tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post114723935667722224..comments2024-03-28T02:36:55.037-04:00Comments on Brooklyn Arden: Useful Vocabulary; or, a Zucker Man UnboundCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972029478350879112noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1147408542264143402006-05-12T00:35:00.000-04:002006-05-12T00:35:00.000-04:00Hee, Lizzy!The one I had in mind was Philip Roth, ...Hee, Lizzy!<BR/><BR/>The one I had in mind was Philip Roth, as Gerb said.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05972029478350879112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1147375036960762392006-05-11T15:17:00.000-04:002006-05-11T15:17:00.000-04:00Oh and my guess is Shelley. :-)"Zucker Man Bound" ...Oh and my guess is Shelley. :-)<BR/><BR/>"Zucker Man Bound" would be Aeschylus<BR/><BR/>MarilynThetoymakershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405265800595978197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1147364740833909052006-05-11T12:25:00.000-04:002006-05-11T12:25:00.000-04:00Interesting look into how much craft and planning ...Interesting look into how much craft and planning goes into spontaneous humor, which can be summed up by, "People liked to be surprised by the familiar." And how can you not like a word like “Floocher”? It’s just fun word to say, like monkey, kielbasa and poot.<BR/><BR/>A couple of made-up descriptions that I use are “Barbie Doll dialog” (It helps to have hand motions with this and pretend you are holding up two action figures.) <BR/><BR/>“Hi! I’m a hero guy!”<BR/>“Hi! I’m a smokin’ babe!”<BR/>“Let’s go blow up stuff.”<BR/>“Okay lets!”<BR/>“But let’s kiss first!”<BR/>“Okay!”<BR/>“Muuwah! Muuwah!” <BR/><BR/>This usually follows watching a movie that appeared to have been written by second graders. <BR/><BR/>The other is “Pirate Villains” (not to be confused with anything involving Johnny Depp, thank you) This term came from the movie “Six Days Seven Nights” where the sea smugglers existed solely to make Harrison Ford and Anne Heche build stuff out of palm fronds. Interesting stories need interesting villains. <BR/><BR/>I am amused by this website...<BR/><BR/>http://www.moviecliches.com/<BR/><BR/>It's filled with little nuggets like...<BR/><BR/>"Eight to ten-year-old kids are the best computer hackers on earth and can break into any system."<BR/><BR/>"Women not only have to be pulled along, they do not have enough sense to run and keep running unless a man touches her elbow, holds her hand or puts his arm around her shoulders."<BR/><BR/>"Two people will often converse while one stares out the window, with their back to the other. When an emotional point is made, the first person will turn around."<BR/><BR/>Write on,<BR/><BR/>Marilyn.Thetoymakershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405265800595978197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1147287619237691972006-05-10T15:00:00.000-04:002006-05-10T15:00:00.000-04:00The "I know this will sound crazy" dialogue. Tis i...The "I know this will sound crazy" dialogue. Tis isn't limited to lines that start with "I know this will sound crazy" but it could be. It usually means the writer has gotten to the point where the only way to make sense of the plot/situation as created is to offer a "crazy" solution in dialogue. This happens tons in bad sci-fi/action/creature movies. <BR/><BR/>Related, but on a bigger scale (and supposedly just about TV shows, but I think expandable to anything) is <A HREF="http://www.jumpingtheshark.com/" REL="nofollow">Jumping the Shark.</A>Greg Pincushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449684160718426340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1147258922758334802006-05-10T07:02:00.000-04:002006-05-10T07:02:00.000-04:00Middle Muddles: that morass in your first draft, s...Middle Muddles: that morass in your first draft, somewhere between the beginning and the climax. Closely related to...<BR/><BR/>The Treadmill Method: the stage where you *should* be almost finished with a draft, yet find yourself writing, and writing, and writing... and somehow getting no closer to finishing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1147240915060954352006-05-10T02:01:00.000-04:002006-05-10T02:01:00.000-04:00Phillip Roth is the author, yes?As for the writing...Phillip Roth is the author, yes?<BR/><BR/>As for the writing vocab, how about "ingly disease" for when an author can't resist overuse of adverbs and adjectives and words ending with -ing.Gerbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13073463561640650913noreply@blogger.com