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Archive for June, 2007
Death To Mainstream Cinema!
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
We were rained out. We had equipment deadlines. We were want for electricity. We had to make many compromises and even more rewrites.
Don’t you just love Murphy’s law?
But we had a script and then we had a short film.
Here it is (the script) before we were forced to change so much.
Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal, short film, Nintendo, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Death, knight, river, chess, game, absurd, existential, comedy
Linkapalooza 2 - Electric Boogaloo
Monday, June 4th, 2007The following are helpful links for all sorts of writers, from magazine and blog freelancers to poets and novelists:
DarkRoom - A fantastic, full-screen word processor that echoes the visuals of DOS command.
Creating A Writer’s Resume - A guide to…well…you can read, can’t you? Otherwise, you wouldn’t be here!
NewPages Listing of Literary Magazines - No explanation needed, as above.
42opus - For when you’ve exhausted the NewPages listing and are looking for more.
Challenge #3
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007Describe a landscape as seen by a bird. Do not mention the bird.
(Keep in mind, these prompts come from John Gardner’s remarkable book, The Art of Fiction.)
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