Matie's Writing Lab - Blogithttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Matie9414/An effort to overcome my Writer's Block. You are welcome if you want to get over yours, too.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00Copyright nightmare: which side is right?http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Matie9414/514934I stumbled upon this article at Slate.com. It's about J.K. Rowling's lawsuit against The Harry Potter Lexicon website, given that they will publish a book version of their guide to characters, element, and plots of the worldwide known series. (warning: long read. If you don't want to read it all,...Do you have what it takes?http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Matie9414/512800From John Gardner's On Becoming a Novelist: "Another indicator of the novelist's talent is intelligence-a certain kind of intelligence, not the mathematician's or the philosopher's but the storyteller's- an intelligence not less subtle than the mathematician's or the philosopher's but not so...Time to catch up!!! (2)http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Matie9414/512388Whoa!!! I see some things changed here. Like this new 'add an item' stuff I will learn later. So far, I had a great time during the holidays. I finished the first level of the creative writing course I've taken and it seems I've improved a great deal (the course was in my native language,...Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!!!!!11http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Matie9414/504379Just wanted to drop by. I'll be back soon with more stuff to tell. God Bless ya! -Matie-Hmmm could this actually be true?http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Matie9414/503440About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new Constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor At the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier: 'A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Matie9414/502753Writing can actually be a painful process. That's what my teacher has been proving to me through her revisions and critiques to my works. It's pretty much similar to when you train with your martial arts teacher or something. You take so many hits that somehow you get used to them. Punches, kicks...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Matie9414/501529I think that certain elements will help get you through most situations in your life. For example, if you really want to write meaningful and profound stories, in which the reader 'thinks' and 'feels' with what you're telling there, then you have created this bond. Empathy. Where can you begin? I...A message from our sponsorhttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Matie9414/501120I don't know if it's too late, but I felt I had to do it. BTW, I apologize for not posting that much these days, it's just that I'm getting into exams so that studying and classes takes a lot of my free time. I owe you a few posts on how I'm going in my writing and drawing courses, respectively.Weird/funny dream I had last nighthttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Matie9414/500320With all the violence and tense situation I had to endure (check out my other blog on Latin America if you want to know) these days, I'm having the weirdest dreams ever lately. Yesterday I dreamt that I was sitted in one of the White House's gardens! It was around 11 am and from there, I could...I heart twisted ironyhttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Matie9414/499290I was reading Dante's Hell Chapter, Canto five, which is about the punishment of people who gave up to their passions and their uncontrolled lust. They resided in the Second Circle of Hell. (Yes, I'm going through it at a slowly pace LOL ). The punishment consisted of going for eternity through...