#16 Writing is Simple, King, Hemingway, and the 1st Drafting of Tomorrow City

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English - September 04, 2019 10:00 - 41 minutes - 78.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
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Previous Episode: #15 All things Adventure: Joseph Campbell and the Hero's Journey

Next Episode: #17 Bad Guys, Villains, and Antagonists: a study of Redwall by Brian Jacques

Today, with help from King and Hemingway, I'm re-learning the fact that writing is simple. I also rant about "getting to the point" and the terrible tragic transformation that happens when books are made into movies. 1st draft of Tomorrow City is going well, and at the end of the episode I read from Chapter 1. Happy Wednesday everyone!

(0:00) Nouns and Verbs, Stephen King "On Writing" (4:30) Bad Writing = Insecurity (7:30) Readings from Hemingway and breakdown of 2 stories, "Up in Michigan" and "Old Man at the Bridge" (13:00) Get to the Point! How many paragraphs does it take to get to the point of the story? (22:30) Bad writers get carried away with Descriptions (23:00) The tragedy of when you watch book gets made into a film and then the characters look like Hollywood actors in your head forever and ever (32:00) Update on the first draft of Tomorrow City and a reading from Chapter 1!

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