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Pantheon. Avoid the Passive Voice with Zombies. The Scale of the Universe 2. 100+ Video Sites Every Educator Should Bookmark (Updated for 2012) The most honest three and a half minutes of television, EVER... Amazing-life-hacks-21. Family tree of the Greek gods. Family tree of gods, goddesses and other divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses and many other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. (The tree does not include creatures; for these, see List of Greek mythological creatures.) Key: The essential Olympians' names are given in bold font.

Key: The original 12 Titans' names have a greenish background. See also List of Greek mythological figures Notes References. GyroVoice: Why We All Need To Become Better Writers Right Now. Never before has writing been such a valuable asset. Think about it: Texts, tweets, e-mails and social media updates have all become primary pieces of communication — far more so than meeting face to face or talking on the phone. The phone, in fact, has become the perfect symbol of this writing revolution. It’s more of a typing tool than a talking tool.

It’s ironic. No one can pay attention anymore. So back to writing: Now is the perfect time to look to the past for a few lessons that are more vital than ever for future communicators: “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” It takes time to write succinctly. “Nobody climbs on skis now and almost everybody breaks their legs but maybe it is easier in the end to break your legs than to break your heart although they say that everything breaks now and that sometimes, afterwards, many are stronger at the broken places. Hemingway’s descriptions are like arrows to the brain. Write with voice. 55 Grammar Offenses That Make Teachers Go Mad. Dump A Day z reuse rain water for your garden. Looking for more about [term]? Top. Free Audiobooks and eBooks - Librophile. 29 ways to stay creative by Huub Koch (therealhuubkoch.

List Over 300 Ways to Say. English 50 Exercises for Story Writers. English 50 – Intro to Creative Writing: Exercises for Story Writers Basic Theory: What is a short story? As soon as someone delivers a definition, some good writer will write a story that proves the theory wrong. About the only thing we can say for sure is that short stories are short and that they are written in what we call prose. Short stories have a narrator; that is, someone tells the story; have at least one character in them; have some action occur (or perhaps fails to occur); take place somewhere; that is, there is a setting for the action; and someone either learns something or fails to learn something (theme).With these five characteristics in mind, we can create an almost endless supply of exercises to help sharpen our techniques of story telling.

Narrative Voice Twenty or so years ago, voice was the "rite of passage" into a successful writing career. NOTE: It is quite common for writers in the early stages of their careers to imitate the writers they are reading or admire most. Life-hacks-dumpaday-38.jpg (JPEG Image, 620 × 695 pixels) - Scaled (92%) ▶ Let Her Go by Passenger - Exfm. Histomapwider.jpg (JPEG Image, 2097 × 9554 pixels) - Scaled (6%) Exercises for Fiction Writers - Page 2. 10 Mind-Blowing Theories That Will Change Your Perception of the World. Reality is not as obvious and simple as we like to think. Some of the things that we accept as true at face value are notoriously wrong.

Scientists and philosophers have made every effort to change our common perceptions of it. The 10 examples below will show you what I mean. 1. Great glaciation is the theory of the final state that our universe is heading toward. 2. Solipsism is a philosophical theory, which asserts that nothing exists but the individual’s consciousness. Don’t you believe me? As a result, which parts of existence can we not doubt? 3. George Berkeley, the father of Idealism, argued that everything exists as an idea in someone’s mind. The idea being that if the stone really only exists in his imagination, he could not have kicked it with his eyes closed. 4. Everybody has heard of Plato.

In addition to this stunning statement, Plato, being a monist, said that everything is made of a single substance. 5. 6. Enternalism is the exact opposite of presentism. 7. 8. 9. 10. Sheet-for-Emotions.jpg (JPEG Image, 1700 × 2200 pixels) - Scaled (29%) Pride And Prejudice.