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Scenes: Back to Basics

Last Friday, I saw the movie Prometheus, Ridley Scott’s prequel (sort of) to Alien. It’s not great. In fact, it’s hugely disappointing. Bad plot, lame characters and unintelligent action/reaction. Events happen that don’t have anything to do with events prior to them nor do they influence events following them. Too frequently, I was left wondering, […]

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Do You Have Talent?

Recently a writing friend asked me, “How do you know if you’re any good?” It’s funny that she mentioned this because that same week I was talking with another friend about writing and I told him that I wondered if I was smart enough to write fiction. How would I know? How does anyone know? […]

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