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Happily Hammered by (some of) Elmore Leonard’s 10 Hardboiled Rules of Writing

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I have been writing and rewriting screenplays for so long now and I have not only had my characters kicking, screaming, asseverating and contemplating in the parenthetical line below the character name, but allowed them to “admonish gravely” in the action line. It was a way for me, the writer, to live vicariously as a director and indicate the tone of the scene to the reader, the actor, and even the director. But in a 50,000-80,000 word novel it can become daunting to be so creative and original. I realize now I spent countless extra hours on my novel breaking these two rules. … ~read/see more~

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my friend Diana Lesczyynski

Earth Day 2010 FERN VERDANT & THE SILVER ROSE in paperback!

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Suggested For Earth Day 2010 – Diana Leszczynski’s book FERN VERDANT & THE SILVER ROSE – “Fern Verdant is the kind of young adult novel that adults will love too. It’s an action-adventure story, a coming-of-age story, and a hero’s journey. Its environmental theme makes it timely and relevant. It’s also really funny, with jokes, witticisms, and wisecracks embedded in nearly every page.” … ~read/see more~

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The Sorcerer and How to Read/Watch like a Writer/Storyteller

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“as a writer/storyteller, my greatest intentions and hopes are to construct a story so it doesn’t go off in a direction not at all intended (written, thought, shot/edited, read/viewed), and to eliminate the things that make my stories unclear – on the page, on the screen and in the readers/viewers mind. my greatest aspirations are for art and craft and perception to alchemize.” ~ sarah nean bruce
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COMMENTARY: the Trivial, the Factual, the Vitriol…

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“I know, firsthand, the incredible value of this system of professional journalism, with ethics and standards: it’s called ‘journalistic integrity.’ While various existing codes and canons of professional journalism associations have some subtle differences, most share the same principles, including: objectivity, impartiality, fairness, truthfulness, accuracy, and public accountability, as it applies to acquiring the information, formulating the story and subsequently disseminating the ‘news’ to the public.” ~ sarah nean bruce
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Pulitzer Prizes Awarded – for Coverage of the shooting death of four police officers in a Seattle coffee shop; Poems that are often little thought-bombs detonating, Plus the first of the new breed of online, non-profit news organizations to win the most prestigious award in print journalism

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2010 PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS include: coverage of the shooting death of four police officers in a coffee shop which won the breaking news award for the staff of The Seattle Times.
The Washington Post won four Pulitzer Prizes for its work in 2009, and The New York Times won three, while ProPublica became the first of the new breed of online, non-profit news organizations to win the most prestigious award in print journalism. And for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, the Poetry Award went to “Versed,” by Rae Armantrout, a book striking for its wit and linguistic inventiveness, offering poems that are often little thought-bombs detonating in the mind long after the first reading.

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