Another Goldsmith, the late composer Jerry Goldsmith gave a talk once at Berklee School of Music. A student asked about stealing other composer's work. He answered first that taking another's work and claiming it yours is plagiarism, and that's wrong! Then, however, he added: composers should and do...

I've had feedback from people who have told me that the end of HANSON DRAKE is wrong: not that they don't like ending, but that it is factually incorrect. :roll: I've also had people ask me to rewrite the ending and to remove/rewrite one chapter (The Fawn). So far, I haven't been flamed. Most peopl...

Hugh wrote:

robertdguthrie wrote:Finish your rough draft. Finish this round of edits. Finish one thing at a time. Finish like you're from Finish-land. Finish like your name is Finn Ished MacFinisher.

Thanks. One for the notebook.

Oh, and don't forget the inevitable movie version, directed by Datsa Wrap Completeberg.

- Dave

Michael Crichton, a story teller I greatly admire, was a tremendous researcher for his stories. This excerpt is from an interview with Crichton, at randomhouse.com: Relevant to our discussion on authour-researching... Question: How did you research Timeline, and how accurate are your portrayals of t...

Briar Kit wrote:Does this help …

http://www.literatureandlatte.com/spreadtheword.php

Splendid! This exactly what I had in mind!

Thank you, Briar

- Dave Olden

I hope this is the right forum to pose this. For my new Writing blog, I'd like to provide a link to Scrivener. I imagine the S-logo and a link to L&L, in the side bar. How do I do this? Does Literature&Latte provide a button to put at my site? If it helps: I use the Wordpress Twenty Fifteen ...

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After a look around the Knowledge Base, I have learned something new this morning. It seems, I will have to download from the App store for each installation. I'm so glad to own it, elated even. And there's this odd charge, no longer free, I feel a little taller, stronger, I'm a Scrivener owner. The...

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