A good time for groundwork, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes I had visions of collecting my school essays into books of criticism about how not to write papers. Does that sound like what I’m doing here? Continue reading A good time for groundwork, 1979
Tag: CONTEXT
“King Uber?” (1979)
Reading Time: 2 minutes A writer — and a reader, for that matter — must take prose in the context of the time when it was written, not the time in which it is being read. Continue reading “King Uber?” (1979)
Fantasies of my youth, 1979
Reading Time: 3 minutes My chances of ever contacting any of these producers would have been slim to none. My best chance would have been Buck Henry, a fellow Dartmouth alum. Continue reading Fantasies of my youth, 1979
Surprise! (1979)
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ll advise beginning journalists not to knock their assignments, however insignificant they may seem. Continue reading Surprise! (1979)
I could do worse, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes As for my 1979 resolutions, today I can honestly say that I was meeting the minimum requirements. I wasn’t throwing myself into them. Continue reading I could do worse, 1979
Potential for collaboration, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes Perhaps this was another lost opportunity. Not all ideas are good ideas, but if they’re good enough to write down, they’re worth following up on. Continue reading Potential for collaboration, 1979
In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 11
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Although this series may appear as yet another rabbit hole I’ve fallen down in my quest to finish a project — any project — it has several benefits. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 11
Turnabouts and Toppers, 1979
Reading Time: 3 minutes When we read the closing credits, we looked at each other and asked incredulously: “Based on the BOOK by … ?” Continue reading Turnabouts and Toppers, 1979
Good news, bad news, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes I wasn’t all that excited with “Cole’s Law”, but it got published, so I figured TV Guide had the right to decide on what to do with that article. Continue reading Good news, bad news, 1979
Procrastination or progress? 1979
Reading Time: 3 minutes “Someday I will consider myself prepared to start writing.” Sounds like procrastination. But the two story ideas were progress, I suppose. Continue reading Procrastination or progress? 1979