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My third day as a grandmother… Dear Diary…
It’s a strange feeling - alternating between a warm glow and a feeling of disbelief. I have a grand child? Really? Am I old enough? I’ve studied her photos over and over again, a little replica of her daddy, and I can see my genes there too. What a miracle.
I never thought I’d want to run into the street and tell people I have a grand daughter, but I do. I won’t, of course, it’s not in my nature to do that, but in my head I’m running along the streets knocking at doors and saying ‘guess what?’
And a girl! On our particular branch of the family I was the last girl born. I grew up wanting a sister, and then wanting a daughter, and not getting either. And now I have a grand daughter!
Sadly I won’t get to see her until October because she’s in Cape Town and I’m in London, and that’s the earliest time I’ll be able to go. But that’s for the best. I remember being frustrated by constant visitors when my boys were born, so it’s better to wait until the dust and the routines have settled and everyone is more relaxed before I take that 11 hour flight. It’s a sensible decision, but to be honest, it makes me feel a little isolated and sad.
I’ll be cheering myself up with a little shopping. I’ve never had reason to buy little girls clothes before!
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LADDER.
I MEANT LADDER.
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YES!
I support this, and I’m afixedpointintime.
YES, AND I SIGNED THE PETITION :DDD
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Notes"Dear Sir:
I like words. I like fat buttery words, such as ooze, turpitude, glutinous, toady. I like solemn, angular, creaky words, such as straitlaced, cantankerous, pecunious, valedictory. I like spurious, black-is-white words, such as mortician, liquidate, tonsorial, demi-monde. I like suave “V” words, such as Svengali, svelte, bravura, verve. I like crunchy, brittle, crackly words, such as splinter, grapple, jostle, crusty. I like sullen, crabbed, scowling words, such as skulk, glower, scabby, churl. I like Oh-Heavens, my-gracious, land’s-sake words, such as tricksy, tucker, genteel, horrid. I like elegant, flowery words, such as estivate, peregrinate, elysium, halcyon. I like wormy, squirmy, mealy words, such as crawl, blubber, squeal, drip. I like sniggly, chuckling words, such as cowlick, gurgle, bubble and burp.
I like the word screenwriter better than copywriter, so I decided to quit my job in a New York advertising agency and try my luck in Hollywood, but before taking the plunge I went to Europe for a year of study, contemplation and horsing around.
I have just returned and I still like words.
May I have a few with you?
Robert Pirosh
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385 Madison Avenue
Room 610
New York
Eldorado 5-6024My new favorite job application letter, from 1934. He ended up winning an Oscar for screenwriting!
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We like words too.
(via good)
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Notes"thenelsontwins: theatlantic: 6 Writing Tips From John Steinbeck 1. Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.
2. Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. It also interferes with flow and rhythm which can only come from a kind of unconscious association with the material.
3. Forget your generalized audience. In the first place, the nameless, faceless audience will scare you to death and in the second place, unlike the theater, it doesn’t exist. In writing, your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person—a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
4. If a scene or a section gets the better of you and you still think you want it—bypass it and go on. When you have finished the whole you can come back to it and then you may find that the reason it gave trouble is because it didn’t belong there.
5. Beware of a scene that becomes too dear to you, dearer than the rest. It will usually be found that it is out of drawing.
6. If you are using dialogue—say it aloud as you write it. Only then will it have the sound of speech.
Read more. [Image: AP] Excellent. A master speaks. Worth listening to."
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The Credible Hulk
Oh, if only…
I AM THE CREDIBLE SHE-HULK
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How many Freudian analysts does it take to change a lightbulb?
Two. One to change it, and the other to hold the penis.
LADDER.
I MEANT LADDER.
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I like words. I like fat buttery words, such as ooze, turpitude, glutinous, toady. I like solemn, angular, creaky words, such as...
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6 Writing Tips From John Steinbeck
1. Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track...
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The best Amazon reviews possibly ever: Buyers review the Bic Pen.
My favorite:
Worked fine with my right hand, but when I came to use my...
