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Bethany Robison: Rules of the Refresh
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Reader. Writer. Sports Enthusiast. Saturday, March 26, 2011. Rules of the Refresh. Remakes. Adaptations. Refreshing familiar stories. I've been thinking about these concepts a lot lately - the rules of redoing a story that everyone already knows. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't - but what makes the difference? Think of some movies/books that have come out lately that fall into this category:. The Little Red Riding Hood movie. Merlin (I love and can't explain why, but we covered that already).
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Bethany Robison: April 2015
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Reader. Writer. Sports Enthusiast. Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Studying Seraphina by Rachel Hartman. SERAPHINA by Rachel Hartman. With dragons in an medieval castle while trying to prevent an assassination. When I was given my agent edits a few weeks ago, I was also given a gentle nudge to read Seraphina. On the surface it seems like kind of a strange thing for me to be studying right now. I write speculative historical fiction (and not, like, medieval stuff, like 1800s stuff). Seraphina. Once used the term...
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Bethany Robison: March Reads: Doll Bones, Jackaby, The Girl on the Train, The Raven Boys
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Reader. Writer. Sports Enthusiast. Thursday, March 12, 2015. March Reads: Doll Bones, Jackaby, The Girl on the Train, The Raven Boys. In college I had a professor who encouraged me to free write a few hundred words whenever I finished reading something. Over time it's proven to be wise advice. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN. I picked up this book because my friend Julie Hammerle. JACKABY by William Ritter. On the other hand, JACKABY. Is like if Sherlock and Doctor Who had a baby. This, in fact, is exactly. View m...
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Bethany Robison: Read then Write: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
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Reader. Writer. Sports Enthusiast. Thursday, January 15, 2015. Read then Write: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund. I often feel like I'm racing to keep up with all of the new book releases, to keep up with the conversation around those "most anticipated" titles and those released by people I'm now connected to in one way or another. As a result, I often neglect to go back to gems I might have missed. But this is one (written all the way back in 2012! And what's lovely about Peterfreund's ...
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Bethany Robison: BOOK STUDY: Someone FINALLY YA'd the Pimpernel
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Reader. Writer. Sports Enthusiast. Wednesday, October 30, 2013. BOOK STUDY: Someone FINALLY YA'd the Pimpernel. That someone is Diana Peterfreund. And that book is ACROSS A STAR-SWEPT SEA. I've been studying THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL for about 15 years. I feel like I qualify for at least a Masters in Pimpernel. I've been WAITING for an excuse to throw down a thesis-length book study on it, and FINALLY, here's my chance! WHAT IS THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL? In the early 1900s. Each interpretation of the story has h...
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Bethany Robison: Rules of the Refresh - Part 2
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Reader. Writer. Sports Enthusiast. Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Rules of the Refresh - Part 2. When it comes to refreshing familiar stories, rule number one is justify telling the story again. Rule Number Two: Grab on to what people already know and love about the story and don't let go. What is it about those stories that makes them desirable? How many different versions have you seen of:. Why do we keep going back for more when we already have a pretty good idea of what is going to happen? Your reader will...
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Bethany Robison: February 2015
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Reader. Writer. Sports Enthusiast. Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Read then Write: ILLUSIVE, FAR FROM HERE, ISCARIOT, FOOL ME TWICE. In college I had a professor who encouraged me to free write a few hundred words whenever I finished reading something. Over time it's proven to be wise advice. It's been a pretty diverse month over here at the Robison Reading Nook. We've got a superhero story, some introspective women's fiction, historical Biblical fiction, and a rom-com. Something for everyone! FAR FROM HERE...
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Bethany Robison: June 2014
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Reader. Writer. Sports Enthusiast. Wednesday, June 25, 2014. 2014 World Cup CHEATSHEET: US Men's National Team. Entire country coming to a standstill tomorrow to watch American play soccer and you'd like to have an idea of who's rep'ing the Red, White, and Blue? You've come a pretty good place (though the right place is probably meninblazers.com. Though I'm terrified that anything I write might end up being incredibly jinxy, here are my personal thoughts on a very likable United States soccer team. They'...
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Bethany Robison: Rules of the Refresh - Part 3
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Reader. Writer. Sports Enthusiast. Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Rules of the Refresh - Part 3. Okay, we've talked about two rules to keep in mind when refreshing/adapting a story. Justify telling the story again. Grab on to elements of the story that are known and loved. Then, don't let go. Be very, very careful with well known characters. Think of some of the more famous characters out there. You can say the name and people immediately get a picture of who that character is. For example:. If you wanted to...
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Bethany Robison: The Start of Me and Emery and Books
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Reader. Writer. Sports Enthusiast. Wednesday, April 1, 2015. The Start of Me and Emery and Books. On January 20, 2011, I received an email from a virtual stranger. Attached was a 50-page sample of a manuscript about a teenage girl with an amazing group of friends attempting to reinvent herself. Would I be willing to read it and give some feedback? At that time the sender of that email, Emery Lord. Those original pages Emery sent me became THE START OF ME AND YOU. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Bri...
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