Tag Archives: TV
Fiction File: How a Fictional Detective Can Help You Create Better Characters
How was your weekend? Mine was a standard weekend, pretty much–getting ready for the week after doing some relaxing. Let’s get to it. I watched a teeny bit of the series finale of Monk yesterday. The whole shebang itself apparently went … Continue reading
Super Bowl Bonus…I Just Couldn’t Stay Away…
How was your weekend? We got slammed with snow here, so there was a lot of shoveling on Friday and Sunday, and a bit of a surprise shopping trip for butter (it wouldn’t be half as interesting if it weren’t … Continue reading
2018: Post 3 after the Game…This Was Everywhere. Nope, It’s a…
How’s it going? This is post 3 of my Super Bowl commercial breakdown (well, the ones that impacted me a lot, anyway–sure there was more, but I don’t want to be here forever…that’s not sporting). I’ll probably end up doing … Continue reading
I Was Reminded of This TV Character Yesterday
How’s it going? Last post, I mentioned that I’d talk about one of my favorite TV characters (not my all-time favorite), and I figured that should be today, before my writer’s brain gets control of my fingers again and changes … Continue reading
A Lesson or Two from a Silent TV…
How was your weekend? I think I finally realized, officially, that the sun is setting sooner and sooner, on its way back to 4:30 (well, not right away–that will be in another three and a half months, or so). Anyway, … Continue reading
Triple F: Crossword Clues 19
How’s your week been? I’ve been up to the same old, same old–editing, polishing, trying to get a couple blog posts on here, and what-have-ya. It’s striking to me how routine life can be sometimes. But if you’ve read my … Continue reading
24 Reruns Just Switched Seasons–Here’s How That Makes You a Better Writer
How was your weekend? We had great weather over here Sunday and Monday—60-plus degrees. Very nice. I even took a picture of one of the last snow piles in the yard—it’s mostly brown grass now out there. Let’s get to … Continue reading
My Own Version of Burn After Reading…Sort Of
How’s it going? I didn’t know Burn After Reading (an R rated flick from 2008) was rated R. I just knew that someone had to do something to get rid of something after they’d seen what it was. Sorta like … Continue reading
A Buddy, A Spiderman Story, And Triple F…
A good friend of mine, Ben, who I’ve learned a lot from (and who I wrote about) shared a bit of trivia with me over Facebook a few days back. We were talking about the Amazing Spider-Man movies (and I … Continue reading
What Gotham Taught Me About Being A Writer
Hope you had a great weekend. Today’s the first official day of fall—and it’s warmer than it was a couple of days ago, which is good. Next Sunday’s going to be a more interesting one than usual—if I remember, I’ll … Continue reading
Fiction and Copy Decoded 