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Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: After Rilke: To Forget You Sang

» Among Late-Night Writers, Few Women in the Room

Slate’s unauthorized index of Sarah Palin’s autobiography, Going Rogue. - By Christopher Beam - Slate Magazine

The MoJo Interview: David Sedaris | Mother Jones

» Acing the Meeting & Social Trickery 101

» Situation Comedy Supply and Demand - TV Guidance - Macleans.ca

A great summary of the differences between single camera a multi camera comedies.

Screenwriting Tip #86

screenwritingtips:

It’s not necessary to have fifty ellipses per page. If your characters were to actually pause on every single one, this movie would run for seven hours.

“ the Kindle lets readers down with respect to one subtle but powerful element of the traditional book’s appeal: its role as an identity marker. Pulling out a particular book on an airline flight or in a doctor’s office can mean staking a claim to being a particular kind of person. Likewise, the books lining your living room or office can tell others about your interests and background. But on the Kindle, no matter what you’re reading, all anyone else will see is an unchanging plastic device.

— Nice point about the Kindle … (via clivethompson)

“ There’s no such thing as information overload but filter failure,” said Mr. Crowley.

— Great comment by Dennis Crowley of foursquare, in a story about location-based tech. (via clivethompson)

» Are The Best Drama Writers Comedy Writers?

Yes.