Only Seven Plots?
Have you, like me, always heard there are only 7 stories in literature? Here’s the list I was given a long time ago – and I don’t know where it originated: Love Money Power Revenge Survival Glory Self-Awareness Christopher Booker’s The Seven Basic Plots gives us 700 pages of detailed explanation of a different set […]
Rooting for the Bad Guy
Remember the days of the movie serial? When the good guys all wore white hats and were clean-shaven? The bad guys wore black and had rough faces? Suddenly the lines blurred. Batman wore dark colors and hid his face. So did The Shadow. And they were heroes, but sometimes worked outside the law. What happened? […]
Just For Fun Friday 03/07/2014
Alas, I strayed from my original intention of always having a reference to Lewis Carroll’s works in this blog. In truth, it was harder than I thought! But therein lies a challenge – and I’m always up for those. So here’s a bit of trivia….. Jabberwocky , from Through the Looking Glass, is a seemingly […]
In the Mood
During the winter months, I find myself channeling my bear relatives and hibernating. I stay in my cave, and watch old movies and write. A friend attributes it to SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder – something about sunlight deprivation. Yeah, I’m feelin’ that. During those months, my poetry is sometimes pretty depressing. Getting out those feelings helps, […]
A Writers’ Work is Never Done (by others)
In the Steve Martin movie version of Cheaper by the Dozen, there’s a scene where, two days after Bonnie Hunt (the wife) is told her book will be published, she opens the door and her friend is standing there with the book - already published, with a glossy, sensational cover. Friend breathlessly announces that it […]
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