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Since it’s Friday, here’s a fun movie quiz:
1) What book was the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” based on?
2) What words do the letters in WALL-E’s name stand …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Let’s start today by talking about point of view. In many films, the point of view shifts frequently. The audience sees a snippet of one character’s view, and …
What can be done in film, can’t always be done in print.Read More
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Maybe you love doing publicity, speaking, book signings, and the like. Great! Publicists like me love you! But what if you’re like the majority of …
MARKETING MATTERS: Taming the Marketing Monster, Part 1Read More
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
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What makes a movie interesting? How does it keep your attention to the end?
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” a strange story about a boy who was …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Dim the lights and grab some popcorn! We’re going to the movies.
This week, I’m going to talk about movie techniques and how they relate to writing. Each …
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Okay, we’ve been talking about writers’ habits, spaces and rituals. Let’s get down to the nitty gritty. What does the real writer’s day look like? …
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What is it about writers that we tend to have little rituals that mark our work.
I can’t write unless my office is orderly. In …
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Last week I talked about the writer’s resume–or one sheet–and how that document can be used as your calling card to editors before your book is …
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One of my treasures is The Writer’s Desk, a book of duotone photographs of writers in their private workspaces taken by renowned author photographer, …
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Nothing seems harder than actually getting down to the work of writing. Writers are constantly alternating between feeling waves of guilt for not meeting writing goals …