Budding Writer, 1979: Turnabouts and Toppers
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 Budding Writer, 1979: Turnabouts and Toppers
Tag: CONTEXT
Budding Writer, 1979: Good news, bad news
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 Budding Writer, 1979: Good news, bad news
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
Mr. Fielding meets his dream house, 1978
Reading Time: < 1 minutes If Mr. Blandings had “soft technology” like passive solar, would his struggles mean anything to us today? Continue reading Mr. Fielding meets his dream house, 1978
When history draws a blank, legend will fill it in
Reading Time: 3 minutes Someone ground five words out of this historic marker and painted it over. Was this a literal case of erasing history? Or was it editing to erase a slur? Continue reading When history draws a blank, legend will fill it in
Week in Review: Week 29
Reading Time: 2 minutes Serendipity is one of the creative tools a writer has to pull things together into context. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 29
Fun with Venn diagrams
Reading Time: 7 minutes Misunderstandings arise when people draw circles to set themselves apart from others, or when others draw circles around them. Instead we should look at what we all have in common. Continue reading Fun with Venn diagrams
Week in Review: Week 28
Reading Time: < 1 minutes A productive week, with two major projects completed on schedule and two blog posts–including a return of the mysterious Rhetoric Referee. The Rhetoric Referee is an occasional mystery guest who takes apart the verbal tricks that politicians and debaters use to divert their opponents and deceive their audiences. He attempts to remain neutral, which in these days of political entertainment is probably not exactly click … Continue reading Week in Review: Week 28
Foul: Misquotes and context
Reading Time: 2 minutes Misquotes and quotes out of context are easy to spot and refute, but that’s rare. We look at examples used against Trump and Kamala Harris. Continue reading Foul: Misquotes and context
Foul: Ad Hominem
Reading Time: 2 minutes In a speech this week, President Biden said those who oppose the election bill are racists. Did he learn personal attacks from Donald Trump? Continue reading Foul: Ad Hominem