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executive #speechwriter /
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Sit on a bench where people congregate. #Describe three people in as much detail as possible: their gestures, what they're wearing, and what they're saying. Don't pass judgment. Let the descriptions do the talking. #Writer #Writing #WritingPrompt #Exercise #Write
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
#Writing Prompt
October 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#Glastonbury took place over the weekend. There were so many good bands. (Most are posted on YouTube.) But Gary Numan (who sang the hit song “Cars” in 1979) tore it up. Here he is singing “My Name Is Ruin” with his daughter, Persia. 😎

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zHb...
Gary Numan - My Name Is Ruin (Glastonbury 2025)
YouTube video by BBC Music
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July 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today, in 1978, The Cars released their self-titled debut album, which included six classics (Moving in Stereo, Good Times Roll, Just What I Needed, Bye Bye Love, My Best Friend's Girl, You're All I've Got Tonight). It still sounds great.😊
#TheCars
June 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"In #journalism, just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In #fiction, one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That’s the only difference. A #novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it."
May 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Read a lost scene from Rocky: Rocky fights Dipper (the boxer who took his locker) #boxing

theeditroomfloor.blogspot.com/2012/04/lost...
May 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#StanleyKubrick's coming of age as a photojournalist: Prizefighter. #Published in Look Magazine in January 1949, the story depicted scenes from the life of Bronx-born boxer, Walter Cartier. The images would also serve as the basis of #StanleyKubrick's first #film, Day of the Fight.
May 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Reposted by Mark Dodge
In a world full of nonsense, fatted calves and gilded imbeciles, I will continue to write about monsters, witches, vampires, ghosts, demons and supernatural creatures. Research is a savior. I don't ascribe to false gods and prophets and smoke. I create demons with real names. I am a monster maker.🖤
a black and white photo of frankenstein holding his hands up to his face
ALT: a black and white photo of frankenstein holding his hands up to his face
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May 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
April 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Picasso, Basquiat, Warhol, and Dalí ... walk into a bar.
#art #artist
April 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The author of Psycho, Robert Bloch, in the thick of it.

#writersky
#booksky
#writing
#author
January 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
January 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If a scene isn't coming together, keep this tip in mind.

The beginning of the scene should frame what the whole scene is about.

The scene should then funnel down to a single point, with the most important line of dialogue stated last.

#Writing
#WritingTips
#WritingCommunity
November 27, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Writing advice from Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

#Writing
#Storybeats
#Writingbeats
November 16, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Reposted by Mark Dodge
Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops.

They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.

Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .

Thank you.
November 15, 2024 at 1:08 PM
"The night of the fight you may feel a slight sting."

Marsellus Wallace
"Pulp Fiction"
November 15, 2024 at 4:38 PM