Three methods to chip away your writer’s block

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Lifestyle Yvonne Tang | Senior Graphic Artist Maybe it’s midterm season, and you have a million different papers that are due, or maybe you write for a publication on campus and can’t think of any new ideas for what to write.You’re experiencing writer’s block and feel as if you can’t move past the title of […]

Southwest Michigan Writers’ Conference at the Niles District Library

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Novelists, bloggers, and beginners alike are invited to attend the Southwest Michigan Writers’ Conference , this Saturday, October 22nd, at the Niles District Library beginning at 10 a.m. This all-day event is a joint effort between six area libraries, where presenters will break down the steps to successful writing and publishing, “to empower local writers.” […]

Literacy Influences Understanding of Speech

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Summary: The writing system with which we learn to read may influence how we process speech, researchers report. Findings suggest the ability to write influences the way in which our brains process language. Source: University of Zurich Do people who can read and write understand spoken language better than those who are illiterate? Research carried […]

“The Bipolar Express” is available at WC Bookstore

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The late Christopher Hitchens, remembered as an intellectual and influential journalist possessed of a quick mind and capacity for cynical derision, is still quoted, “Everyone has a book in them and that, in most cases, is where it should stay.” Wildly successful novelist Jody Picoult, known for building a dramatic storyline around moral dilemma, reportedly […]

James Cameron Scrapped An Avatar 2 Script He Spent A Year Writing

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James Cameron worked for a year on an Avatar: The Way of Water script, which he ended up throwing away. With an impressive slate of films behind him including Titanic, The Terminator, Aliens, and Avatar, Cameron has four sequels to Avatar in the works. The Oscar-winning director created the highest-grossing movie of all time with […]

Carmen Callil, pioneering champion of female writers, dies aged 84

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‘I’m just not a collective, what-a-nice-book-you-want-me-to-publish, we’re-all-sisters-under-the-skin kind of person’ … Carmen Callil. Carmen Callil, the publisher and writer who championed female writers and transformed the canon of English literature, has died of leukemia in London on Monday aged 84. The news was confirmed by her agent. Callil began as a campaigning outsider, founding the […]

‘Independence Day’ Co-Writer Dean Devlin’s ElectricNOW AVoD Goes Global

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Dean Devlin EXCLUSIVE: Independence Day and Godzilla co-writer Dean Devlin ’s Electric Entertainment is to roll out its AVoD ElectricNOW beyond the U.S. The platform, which has around 450 hours of programing, will launch in Australia early next month before subsequently rolling out to Canada and the UK. ElectricNOW has been available in the U.S. […]

LOTR: Rings Of Power Episode 8 Review

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As the epic first season of Lord of the Rings prequel Rings of Power comes to a close, many questions were answered while others have just been raised. Writer and Executive Producer Gennifer Hutchinson brings a life of fandom and plenty of talent to this season and the ones to come. Rings of Power had […]

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