Dear Friends, Family, and Gentle Readers,
Here's Thursday's picture.
We're now in a "Groundhog Day" loop of cloudless blues. The
diamon who dwells in my camera decided to give me ultramarine instead of turquoise today. And its a string of hot days here in L.A. When you get tired of looking at cement, asphalt, and drywall covered in latex paint, remember this URL.
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The speaker, put here
because people like
text broken up by pics... |
I went to a meeting of the Greater Los Angeles Writers Society last weekend for a presentation on "Creating Strong Female Characters." The presenter, screenwriter Christine Conradt, answered the question of whether men can write women or the other way around--primarily dealing with the question "Is there a basic gender difference?" (Which would then inform you that you must have women/men say or do these things...)
The answer is "no." And as observers and students of human nature, we all knew that. We were all pretty sure we could find exceptions to any generalization you could make about one sex or the other.
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Let us now praise
rich and market-clever men! |
BUT, if you want to make mega-$$$ as a nonfiction writer, it's worth trying to write a book about sex generalizations to sell to the millions of people out there trying to salvage their marriages or relationships--because relationships are HARD to maintain and people are desperately looking for help. John Gray of
Mars/Venus fame is laughing all the way to the bank. It was a fine presentation with a lot of sound ideas on how to create complex characters. She's the kind of person in Hollywood whose work you've seen, but you'll never know it.
Signing off. Have a great Thursday.
Love,
Pops
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