Tag: writing
member name: Justin M.
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May 02, 2007 05:03 PM EDT --
I was cleaning out my computer and came across a styleguide a wrote for my newsroom a few years back. Most of it was broadcast-specific (honk if you love VO/SOTS!), but these little grammar pieces are . . . more
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January 19, 2007 05:58 PM EST --
by Justin McLaughlin
“Your mom’s not here,” Kyle said to Amy, a five-year-old standing in front of him with a can of soda. She was perturbed.
“But—“ . . . more
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April 05, 2007 11:17 AM EDT --
P R O L O G U E
It was a dreadful sound; a sickening, rolling thud, mixed with screeching tires and crackling glass. It sounded like someone had filled a trash bag with heads . . . more
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April 13, 2007 12:40 PM EDT --
"Your mom's not here," Kyle said to Amy, a five-year-old standing in front of him with a can of soda. She was perturbed.
"But-"
"No," Kyle snapped. . . . more
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January 20, 2007 10:34 AM EST --
“There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult”
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April 14, 2007 06:48 PM EDT --
I know I already did one today-- but I do love me some Mark Twain.
"Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.”
-Mark Twain
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January 30, 2007 09:24 PM EST --
The BBC says that YouTube, a prolific video sharing site that Google snatched up for $1.65 billion last November, plans to share its revenue with users who upload popular content.
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April 13, 2007 12:24 PM EDT --
Later that night
Ben's parents' house was big enough that Matt got lost in it a lot. One time Ken, Ben's dad, found him wondering around the kitchen. Matt just told him he was thinking . . . more
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April 20, 2007 09:32 AM EDT --
"Something's wrong," Ben said. "Did you hear that?"
"Maybe it's a blackout..." Jennifer said.
"The neighbor's lights are still on."
"Well, . . . more
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June 03, 2007 01:40 PM EDT --
Wikiworld, Wikinovel's sister project, is up and running, too. If the idea on collaborating on a full-length novel is a bit daunting, then Wikiworld is probably the place for you.
Wikiworld is a collection . . . more
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February 01, 2007 11:37 AM EST --
Boston got scared yesterday by a guerilla marketing campaign that used blinking light boxes to promote Turner Broadcasting’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
The boxes, which popped up all over the city . . . more
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January 06, 2007 06:03 PM EST --
A teacher comes to work in the morning to find out that her chair is missing. Where did it go, and how does she get it back?
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January 30, 2007 09:43 AM EST --
But I found a song that I was writing -- way back when -- in an old journal. I'm not a song writer by any stretch, but I thought I'd post it and get some feedback. Apparently, I was said when I . . . more
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April 16, 2007 09:38 AM EDT --
"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will."
-Chuck Palahniuk, author Fight Club, Invisible Monsters
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April 30, 2007 08:54 AM EDT --
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."
-Mark Twain
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April 13, 2007 12:20 PM EDT --
CHAPTER ONE: C h o s e n
Three weeks later
The chai-tea seared Matt's arm and then ran down to his leg, leaving a noticeable stain on his new linen pants. He sighed. If he hadn't tried to fish . . . more
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January 19, 2007 06:03 PM EST --
"I think you're out of options," someone says.
Who are they talking to, why are they out of options and what happens next?
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January 13, 2007 09:45 AM EST --
Two Florida businesses have been ordered into an unusual form of dispute resolution: a game of rock, paper, scissors on the courthouse steps.
The businesses couldn’t agree on a location to hold . . . more
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January 03, 2007 12:46 PM EST --
Capitol Hill computers are being used to rewrite political history on the “world’s largest encyclopedia” by removing negative information from online entries about West Virginia’s . . . more
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