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David Fincher: Do you normally enjoy reading popular literature? Rosamund Pike: I feel thereâs an obligation to read it. But Iâve not read Fifty Shades of Grey. I feel one has to be aware of whatâs out there. So, yes, there are lots of unread books on my shelves that sit there blinking accusatory stares at me.
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Hello! I think I need some help. My problem is I've got bunch of plots in mind however, when it comes to writing, I just can't turn my imagination into words. Sometimes I finish writing but on process of rewriting, I get unsatisfied and delete the whole story. T_T) I don't know. I think it's partially because of I'm not a naive English user. Grammars, word choosing, and speaking languages have bothered me a lot. Could you give me some advice? Thank you.
First off: DONâT EVER DELETE ANYTHING YOU WRITE. EVER. NO MATTER HOW TERRIBLE YOU THINK IT IS. Any and all writing is useful, I promise. Make a folder on your computer and stuff the files in there, or keep everything in a notebook, or a box, or a treasure chest. You never know what ideas you may end up using later. You could be throwing away the framework for the Next Great American Novel (TM) for all you know! Old writing is also useful to see how much youâve improved!
That being said, itâs perfectly fine that youâre not a native English speaker, and I know learning and working in a new language can be frustrating, but donât let it get to you. Practice and you will get better.
I would recommend that you expose yourself to the language as much as possible. Read often, and youâll begin to pick up how everything is pieced together. Youâre bound to have questions, of course, so finding a buddy who is good at English will help, or really any native speaker. It would help you to check out some grammar resources, and possibly snag a book or two on the subject.
Some Resources I Use:
Grammar Girl
Perdue OWL
The Chicago Manual of Style
Eats, Shoots, and Leaves
Strunk and White
The Guide to Grammar and Writing
And if you can find it on YouTube: Schoolhouse Rock!
I hope that helps. If anyone else has any good resources for this anon, let me know.
-Morgan
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'I would die for you. But I won't live for you.' Something like that. I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people.
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I am always trying to convey something that canât be conveyed, to explain something which is inexplicable, to tell about something I have in my bones, something which can be expressed only in the bones.
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Fictional characters do exist, not in our world of course, weâd be screwed if that ever happened. But in the world of our minds, they are the main population there. They bring colour and life to it, they are the little voices in your head telling you not to do something because itâll end up bad. People who donât read and scoff at people who like reading, they will never have that. Their minds will be grey and boring, theyâll never know the pleasure and pain that it is to love someone so much, even though you canât physically touch them. So if anyone ever laughs at you for reading and being imaginative, pity them. Because they will grow old and boring, their lives will be sad and plain while yours will be full of the adventures you shared with the fictional characters in the books you love.
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Moving...
but not far! I've relocated some posts from this blog to my new one, so if you see any repeat material of mine on the internets, it's only me again. I'll share the link here when I'm done setting up the new behemoth of a blog.
AND DON'T FEAR.... I'll still be posting here with reblogs and links to reviews on the new blog as frequently as usual.
Love you guys
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Iâm convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. If one is writing for oneâs own pleasure, that fear may be mild â timidity is the word Iâve used here. If, however, one is working under deadline â a school paper, a newspaper article, the SAT writing sample â that fear may be intense. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather; you may feel the urge to grasp a passive verb or one of those nasty adverbs for the same reason. Just remember before you do that Dumbo didnât need the feather; the magic was in him. Good writing is often about letting go of fear and affectation. Affectation itself, beginning with the need to define some sorts of writing as âgoodâ and other sorts as âbad,â is fearful behavior.
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