So I Looked in a Book
By Annette Rey
Where do you get inspiration when a day seems dry and auto-repeating? I looked in a book for a cue, Great Toasts, by Andrew Frothingham. I found this inspiring quote by Oscar Wilde,
“Work is the curse of the drinking class.”
What writing ideas do you pull from that?
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The Classics
By Annette Rey
You probably have seen the movies made from these great works written over a century ago – Sleepy Hollow (1819) by Washington Irving, Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde (1886) by Robert L. Stevenson, The Cask of Amontillado (1846) by Edgar A. Poe and many more.
We are so spoiled! I mean, we live in this fast-paced society and movies are faster to digest than the time it takes to read the original novel. So movies do perform a service. They save us time.
But, has that spoiling done us some harm?
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This One is a Gem
By Annette Rey
This site came to me out of frustration because I am reading the annotated version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and it’s taking me forever!
So I was curious and wanted to know how many words are in this novel.
Look at what I discovered.
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Writer's Block No More 