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Writer’s block
It’s a writer’s disease, isn’t it?
You sit in front of a screen or page and wait for inspiration to arrive.
And, it won’t. Because, it can’t. What happens then is I become demotivated as the failure of the task takes over.
I’ve been reading a couple of articles about this disease. Some you may have heard.
1. Always start your writing or blogging session with a free writing exercise. Use a prompt, there are millions of then on the net, just google “writing prompt”. Write something random and unchecked, write about you like with no break for checking over for grammar or even sense.
2. A paradoxical tip to avoid writer’s block is to write!
Book in the time you write like an appointment. Set a schedule. Maybe, you could try half an hour a night or 300 words a day. Mary E. Pearson, author of The Jenna Fox, young adult novels, says that she commits to 10 words. Inevitably, those 10 words become 20 and hey, they become a page and so on.
3. Give yourself a reward. If you reach your weekly/daily goal, treat yourself to a magazine, cream cake or glass of wine. Whatever you fancy. However, if you don’t finish those 300 words, deprive yourself of something you love…hmm, I hate bad consequences…
4. Remember, why you are writing. Take out those great novels or that bio of your hero. For me, a Stephen King or a Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games trilogy.Actually, forget people or writing that inspires you. If I read through any of the Twilight books or flick through a Cecelia Ahern “novel”, that would probably be enough to get me writing again!!
5. See writing as a mental escape from mental people and situations. If you have a tough, uncreative job, writing can be an excellent way to unwind and escape.

So, there are some thoughts and ideas for you. These tips were gleaned from a writing book by Deborah Halverson and. M.T Anderson.

We need to talk about Kevin
So, I read the book ages ago, how cool am I? I can’t say the book was better than the film or the film was better than the book. Both left me with too many questions.
“We need to talk about Kevin” is a film from the novel of the same name, by Lionel Shriver. Its about a couple who have a baby. Not just any baby though, an evil baby. This is probably a very simple summary of it though. This book is about Mum who never wanted to settle down and have kids but did it because of her husband,who reallywanted those things. Its about dissatisfaction with settling,the perfect house, the traditional family set up. So,what happens if a child is born into a family where his Mum doesn’t want him and doesn’t know how to be a maternal figure?
Well, lots of things happen! I won’t give anything away but the actors who play Kevin( there are 4, from baby to 18 year old Kevin) were mesmerising, especially the teenage Kevin, played by Ezra Miller. In the book, I disliked Kevin immensely but in the film, I kinda liked him somehow.
When I read the book, I was very annoyed by the Dad character, how could he not see his son was a vile thing? Why was the Mum so passive about everything? And why does the Mum still love Kevin after 18 years of being a nightmare child and when the final horror of what he is capable of is revealed?
The films ends the same way as the book with no answers.
Worth a watch for the lead actors alone but ultimately, it never gets to its point. The film and book try to give many possibilities for why Kevin is the way he is.
Give me the answers, please.

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This looks a lot like my prom photos from high school but the girl I’m with is crying for entirely different reasons.

Cute collars, guys! Their stiches come out on Monday. They have been patient.

Really?

My orchid flower is constantly being pushed around. This photo clearly shows the table mats were responsible on this occasion. However, if you look carefully, you will see that a flyer from Michael d. Higgins is clearly implicated in this bullying incident too….

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I have to know if the bro came at him.