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Another Darcy Tucker update. "Tucker has a six-game point streak intact, having posted three goals and four assists during the tear."

One man's wake up call, but I've often thought that The Simpsons and South Park get away with things that fiction writers can't.

It made several points, but the one I took as the most interesting was that Pixar's characters were more interesting than most literary characters. " For some years now, a number of American novelists have offered mostly contrived stories and cartoonish characters—Jonathan Safran Foer's or...

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This slide show suggests that you can learn a lot about creating characters from Pixar: interesting point of view. http://www.slate.com/id/2133178/?nav=fo

There's a difference between "humanity" and "people." Who did he copy? Detailed: containing or emphasizing details Detail: one of several items of information There are so many "items of information" that three books have been written arguing with all the details...

Self deprecating humor.

You're talking to me.

It happens all the time, but I think it only works if you're a celebrity.

In some ways, I think that if you are writing literature it will be easier for you. As a general rule, people's most influential experiences happen to them at a very young age. (If your parents brought you up a certain way, or psychologically damaged you in some way, you're likely to remain...

Often, I feel like the quirks are tacked on. Like you can hear the writer thinking, "He's not interesting enough. What other personality trait can I give him?" Maybe that's the ultimate test, when the character becomes so real that you forget a writer created him or her.

slate.com's picks. Sadly I haven't read any of them http://www.slate.com/id/2132348/?nav=fo

A million is probably a good goal. Hit 25 million and people will be lining up to tell you how much you suck.;)

When they tell you what they are going to do, instead of you figuring it out, that's a good sign. When their daily lives get in the way of the adventure you have put them on, that's also a good sign. (I think of Tony Soprano, he really needs to go out and clip somebody, but his wife wants him...

I say both.

Interesting. To anyone watching my short karting experience it would look like I was driving blinded.

Or use the delete key.

That's art.

I saw it in a theater. I remember being the only one laughing at times because I saw something hilarious in the background. Other times, I heard one or two people laughing, and I desperately searched through the background trying to figure out what was so darn funny. It was very intricate...

You're probably right. I probably just hate being told what to do, but it could be the eassy writing that I hated. I loved Catcher in the Rye, (which for some reason my school never assigned) but if I'd needed to write 2,000 words on the symbolism, that might've changed my opinion.