Tag Archives: Writing

The Aspiring Writer – Threshold Guardian

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Sarah

Again, one of the animation videos I created dealing with the traditional character Archetypes. This is, of course, only a very short and compact discussion of the Archetype. A much fuller one can be found in The Scribbler’s Guide to … Continue reading →

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The Aspiring Writer – Mentor

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Sarah

I had a lot of fun doing these animations. Unfortunately, my laptop didn’t have as much fun — the program ran very hot on my laptop and burned out the video card. So I didn’t manage to finish the series … Continue reading →

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Love Your Tools

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Sarah

A friend recently recommended the works of Annie Dillard to me, and so I began reading The Writing Life.  In this particular book she describes in vignettes her experiences of the labor of writing, of doing the work (and some … Continue reading →

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The Aspiring Writer Continues

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Sarah

I’ve been having a lot of fun creating the Xtranormal animations. I decided to do short, humorous little bits about aspects of mythic motifs. Consider them teasers about material in The Scribbler’s Guide to the Land of Myth. Today’s offering … Continue reading →

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Playing with Video – “The Aspiring Writer”

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Sarah

Lately, I’ve been amused by various bits from YouTube that use Xtranormal.com’s 3D animation.  They advertise that if you can type you can create these, so I finally gave in and tried it.  It is not too difficult, once you … Continue reading →

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