Some so-called experts insist that a story doesn’t require a plot. However, whether found in a short story or a novel, a story requires a plot, otherwise the “story” is like bread without yeast – flat. A writing without a plot may be a narrative, a scene, or perhaps a descriptive essay, but anything without […]
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Shantytown Poem (Anonymous)
Shantytown (Stanza 1) High on the veld upon that plain And far from streets and lights and cars And bare of trees, and bare of grass, Jabavu sleeps beneath the stars (Stanza 2) Jabavu sleeps. The children cough. Cold creeps up, the hard night cold, The earth is tight within its grasp, The highveld cold […]
Laugh Lines – Comedy Genre Poetry Forms – PART 2 – Witty Words
Whether you’ve got them, in denial about them, or way too young to care about them, I’m not talking about those crinkly crow’s feet that grow around your eyes, or the grooves around your mouth. While laughter may be the cause of those lines, we really will be talking about various poetry forms that start […]
Novel Writing Techniques – On The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is a true Great American novel. What is even more amazing is that F. Scott Fitzgerald did it in little more than a short story. How did he do it? Essentially, he wrote a Great American Story. Fitzgerald was able to create what may be the fundamental story structure of 20th Century […]
What Is Holding You Back From Being The Writer You Want To Be?
As a writing instructor and coach I work with writers every day who are not reaching their full potential. What holds them back? When you talk with struggling writers they generally mention one of three problems: ~ Lack of writing skills ~ Lack of writing opportunities ~ Lack of knowledge As a writing professional with […]
CCM Music Recording Company Case Study Part 3
Value chain analysis The value chain analysis consists of the following components arranged in sequence: artists and repertoire development, recording, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and finally retail. Such chains as manufacture, recording and retail are very often outsourced, even by the Great Five (Warner Music group, EMI Recorded Music, Universal, BMG Entertainment and Sony Music Group). […]
Cameron’s Genius: A Formalist Approach to Titanic (1997)
It is a well-accepted fact that, beyond the shadow of a doubt, director and producer James Cameron is a genius when it comes to the cinematic arts. And, it would not really be much of a shock to the people familiar or who’ve lain witness his works when someone claims that the 1997 disaster and […]
Good Writing – Using Word Clouds to Determine the Main Point of an Essay
A word cloud is a visual representation, or “cloud” of any body of text. Typically, a word cloud program creates a picture of your text, with the words that are used most often in a large font and the words that are used infrequently in progressively smaller fonts. These visual maps allow visual learners to […]
Resume Writing Help for Attorneys – 5 Resume Tips to Avoid for Attorneys When Resume Writing
You sit at your computer, taking deep breaths and preying to the heavens above. You ask for forgiveness for all the bad things you’ve done as you scan the state bar pass list, hoping your name is on it….There it is – YOU PASSED!!!! After you wake up the next morning nursing a well-deserved hangover, […]