Hello! I am a university student from Russia. We have to write quite a lot of essays as part of our English course. However, every term we get a new teacher, this is just how the system works, and all teachers are quite different in how they

New York Times November 14, 1994 Exploring the Links Between Depression, Writers and Suicide By WILLIAM GRIMES When the poet Anne Sexton learned of Sylvia Plath's suicide in 1963, she was horrified. "That death was mine," she said.

COMMON NEWBIE MISTAKES There's a good book called How Not To Write a Screenplay I've forgotten where I found this: 76 Things not to do When Writing a Screenplay 1. Don't put your name, address and phone number on the title page. 2.

Forgotten where this came from. I 76 Things not to do When Writing a Screenplay 1. Don't put your name, address and phone number on the title page. 2. Don't do your homework when choosing a title. 3. Add subtitles below the

I just watched the last half of Groundhog Day again. I have been trying to figure out exactly what lesson ... tedious task day after day, but it is absolutely necessary in order to someday move on to a happy life. C'mon... It's a metaphor

There are probably as many ways to make your script longer as there are writers, but the first and most critical decision you have to make is whether that particular story is worth expanding. Some are, some aren't. Since you're

Anybody around here have experience with the following company/website? http://www.thescreenplayagency.com/ Is it legit, or just a scam to make money ... for? Anybody around here had a positive experience with them, and actually sold something

The Lincolnshire Lay Subsidy of 1334 includes one Everard le Wikked living in Stamford (Bredecroft). Cool name, huh? My ... OE Inca, a wizard. But I wonder what nuances the word carried in the C14th. Anyone got an OED handy? Here's some of the

Charlie, I'm sorry to have to say that the references you have are worthless. Don't trust them any longer. That's an unnecessary error that betrays total ignorance about English grammar. Not *the* most distinguishing thing, but

I've just read of the death of Robert Burchfield, editor of the Oxford English Dictionaries, at the age of 81. RIP. I've recently developed a fondness for Burchfield, as the last of the dinosaur British arbiters (the baton, to mix