Archive for the ‘Essays’ Category
Here’s to the Future
Posted by: josh on: September 26, 2009
Today I read an article from legendary film critic Roger Ebert. The article, here, hit me pretty hard. It’s not because the thought that the world will eventually come to an end, and that everyone I know will someday die, either. I’ve been hearing a lot about the end of the world this past year. [...]
Where Do the Ducks Go In the Wintertime?
Posted by: josh on: November 7, 2008
- In: Essays| Reviews| Valentine| Writing
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I’ve been listening to punk rock all of my life. When I was young, twelve, thirteen, I heard a song from an old Green Day album called “Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?” My sister had just recently read the book for school, and said I might like it. I was young and impatient and didn’t very [...]
Just look at all the passion on that wall…
Posted by: josh on: August 3, 2008
Right, I didn’t go see The X-Files. I’ve been watching Se7en though, and I’ve just been reading two articles (here and here) and it’s quite enough to make me feel sick to my stomach. So much blood and death and… decapitation…
The first article tells of a man on a Greyhound bus in Winnipeg, Canada, who [...]
The Change You Seek…
Posted by: josh on: July 12, 2008
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I remember the person that I used to be. Was just a little younger. A year or two ago. I used to be snappy and sarcastic. Made snide, witty observations when someone said or did something stupid. I said it for the sake of humor, satire. Somehow hoping, I guess, that it would influence change [...]
The Fate of the World Hangs in the Balance!
Posted by: josh on: May 21, 2008
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Personal conflicts are an integral element of making a story engaging. While some of these personal obstacles are internal, within the characters, many stories focus on external factors, most often personified by an antagonist. A bad guy (or girl).
Something that you should always remember is that personal conflict, the intimate struggles that the hero or [...]
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I'm 22. I live in New York. I'm a writer. I love the arts, especially indie music and movies.
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