How’s Your Voice?
If you were a singer, you would be doing deep breathing exercises and running scales – do,re,mi… If you were an actor or speaker, you would be doing the exercises and practicing vowels – a, e, i… …and you’d both be checking things like projection, volume, and resonance. But as a writer, voice may be […]
Stories Untold
I’ve harped enough on the subject of stories being all around us. The truth of this hit home when I read an article in the midst of the investigation of the jetliner that was shot down recently. The report revealed the identities and hopes, dreams, and accomplishments of many of the passengers of the fated […]
First-Hand Experience
I recently had to be fingerprinted to get qualified for a permit. The person who was qualifying me told me “It’s no big deal. Just go to the local police department and they will do it for you.” So I did. They were right. The policeman was courteous, we joked through the 5-minute process, and I […]
Just For Fun Friday July 18, 2014
Just commenting on the world today….. Remember these famous lines? “Here, hold my beer!” or “Hey, watch this!” have been joked about a lot as the beginning of pranks or actions that have gone terribly wrong. So, do we need to create a classification for communication by electronic devices? Face it – our world is now ruled […]
Boundaries? What Boundaries?
A recent article in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette about Little Rock’s 48-Hour Film Project caught my attention.The article follows one production company through the process of the competition. Here’s the basics of the project: At the beginning, the competing production companies are given the exact same set of items: a character, prop, and line that must […]
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