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Short Story: "Stage Fright"
MAY 28, 2012 11:35AM
Topics: manipulation, disaster, investigation, power, singer/songwriter, performance, narrative, subversive
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- 241 Views
- 3 Comments
How to Fight Writer's Block and Keep Your Writing Warm
APRIL 30, 2012 9:08AM
Topics: writing, creativity, writer's block, fiction, homer simpson, point of view, nonfiction, editing, reading, rituals for writing, descriptive writing, narrative, plot, story, story board
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Getting There
NOVEMBER 24, 2011 10:21PM
Topics: open call, family, brooklyn, new york, nostalgia, road trip, narrative, short story, brian westbye
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- 358 Views
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Goodbye Composition Book, Hello Me
NOVEMBER 22, 2011 3:53PM
Topics: thanksgiving, narrative, fiction, short story, brian westbye
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- 143 Views
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Composition Book: The Road Ahead
NOVEMBER 13, 2011 8:41PM
Topics: gift, dreams, couple, driving, road trip, the west, montana, narrative, short story, fiction, composition book, brian westbye
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- 199 Views
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Composition Book: Puzzle Pieces
NOVEMBER 9, 2011 10:14PM
Topics: connection, dating, loneliness, isolation, rain, narrative, fiction, short story, composition book, brian westbye
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- 586 Views
- 5 Comments
The Book of Job: Getting Fired and Starting Again
NOVEMBER 8, 2011 7:06PM
Topics: sex costumes, narrative, non fiction, second careers, open call, second career, fired, comedy, thinking of having sex with my attractive roommate, the problem with samantha, sex and midgets, life, depression, quarter life, pigs fuck, space sodomy, life, love, torment, depression, mental breakdown, colony of losers
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- 176 Views
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Composition Book: After the Snow
NOVEMBER 7, 2011 4:08PM
Topics: brian westbye, composition book, fiction, short story, narrative
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- 137 Views
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Composition Book: The Tudor
NOVEMBER 3, 2011 6:49AM
Topics: narrative, short story, fiction, composition book, brian westbye
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- 1223 Views
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What’s Your Story?
AUGUST 11, 2011 8:28AM
Topics: collective narrative, political process, tea party, analysis of conservative view of government, simple stories win, the power of facts in discourse, bootstraps, metaphors, guns & ammo, regulated capitalism, michele bachmann, alan milner, the power of story, new york times, drew westin, frank rich, robert reich, frank bruni, story trumps fact, facts, narrative, stories, libertarianism, magical thinking, economic meltdown, economy, politics
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My closest and dearest of strangers...
JUNE 28, 2011 1:03AM
Topics: employment, fatigue, transportation, advertising, subway, new york city, new york, narrative, satire, open+call
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- 313 Views
- 1 Comments
Dear J.J. Abrams
JUNE 15, 2011 5:27PM
Topics: j.j. abrams, super 8, lost, alias, narrative, movies, tv, literary, letter, cg, cgi, story lines, plot, character development
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- 5320 Views
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Announcing the "Catchies": Most Popular Media Catch Phrases
FEBRUARY 26, 2011 2:57PM
Topics: catchies, catchword, open+call, politics, matthew effect, content provider, network, viral, jump shark, brand, wait for it, one-off, dogwhistle, hair on fire, pushback, game changer, regift, reset, repurpose, remix, reimagine, reinvent, reboot, mash-up, narrative, frame, run-up, level field, values voters, disconnect, boots on ground, into ditch, off cliff, double-dip, jump-start, kick down road, to the curb, under the bus, going forward, end of the day, seat at table, bring to table, discourse, adult conversation, satire, humor, cliche, catchphrase of the year, catchword, catch phrases, catchphrase, daniel rigney, danagram, iconic, news, media
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- 580 Views
- 18 Comments
Celebrating the Hardy Boys
DECEMBER 29, 2010 9:41AM
Topics: narrative, reading, hardy boys mysteries, hardy boys
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- 280 Views
- 1 Comments
Archaeology of Self
SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 1:08PM
Topics: story, narrative, archaeologist, identity, society, culture, art, self, materialism, material, objects, photo, photography, archaeology
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- 1003 Views
- 38 Comments
The Primal Potency of Political Combat Rhetoric
SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 6:44PM
Topics: construct, narrative, co-opt, leftist, left, populism, conservative, liberal, persuasion, propaganda, rhetoric, populism
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- 1309 Views
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Cure#4: Bullshit answers and almonds for the insane
JULY 23, 2010 6:51PM
Topics: colony of losers, comedy, lindsay lohan, unemployed, anxiety, family, relationships, non fiction, narrative, natural remedies, self help guides
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- 1417 Views
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He Never Said I Love You
JULY 23, 2010 12:07PM
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The Cure#3: The Insanity of the Mental Health Epidemic
JULY 22, 2010 12:46PM
Topics: narrative, non fiction, relationships, family, mourning for the life you thought you were going to lead, love story, unemployed, mental health, comedy, colony of losers
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- 1664 Views
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Literary Conflict Narratives in American Political Discourse
JULY 5, 2010 2:47PM
Topics: literature, conflict, narrative, rhetoric, politics, communication, psychology, liberal, conservative
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