told that we should write what we know. To an extent, that is true, but those who are writing murder mysteries, for example, are hardly likely to start poisoning/bludgeoning/shooting their nearest and dearest in the name of research. As a reader, though, you want to feel as though the writer really understands […]… Continue reading Writing what you know? — Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo

You would be surprised how often people get confused on writing dialogue. To be fair, it isn’t easy. Not everyone uses the same amount or the same structure. You have a variation of tags and tactics when it comes to dialogue. Don’t even get me started on the long paragraphs of one character speaking that […]… Continue reading 7 Tips to Writing Semi-Coherent Dialogue — Legends of Windemere

Life has started to really take its toll on me. I’m more tired, grayer, weightier, unfocused. There was a brief respite where my ego had time to rise – to think about goals and ambitions and productivity. Productivity. I’ve come to hate that word. It makes us all sound like robots. But robots don’t have […]… Continue reading Human in Chair, Writing — The Green Study

Writing novels is a strange way to spend your life. You take months (in my case, years) working alone on a project then there comes a point – if you want your baby to develop, to grow and not remain swaddled to your over-protective breast forever – when you must push what you’ve made into […]… Continue reading Lessons in novel writing: panning for gold in the rubble of rejection — Word Shamble

If you’re like me, you’ll oftentimes sit down to write and find that you have no idea what the hell you want to write about. It can be when drafting a story, a scene, writing in a journal, scribbling on some looseleaf we found… there are times when we don’t have a theme, or a […]… Continue reading When Writing Teaches Us The Most — Story Life

As hard as it is to believe, Jodie Foster allegedly once said, “Acting, for me, is exhausting. I’m more energized by directing. It’s more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It’s a huge passion for me.” So why hasn’t she directed as much as she might have? via… Continue reading Female Filmmaker Friday: Jodie Foster as Director — In Their Own League

Lulu Wang, Lorene Scafaria, Melina Matsoukas and Greta Gerwig among the women with directorial successes in 2019. via Study finds 2019 was a ‘banner year’ for female filmmakers — The Mercury News

This could have been a year where the Academy Awards would have been at its most diverse. 2019 saw a huge boom of not just female filmmakers, but filmmakers who are women of color. Instead of diversity, we got business as usual. Mostly white, male directors and male-dominated films. Even within the Actress categories, most […]… Continue reading 10 Films in 2020 Helmed by Female Filmmakers — TheCollective

Seeking to upend the male-dominated canon but directed by a man, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema defies some hierarchies while reinforcing others. via A 14-Hour Documentary on Female Filmmakers Illuminates and Frustrates — Hyperallergic