by Jan Bear | Jan 26, 2004 | Uncategorized
I’m participating in Yahoo! Groups’ NovelMentor Writing Warmups. We are doing daily exercises based on the book A Writer’s Book of Days by Judy Reeves. Our assignment today was to describe the contents of someone’s closet. It’s done in 15...
by Jan Bear | Jan 24, 2004 | Uncategorized
In a bid to spend some quality time with my teen-aged daughter today, we rented Alex & Emma, a work of romantic fluff by Rob Reiner, noted on the cover as the director of When Harry Met Sally. I’m not a big fan of When Harry Met Sally, but it’s...
by Jan Bear | Jan 22, 2004 | Uncategorized
Two sources come together for some insights into character, both on the page or screen and maybe even in real life. Robert McKee draws a distinction between characterization and character. Characterization is the outward manifestation of character, all the physical...
by Jan Bear | Jan 21, 2004 | Uncategorized
I just took a One-Minute Vacation in Jalisco, Mexico. It was fun. I had never been that far into Mexico before, and a couple of guys were playing marimba in the marketplace, with people walking by talking Spanish, and I could almost smell the wares of the food...
by Jan Bear | Jan 21, 2004 | Uncategorized
It was a long day at work yesterday, and when I got home, my head felt like it was encased in bubble wrap. I sat down at the computer, turned on Eddie Daniels and stumbled from one page to another. I’ve gotten to some really good stuff that way–Engrish is...
by Jan Bear | Jan 19, 2004 | Uncategorized
The Internet knows all, sees all, predicts everything. The Death Clock tells me that my personal day of death is Friday, Oct. 14, 2033. It’s an average, of course, not a prediction, but the 29 years it predicts that I have left are reason for a reflective pause....