A blast of thoughts and ideas for a new actress starting out
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Encouragement for a young actress
“Don’t ever count yourself out”
astronaut Gene Cernan tells how despite risks and the odds being against him, he went into space and the moon
“I’m thinking of starting a blog….” 11 tips
If you're thinking of starting a blog (or began one on Jan 1) here's a ton of useful advice
Guest Post: 15 tips for a successful long distance relationship
Today's guest post is used with permission from Monte Celia Parker - Caio, Monte! - who wrote this post for her personal blog, while studying Italian in Bologna, 4,000 miles from her boyfriend. What she recommends for maintaining a good relationship longdistance is personal, but I thought there were enough great ideas to be worth repeating, …
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50 ways to improve your poems
The first version of your poem is a first draft. It's exciting to have written it - but how do you make it the best it can be? How can you improve your chances of getting it published and read by others? I've pulled together some great advice from poetry professionals. Simon Armitage - …
Making art from a wheelchair
Chuck Close, in conversation, describes his working process. His interviewer is a particularly excellent interviewer and art commentator (and Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Arts) - the knowledgeable and always watchable Tim Marlow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWLC_lghh2s Chuck is known for his immense scale portraits, his work has sold internationally for decades. Mid-career, he suffered a sudden catastrophic …
Video Diary: NaNoWriMo
So National Novel Writing Month is nearly here. What's it like to work through the goal of writing 50,000 words of your novel in November? Kristina Horner shows us her 8th year's experience of the programme - in only 7 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipSPouzqD4w This video is a kaleidoscope of emotions in the life of a young …
Advice to novel writers
Just what we need for November, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) - or whenever the decision to first draft a novel strikes - some very useful writing tips recorded online. BBC World Service radio has made available an entire series called "Writing Time" - each episode a 13 minute recording. Topics covered include: advice for aspiring …
10 tips for Making it in the Music Industry – Nile Rodgers, Part 1
For anyone wanting to be a musician, these 3 programmes by the BBC are full of 40 years of experience and advice from Nile Rodgers, who has been at the forefront of popular musicianship for so long, he's practically the figurehead on its prow. His CV (the 2 minute version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pExmgX7oU4c Basically, as I hear …
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6 tips for Writing Comedy from Script Editor
These tips for writing comedy come from Andrew Ellard, an English comedy writer and script editor who has worked on hugely popular British TV sitcoms such as "Red Dwarf" and "The IT crowd". In the video below, he's giving advice about writing sitcom - but much of what he says will help us writing comedy …
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