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Our chief weapon is surprise: December 2009
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Our chief weapon is surprise. A blog for writers . by Michael Little. Wednesday, December 9, 2009. Attack of the killer cliches. Right after Thanksgiving weekend. But at halftime it isn't the Saints that Richie wants to talk about. Instead he begins telling me about what happened that Saturday night when he and Noelle went out to dinner. I turn the TV sound down and settle back to listen to Richie's latest adventure. So there we were," Richie says,. But Saturday night I let Noelle do most of the talking.
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Our chief weapon is surprise: April 2010
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Our chief weapon is surprise. A blog for writers . by Michael Little. Saturday, April 10, 2010. If you prick us, do we not bleed? Here’s a second question. That helps us understand how readers and writers connect. Last week we looked at the connecting power of humor and laughter (“if you tickle us, do we not laugh? 8221;). Now it’s time to share a little pain. Act 3, Scene 1 of. The Merchant of Venice. Asks, “If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? Let’s leave the poison.
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Our chief weapon is surprise: June 2009
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Our chief weapon is surprise. A blog for writers . by Michael Little. Friday, June 5, 2009. In praise of small moments. There’s a short scene in. That nobody talks about much. It’s not one of the big scenes that everyone. Who sees the 1996 Coen brothers film remembers. Not one of the action scenes, like the kidnapping of the car salesman’s wife, or the sporadic bumbling violence of the two hired kidnappers, or the woodchipper scene and chase on the ice near the end of the film. Marge looks at him. 160;&#...
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Our chief weapon is surprise: March 2010
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Our chief weapon is surprise. A blog for writers . by Michael Little. Thursday, March 4, 2010. If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? This is the first of several questions I want to begin to explore, with the goal of understanding how readers and writers connect. The tickle question comes from Shylock’s speech in Act 3, Scene 1 of. The Merchant of Venice. In that speech is the common humanity of Jews and Christians. Shylock asks, “If you prick us, do we not bleed? We may n...
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Our chief weapon is surprise: January 2010
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Our chief weapon is surprise. A blog for writers . by Michael Little. Wednesday, January 27, 2010. A no-huddle approach to writing. Richie’s wife, Noelle,. At least I think it might be brilliant, although I haven’t told anyone about it. Richie and Noelle had walked down the street. To appreciate the no-huddle,. You have to think about the old huddle approach first. We’ve all seen it a million times. I think some writers do this too. Get on with the story, the readers insist. Only the Colts. They have...
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Our chief weapon is surprise: September 2009
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Our chief weapon is surprise. A blog for writers . by Michael Little. Wednesday, September 23, 2009. HawaiiReaders.com, a new site for readers and writers. New website, HawaiiReaders.com. Is out of the laboratory today and walking about in the Internet world. The new site ( http:/ www.hawaiireaders.com/. Provides a great opportunity for Hawaii's readers and writers to interact. My topics this week are "Anticipation" and, on Friday, "How much romance can you handle? With a guide to the Twilight. This is j...
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Our chief weapon is surprise: February 2010
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Our chief weapon is surprise. A blog for writers . by Michael Little. Sunday, February 28, 2010. JD Salinger, we hardly knew ye. Best known for writing a sensationally popular and critically acclaimed novel over 50 years ago, and for never having appeared on. Or pretty much anywhere else outside of Cornish, New Hampshire, after he ran from his celebrity, died last week at the age of 91. This news has been rattling. The Catcher in the Rye. The book's paperback cover promises. About six years later. By thi...
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Our chief weapon is surprise: May 2009
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Our chief weapon is surprise. A blog for writers . by Michael Little. Friday, May 8, 2009. A poem for summer. Here's a poem of mine to celebrate the imminent arrival of another summer. Try reading it aloud, and slowly. After all, summer is a time to slow down, to cool our jets, to savor the moment. Two men on a porch,. Old friends, old friends,. Fifty years and more,. In a town left far behind,. Taking it slow and easy,. 8220;What’s your hurry? One of them asks. As I walk by,. My usual pace,. They watc...
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Our chief weapon is surprise: August 2009
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Our chief weapon is surprise. A blog for writers . by Michael Little. Wednesday, August 19, 2009. Is anticipation making you late? Carly Simon's words include "Anticipation, anticipation, is making me late, is keeping me waiting." Making you late? Come on, it's just. In the commercial anyway. But what if we use ketchup not as a condiment but as a metaphor? Isn't that one of the great features of romance, the anticipation? Whether we're reading romantic fiction, or perhaps chasing romance in our lives (or...
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Our chief weapon is surprise: November 2009
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Our chief weapon is surprise. A blog for writers . by Michael Little. Monday, November 2, 2009. What happens when a character takes over a novel? So here's a situation for you. Imagine you're writing a novel and it's starting out all right. You've written only the first three chapters, so you're not bogged down in the middle yet. You have a character you call Charley Meyers narrating the story first person and he's easy. Leave her on the sidelines in most of the chapters? I just call it Stella’s. Turns o...