The Books, Journals, Poetry, & Film Base 120

Are you an avid reader or do you enjoy your entertainment from films? Neither one really matters as long as you are immersing yourself in books, journals or film. Nor does it matter if you are a fan of drama or poetry, just as long as you try to fill your mind with thoughts.
Poetry will enhance any feeling you might be consumed with or you can lose yourself in the fictional world of a book. Since history began being recorded, the written word has been valued. Even feared from those not wanting a written testament to certain historical events. Maybe having a journal helps you to deal with the harshness that life has dealt you, or maybe you are just wanting to pass on your knowledge to your future descendants.
Whatever the reason somewhere in this world right at this moment someone is writing down something critical to human existence. It could be the cure for cancer or simply a piece of poetry that will save someone’s sad life. So when you look at the keys of a computer think of the possibilities of what can come from the combination of the letters.
Allow the literary world of books, journals, poetry and film to speak to you in such a way that your life is altered. With that alteration remember to use adt security for peace of mind while you dive into another great piece of literature.

Writing short stories can be a great creative experience and very fulfilling. There are tricks and tips for writing a really great short story that can be found easily. One of the great things about a short story is that it is packed with adjectives. The use of very powerful adjectives goes a long way in a short story because every word needs to have depth to it that longer stories or poems will lack. One of the very first tips to writing a great short story is to set the scene. Making the scene apparent for the Read the rest of this entry »

The hard part of writing a ‘short story’ is knowing exactly what a ‘short story’ is to start with. Therein lies a problem. Many writers will disagree on what compromises a ‘short story’. It varies from 1,000 words up to as many as 20,000 words. There are also many publishers as well who won’t publish a story of less than 7,000 words period. They won’t even look at it.

However, what most will agree on is there has to be an Read the rest of this entry »

Granta Magazine, the quarterly, self proclaimed magazine of new writing, has a long and rich history. Granta was founded as The Granta in 1889 by students at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. The Granta began as a periodical of student politics and literature.

Granta Magazine was named after the river that runs through Cambridge. The early magazine published many writers who later became quite famous such as Sylvia Plath, Michael Frayn, Bertran Fletcher Robinson, Ted Hughes and A.A. Milne.

Granta Magazine was born again in 1979. In the 1970′s the magazine ran out of funds and changed into Read the rest of this entry »

Francis Ford Coppola is recognized as one of the leading directors of our time. Similarly, Zoetrope: All-Story, the literary magazine which he founded in 1997, has become acclaimed as one of the leading stars in the literary scene. The magazine is driven by the belief that short fiction offers benefits for both writers and readers: challenging authors to distill their work into a short-fiction format and offering readers a chance to test the waters with an unfamiliar voice. Besides then-unknown writers like David Benioff, Daniyal Mueenuddin, and Miranda July, the magazine has also published fiction by well-known authors like Don DeLillo, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Cynthia Ozick. Read the rest of this entry »

Director and screenwriter Darren Aronofsky has always had a unifying vision in his films, whether they’re black-and-white conspiracy thrillers (Pi, 1998), submarine ghost stories (Below, 2002), or time-travelling historical epics (The Fountain, 2006), to name just a few. His unifying vision is dark and visually striking, bringing out a visual poetry that’s getting rarer and rarer on the big screen. His newest film, Black Swan, is at once a continuation of his favorite themes, and something entirely new.The film is set in the ballet scene of New York City during a production of Swan Lake. The plot centers around the dual roles that the main character must play: the innocent White Swan and the seductive Black Swan. However, instead of one person playing both roles, the film begins with TWO ballerinas, only one of whom can get the part. Will it be Nina (played by Natalie Portman) who is perfect for the White Swan role, or Lily (Mila Kunis) who embraces the darker Black Swan role? The situation becomes more complex as Nina begins to go to extremes to bring out the darkness in herself. Read the rest of this entry »

I think it’s fair to say that no one was really expecting much from Unstoppable, a film about a runaway train and the two men who stand in its way (figuratively speaking, of course). There doesn’t seem to be quite enough there to set a film around, which is why previous entries in the genre have either relegated this plot to a setpiece (Back to the Future Part III, GoldenEye), or used a train as the setting for a more involved plot (Murder on the Orient Express, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three). However, Unstoppable somehow manages to buck the trend and deliver 90 minutes worth of white knuckle action without losing track of his characters.Of course, with its two leading men, to do so would be criminal. Denzel Washington is in perfect form as Frank Barnes, an engineer who thinks he’s seen it all. Chris Pine, who gave a riveting performance as James Kirk in the 2009 Star Trek film, plays Will Colson, a young conductor who struggles to make up for his lack of experience. These two characters are thrown into a deadly situation when a lax hostler skips connecting the air brakes. Read the rest of this entry »