A Font-ing We Will Go
That screaming you heard last month originating from the Toluca Lake/Burbank area was just me. It sounded like this: “Caliiibriiiii...
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The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
- May 9, 2020
- 2 min
Variations on a Theme
We know a worn-out story when we see one: tropes become narrative traps and archetypes become stereotypes. But is the story itself worn...
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The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
- Feb 15, 2020
- 2 min
Break the Pattern
Establishing a Cycle – and Blowing It Up Real life, or at least most of it, is a series of patterns. Those patterns define our reality,...
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The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
- Jan 18, 2020
- 1 min
Focused on a Dream
What does it mean to dream? Unconscious journeys, waking escapes or a grand vision for the future, a "dream" has a different meaning to...
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The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
- Jan 4, 2020
- 2 min
Against Their Better Judgment
We've recently touched on what happens when a character makes a decision that surprises the author. Usually, this inconvenient moment is...
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The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
- Dec 28, 2019
- 2 min
Showing the Feelings
Holiday Emotion Exercise Ah. the Winter Solstice. The shortest day of the year, closing on the end of the calendar, and the time the...
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The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
- Oct 11, 2019
- 2 min
Prepping for National Novel Writing Month
Last weekend (October 5th) The Quill & Pint held a workshop at the Buena Vista branch of the Burbank Public Library on how to prepare for...
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The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
- Oct 2, 2019
- 2 min
The Compelling Exercise
A 2-part exercise. Whether a character is good or bad; Batman or the Joker, Clarice or Hannibal, to keep the audience in the story, the...
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The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
- Sep 20, 2019
- 3 min
Reverse Logline Exercise
A 2-part exercise. Here are 20 actual loglines from well-known movies, minus the names. You probably know them all, but you're going to...
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The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
- Sep 2, 2019
- 3 min
Getting Past The Blank Page
We all know the feeling ... you sit down at your desk, a cup of coffee or tea (or something stronger) in hand, and a fresh page in front...
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The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
- Dec 17, 2018
- 3 min
Your Creative Vote
By Erik Day Margin Notes is a creative aside from the Quill and Pint group. Writing-related thoughts, editorials and observations are...
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The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
- Jun 25, 2018
- 3 min
Featured Story, Week of June 17, 2018: "Honeyed Hellfire"
Each week we feature a story written by one or two of our group members at our weekly meetings. For this week's featured storey, we...
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The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
- May 19, 2018
- 2 min
Our Reasons for Writing
On April 21 we got into one of the more in-depth discussions about writing we’ve ever had. Here’s a brief section of that conversation...
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