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On Research:How did it ever get done before the Internet?

By E. John Love,on July 23rd,2011%

How the hell did writers ever do research in the days before the Internet? A lot of cultural and technological development took place to get us where we are today.

I’m not exactly a digital native –I remember the days before Twitter,Facebook,LinkedIn and Google. I remember the days before the web,and . . . →Read More:On Research:How did it ever get done before the Internet?

From Rockstars to Sleuths:Has 3D Game Storytelling Matured?

By E. John Love,on July 10th,2011%

Have gaming and interactive storytelling finally matured to a new level? This is the impression I’m left with after reading reviews and watching clips from Rockstar/Team Bondi’s impressive new game,“L.A. Noire”.

Granted,I’m no gamer. Hell,I’m practically a neophyte. In the last year,I’ve probably spent more time playing Bejewelled and Angry Birds . . . →Read More:From Rockstars to Sleuths:Has 3D Game Storytelling Matured?

On Writing:“Anatomy of a Writer”

By E. John Love,on June 27th,2011%

This inspiring article by Valentina Nesci (from www.write-a-holic.com) offered me a “big picture”view on my pursuit of fiction writing… . . . →Read More:On Writing:“Anatomy of a Writer”

On Writing:Motivating Characters (and their Author)

By E. John Love,on June 24th,2011%

What is it that will drive a character to take an action? By this,I mean to ask “What,in the character’s mind/worldview is the rationale that will cause them to do one thing instead of another? For the Author,this includes considering the underlying goal of driving the story in a believable way,consistent . . . →Read More:On Writing:Motivating Characters (and their Author)

Mourning Coughey (A story sketch)

By E. John Love,on June 7th,2011%

The bagel gave its secrets to me limply and without a fight. I was hungry and it got what was coming to it. They always do,stupid bagels.

The sky was grey and overcast,threatening to rain. Large trucks blasted their horns irritably at little cars that were too slow to get out of their . . . →Read More:Mourning Coughey (A story sketch)

On Writing:Having Uncommon Thoughts in Common

By E. John Love,on June 4th,2011%

To observe and comment on your life and world,you need to have a certain amount of objectivity –detachment –from it. If you’re too-comfortably living inside your world,you really can’t see the outside shape of it. . . . →Read More:On Writing:Having Uncommon Thoughts in Common

On Reviews:How NOT to Respond (or “Do this,and sink your writing career”)

By E. John Love,on March 29th,2011%

When I read this exchange between an author and a reviewer on a public community blog,I was stunned,and a little fascinated:

http://booksandpals.blogspot.com/2011/03/greek-seaman-jacqueline-howett.html

The author refuses to acknowledge the points the reviewer (a volunteer) made,and soon became combative and even verbally abusive! It was a fascinating example of an emotional meltdown by a . . . →Read More:On Reviews:How NOT to Respond (or “Do this,and sink your writing career”)

On Writing:Visualization and Collage in Storytelling…

By E. John Love,on February 13th,2011%

For me,writing is a lot like an act of integration. Taking disparate chunks of experience and combining them into an assemblage or collage gives them added meaning. I think that this is what is intended by the word “juxtaposition”in art/design terminology. It boils down the creating a new whole out of a bunch of summed-up parts. . . . →Read More:On Writing:Visualization and Collage in Storytelling…

On Writing:Emily Carr’s life stories are an inspiration…

By E. John Love,on January 8th,2011%

I just finished reading “The Emily Carr Collection”,which includes four of her books:Klee Wyck,The Book of Small,The House of All Sorts,and Growing Pains. Emily Carr’s voice has become familiar and sympathetic to me. Reading her is like listening to an old friend. In my mind,she is not Emily Carr,internationally reknowned Canadian painter. She’s just Emily. . . . →Read More:On Writing:Emily Carr’s life stories are an inspiration…

On Writing:John Steinbeck,the Grapes of Wrath,and my Dad’s Stories.

By E. John Love,on December 19th,2010%

My Dad was born in 1921,and as a young kid,knowing that he grew up during the Great Depression had always fascinated me. During the Great Depression,times were tough for Dad’s family,I’m sure,but I would learn in Social Studies class that other families had it much worse during that time,particularly farmers,and especially in the United States. That is the setting of Steinbeck’s major novel,“The Grapes of Wrath”. . . . →Read More:On Writing:John Steinbeck,the Grapes of Wrath,and my Dad’s Stories.

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