Diane Sherlock
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Have you considered the consequences of fear? Are you developing as a writer, as an artist? Milton Glaser discusses personal development, professional success and the Picasso model, all in the framework of ‘fear of failure,’ part of Berghs’ Exhibition 11 (more talks on the same at the site) Milton Glaser – on the fear of failure. from Berghs’…
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Did a Mother’s Day interview on writing and producing for On The Page with my daughter. Many thanks to Pilar. If you’re interested in screenwriting, Pilar is as good as it gets, so look for her classes. I now have multiple writing projects going, two in collaboration so it’s crazy, but a lot of fun.…
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Am writing like crazy, finishing the first draft of a screenplay, so not much blogging these days. Am now in rewrites, so I leave you with a few links. The most interesting bookstores and the most interesting libraries. There’s a saying from my old Drama classes, if it ain’t on the page, it ain’t on the…
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While trying to decide whether to go see a play (Burn This in Los Angeles), I read in one of the reviews, “…the production ‘doesn’t agitate from an essence.’” A great phrase that the reviewer borrowed from a friend. Most writing instructors find a way to say the same thing – and it’s related to…
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Pet peeve – being introduced as a novelist and promptly called a liar. I don’t know who thought this was cute to begin with (I’m lookin’ at you, Albert Camus), but I’m taking issue with it. Merriam-Webster defines a lie as 1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood. 2. Something meant to…
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Writers write. We have to and the prospect of years toiling in obscurity doesn’t seem to dissuade us. But that’s not the why I’m talking about. Digging deeper, perhaps the real question is, what are you wrestling with? Why do you write? I was reading about the new movie with Mel Gibson, The Beaver, along…
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When I was hard pressed for time – and there can be many reasons, most often a day job and/or small children, an ailing parent, etc. – I learned to write in 10 minute increments. I know writers (and am most emphatically not one) who get up at 4 am to write for two hours…
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These are incredible. The artist is Brian Dettmer and his website is here.
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In the wake of the John Galliano incident, I spent way too much time procrastinating regarding my own writing by reading comments about JG and getting depressed. First, it shouldn’t, but it surprised me how many people were willing to overlook and make excuses for his ugly remarks or not understand how he could hold…
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