How to write a joke: Jerry Seinfeld explained it to the New York Times.
Related:
“Jerry Seinfeld Intends to Die Standing Up,” Jonah Weiner, New York Times Magazine
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Literary Hill BookFest
Sunday, May 4, 2014
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Eastern Market, North Hall
7th Street & North Carolina Avenue SE
Capitol Hill, Washington DC 20003
If you’re in DC and like to read, stop by Eastern Market this Sunday and meet local authors and poets: Brett L. Abrams, Jonathan Bardzik, Louis Bayard, Elizabeth Becker, Simeon Booker, Mike Canning, Jack Colhoun, Pete Daniel, Christopher Datta, John DeFerrari, Tom Dunkel, Alison Fortier, Frederic J. Frommer, Stephen H. Grant, Mary Z. Gray, Patricia Gray, Lovey Marie Guillory, Lucinda Janke, Abby Arthur Johnson and Ronald Maberry Johnson, Anu Keene, Katy Kelly, Tim Krepp, Jonathan Lewis, Myrina McCullough, Diana McLellan, John Muller, Jean Nordhaus, Garrett Peck, Quintin Peterson, Frank Pietrucha, Robert Pohl, Gina Sangster, Canden Schwantes, Paris Singer, Benjamin Soskis, Janine K. Spendlove, Cathy Travis, Bill Walsh, Gene Weingarten, and John R. Wennersten.
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Author Charles Dickens was born 202 years ago today. He was a peculiar person, being obsessive-compulsive, a practical joker and an egomaniac and all, and he was pretty odd as a writer, too. He published his novels in weekly or monthly installments before he finished them, which must have been nerve-wracking for author and editor alike.
Serial writing, one episode at a time, without a predetermined ending. Maybe we should think of Dickens as a sort of Victorian blogger.
Related:
“Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens: The Beloved Writer on Grief and How to Heal a Mourning Heart,” Maria Popova, Brain Pickings
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Author Elmore Leonard has died. He wrote 50 novels and left out the parts readers tend to skip over.
“Elmore Leonard: A Man of Few, Yet Perfect, Words,” Janet Maslin, New York Times
“Novelist Elmore Leonard elevated crime thriller, mastered dialogue,” Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press
“Elmore Leonard’s Cowboy Economics,” Marc Herman, Pacific Standard
“Pelecanos talks Leonard,” Jocelyn McClurg, USA Today
This is about Deborah Blum‘s best advice on writing.
Related:
“Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling,” Emma Coates via Aerogramme Writers’ Studio
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Strunk n’ White: Elementz o’ Stylin’ Out.
Like the video? You’ll love the book. All your fav celebrities do!
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Laura Helmuth, on advice from Molly Ivins.
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At the BBC News Magazine, Gerry Holt identifies five reasons to still use a typewriter.
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“Can I let you in on a secret? Typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong.
And yet people who use two spaces are everywhere, their ugly error crossing every social boundary of class, education, and taste.”
“Space Invaders: Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period,” Farhad Manjoo, Slate
Hat tip: Maria Popova
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iParadigms LLC is known for its anti-plagiarism software, but it has cribbed its business model from arms dealers. In the war against classroom plagiarism, iParadigms sells ammunition to both sides, teachers and students.
The firm sells educational institutions TurnItIn plagiarism-detection software, a product which checks college and high school essays and term papers against a vast database of student papers to find suspicious duplication. iParadigms also sells college students WriteCheck software to help them disguise their plagiarised pages. WriteCheck keeps the names of its student customers confidential. Profits, perfected.
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“Plagiarism Betrayal?” Elizabeth Murphy, InsideHigherEd.com
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