Four Made-Up Books (and the Real Ones They Rip Off)

Four Made-Up Books (and the Real Ones They Rip Off)

Every time you try to put pen to paper (or, more likely, fingerprint to keyboard), that adage “there are no original stories” rears its ugly head. _ a cynical way to encourage _ to give up on their dreams. _ making up _ Blots & Blotter One’s a caligrapher. The other’s a hard-knuckled cop. Together, they fight crime, kill time, and _ What it Ripped Off: _

Superheroes with Revised Histories

Superheroes with Revised Histories

_ straight white male   Superheroes, much like real people, adapt to _ surroundings. Everyone tries their best to _, but we’ve all had a streak of holding some unflattering opinions_. In that regard, us mortals are lucky that we were never _. _ immortalized in mint-condition-preserving plastic bags and humidity-free glass cases, some seem…streak-ier than others. Superman Major offenses: Lois Lane turns black to investigate a ‘ghetto’ _ Minor offenses:    _

How to Mentally Prepare for a Sci-Fi Book

How to Mentally Prepare for a Sci-Fi Book

Some people don’t ‘get’ science fiction, and that’s okay. _ dance around in the veil of being ‘too grounded’ to enjoy them. _ too unrealistic, saying that science could never actually accomplish _. Like any community or sub-culture, science fiction has its own jargon and _ that _. The best way to ensure a new _ flat-footedly start with a _ beheamoth like Dhalgren.   Consult a Professional In the possible case where you’re simply not ‘getting it’, talk to your sci-fi friends about the book. Don’t think you have any? Trust me, you do. Not every science fiction fan is hoarding …

The Expectation of Memoir Writers

The Expectation of Memoir Writers

In the first few seasons of the TV Girls where the character Hannah, a struggling writer in the city, _. She _ cocaine _ for the sake of _. It is, for a while, a _ she reliably plays, with unsurprisingly diminishing returns. [VIDEO?] https://lithub.com/how-to-end-a-memoir-without-getting-married/ The Most Literary Book Ever Written About Bodybuilding Personally, I don’t find it to be a defining moment in television history, but it does capture the anxious motivations of unsure writers: be interesting, write it down, _. _. It’s that fragility _ in for a penny, in for a pound. Anything, from the slightest embellishment to downright fabrications …