by Whitney Carter Putting grief into words is futile. And trying to do so would bankrupt the vocabulary of all languages. -Mark Twain Grief is a heavy and relatively ever-present part of life. Just as surely as we are born, we have to die too. While it’s true you and I, by virtue […]
by Kelsie Engen What is one valuable lesson you’ve learned since you started writing? That’s a hard one, because I feel like I’ve learned many things the more I write. In fact, writing is one of those things that makes you learn, even if you want to or not. Or perhaps it just […]
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by Samantha Fenton In a world where time is hard to divide and hours of pure concentration take much energy and effort, random writes have come to save me. Random writes are defined as followed:A short, 500 – 2,000 word, non-edited dabble in whatever the author wants to write about. I have also heard […]
by Maja S. Todorovic This is very interesting statement. A paradox in its literal translation, the negation in first sentence do implies a logical answer to question, but I still want to elaborate this and offer some additional thoughts.
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by ARHuelsenbeck From some of the greatest minds of literature:
by S.E. White As in: flawed, yet awesome. No one wants to read boring perfection. I’ll list my top two favorite female literary characters, straight off the top of my head, to start making my point:
by Samantha Fenton It’s important to grasp the whole of any character you’re writing. You, as the author, should know your characters better than anyone — even the readers. An author notices every quirk, step, and glance a character ever makes. After all, the author is the sole creator: the god. As I’m […]
by Lauren Sapala One of the first things a writer learns is about the power—and the challenge—of the rewrite. For those writers who assume that everything Ernest Hemingway wrote flowed perfectly out of his pen on the very first try, the illusion is shattered. The more experience a writer gains, the more they […]
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The following post is a final project I completed for my Digital Cinematography course at UCLA. It includes a cinematographic analysis of the sci-fi thriller Ex Machina. Ex Machina is an underrated cinematic masterpiece released by the joint efforts of director Alex Garland and the indie trailblazers of A24, which tells the story of Caleb, […]
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I recently fell in love with the tv show Community that for some reason I never watched when it was being produced. There are plenty of things I could write about when it comes to Community, (and I probably will) but I decided I wanted to discuss all the fun adventures they went on throughout […]
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First Scene Screenplay Festival 