Jan

20

The Crafty Songwriter – Tip #1

January 20, 2008 | 2 Comments

[tutorial, songwriting] Show don’t tell by Carson A. Metzger Exercise #1: Practice writing a song where you avoid telling entirely How do you do this? Be descriptive. Avoid universal statements by grounding or dramatizing your song in the details of a particular scene, character, or relationship between characters. Avoid using “to be” verbs. Forgo clichés [...]

Jun

14

Expecting the Unexpected

June 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-photography, process-] red carnation Originally uploaded by nuanc. This photo is one I took over two years ago. It came up this morning while I was playing the game Free Association! on flickr. The game involves posting an image in response to the last one posted by someone else. I did a flickr search through [...]

Mar

29

Necessary Things

March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-writing fiction-] by contributor, Russ Kremer In Elements of Style we’re warned that unnecessary words are as useless as extra parts on a machine. While food processors come with a multitude of dubious attachments and socket sets contain sizes we mostly lose and never miss, remote controls don’t have buttons that don’t work and the [...]

Mar

21

What's missing?

March 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-writing fiction -] Are your stories missing the mark? This article may help you to understand what isn’t there that needs to be. by contributor, Russ Kremer Many of the stories we read, including most of the good ones, follow a fairly simple formula, one that’s easy to learn — but difficult to master! We [...]

Mar

2

How to Make a Photosandwich

March 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-digital photography tutorial-] a photosandwich recipe by Baywhale To make this image: I start by opening one image in Photoshop. I then open a second image: On the Window menu I select Tile in order to display both images at the same time, then using the move tool (shaped like an arrow) drag one image [...]