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  1. isidro's Avatar
    I knew it but you said it first. Don't be ashamed - that is how we learn and how most pedagogues teach! LOL!
  2. PeterL's Avatar
    Camus
  3. Virgil's Avatar
    This is a variation to Capt Pike's free association. Set a timer to either a half an hour or an hour. On a writing pad write everything that comes to mind on the subject you need to write on. Everything, just blurt it out, ungrammatical and no concern for spelling or propriety. After that hour, take a few hours break and then return to it. Look over wht you have written and some will look good and some will not. Start arranging your essay based on the thoughts you have written.
  4. Dark Muse's Avatar
    It is acutally Winston Churchill
  5. Virgil's Avatar
    It sounds like Henry James. But I'm guessing.
  6. Captain Pike's Avatar
    Steinbeck, Hemingway?
  7. Captain Pike's Avatar
    First, stay up really late, stay up all night if you can -- drink black coffee and smoke cigarettes (assuming this would be legal), then...

    PERFORM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

    1 .) Perform the same duties you normally would, only, doing as many things completely differently than you've ever done before. For example: alternate path to work or school. Do nothing the way you usually do if you can help it and it's safe.
    OR
    2 .) Everything must be done backward. Bring food to bed at night to be consumed the next morning, BEFORE getting up and bathing. Mix it up.

    THEN:
    start writing, don't stop to correct typos or word-o's -- free associate around your plot line.

    GOOD LUCK
    Updated 10-20-2008 at 05:33 PM by Captain Pike (Don't want to be a duplicate comment.)
  8. Captain Pike's Avatar
    Proofread something you've written.
  9. Virgil's Avatar
    Well he was creative and he was bold. If that translates into "balls" so be it.
  10. WriterAtTheSea's Avatar
    Hey, an actual comment! Thanks!
  11. BulletproofDork's Avatar
    Enjoy!
  12. WriterAtTheSea's Avatar
    Yes, I saw the movie first Mental, but admit, I prefer the book so much more. The poetic type imagery and descriptions are just off the chart. Frazier does an incredible job.
  13. B-Mental's Avatar
    Its a poetic masterpiece of a novel. I truly loved both the movie and the book.
  14. mtpspur's Avatar
    No help here--wanted to see the movie for Nicole Kidman but it's way on the backburner.
  15. WriterAtTheSea's Avatar
    Absolutely fabulous... and I really find the contrasts, imagery, metaphor use, and Inman's character delightfully engaging.
  16. B-Mental's Avatar
    Its a very interesting love story isn't it? All set to the Civil War. I imagine that there were many stories like that from World War II, or even Viet Nam.
  17. WriterAtTheSea's Avatar
    That would be C.S. Lewis.

    Guess I will answer my own questions. lol

  18. WriterAtTheSea's Avatar
    Andave, you are right! Did you look that up? (wink)
    Good job!
  19. andave_ya's Avatar
    Don Marquis. Who's he, I don't know but he said it. I like it though.
  20. Neo_Sephiroth's Avatar
    Unnoticed?
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