Writing Like A Rock Star!

By: Mersedeh Arvaneh, Irvine CA USA, Spring 2006

Some New Writing Categories

• Ad hoc • Real time • Abbreviated • Symbolic • Blog

Real time writing

• Reply• Feedback• Answer quizzes• Answer forms• Fill online

Ad hoc writing

• IM• Reply to your email• On-line survey• On-line form• On-line poll• On-line quiz• Text messaging

Abbreviated writing

• OMG MOM, LOL• Right to the point• Between friends• Secret language• Less formal• More mistakes• Accountable!

Symbolic writing

• Some funny faces• More pictures• Special characters• Short• Fun

Writing is as easy as ABC

• A Character• One Word• A Line• Few Lines• More Lines• Beyond Lines

Writing …One Character Only

• Finding the right character

• Make it happen• Make it clear• Make it meaningful

Try Writing (finding) a special character (1,2,3 characters)

• Finding the right characters)

• Make it unique• Make it your own• Meaningful or

meaningless!• Unforgettable

Coined by Shakespeare

• Shakespeare contributed more phrases to the English language than anybody else. Here's a small collection of well-known quotations that are associated with Shakespeare, although not all of them were coined by him.

• Lie lowLike the DickensLove is blindwrite in waterMilk of human kindnessMisery acquaints a man with strange bedfellowsMuch Ado about NothingMum's the wordMy salad daysNeither a borrower nor a lender beNo more cakes and ale?

Writing Slogan MethodologyShort, Cool, Sharp & Memorable

• "Just do it."

"The ultimate

driving machine."

"We try harder."

Writing Commercial Slogan (Line Writing)

• Bold

• Creative

• Alert

• Cool

• Short

• Prompt

• Provocative

• Unforgettable

• Delightful

• Tasty

• Cheesy

Try writing some new Slogan for “writing”

• Not Writing! hurts!

• Reading rocks!

• Writing…hum…I’m loving it!

• Writing, like a rock star!

• Writing, another right meet

Writing simple lyrics

• Remember Yellow Submarine®

• A Cat in the Hat®

Writing , and re-writing

• Collecting• Combine• Compile• Correct some

sentences

Writing (Caterpillar Method)

• Find an ugly worm (any text)

• Read it first• Re-read it (several

times)• Edit, Modify, Change,

Enhance• Read it last• A “Butterfly” is born.

Writing (the Silk Road Story)

• Find a source in another language

• Read it first• Translate it• Interpret it• Edit, Tailor it to your

needs, Fix, Modify• Read it last• Viola! A Star is Born.

Writing (an old story)

• Find anything ancient• Find anything free of

Royalty• Find anything belongs to

Masters • Read it, Feel it, Absorb it,

Grasp it• Re read it again, rethink,

re• Feel it, taste it, express it • Make it your own

Writing (for new age-internet)

• Blogging • Web casting• Headlines• Sub-lines• Small ads• Big ads

Writing (Graphical style)

• Convert existing ideas into mind map

• Convert existing ideas into Graphs

• Show data via flowcharts, graphs

Writing (based on existing products)

• Summarize existing books, articles

• Writing abstracts

• Writing Captions

• Writing Descriptions

• Writings Specifications

Writing (based on existing templates)

• Locate your sources

• Find as many as Templates

• Choose one Template

• Follow the nature of template

• Change certain topics

• Change certain sentences, words

Writing (1,2 or 3 words)

• Just do it!

• Stop insanity!

• I’m loving it!

• Show me the money!

• Bravo!

• Yahoo!

Writing (regarding to the databases)

• Lookup the certain topics

• Collect as many as from reliable sources

• Index, Cluster or just simply Categorize your data

• Focus, write, re-write & write your table of content

• Cut, paste, revise!

Writing (the obvious)

• Your gut feeling

• Feeling, Desire, Dream

• Passion

• Paper & pencil

• Writing from your heart (not rule)

• Continue, do not stop

• At the right moment, Finish!

Writing (The old school way)

• Read, Read & Read• Write Low, Write High• Write Day, Write Night• Write in the bus, train, car, airplane,• Write in the middle of night• Write on Napkin• Write on Laptop• Write, Write & Write

Writing (for Blogging)

• Find your true, natural, talent

• Make a portfolio (images, texts, quotations)

• Create 6-7 on the go articles

Writing (Quizzes)

• True/False• Blank • Multiple Choice

adaptations

• Each year an average of thirty novels are made into movies for the big screen. Authors watch tensely as their stories are filtered through the hands of screenwriters, directors, cinematographers, and studio chiefs. If they're lucky, these film adaptations do the original story justice. However, it is often the case that the book is significantly better than the movie. Here, we present upcoming movie adoptions of classic novels to keep you up-to-date on what books are being adapted for the big screen. See the right column for yearly movie and a novel listings.

Adaptations

Writing (a List)

• Order

• Top 100

• Must see

• Must read

• Must visit

• Must do

• Must…

Writing (Dead man Chest) Method

• Find a top-notch dead writer

• Find his/her genuine work

• Dig, Scoop , Surf, Deep thinking

• Pick, opt for, single out

• Read, Feel, Experience, Know, Savor, Taste, Sense, Think

• Change the time, date, location, names, events (stay with style, flow)

• Works for poetry

• Works for short story

• Works for short essay

Try a sample dead man chest method (adapted by version)#1

If you can talk about it, it ain't Tao. If it has a name, it's just another thing. Tao doesn't have a name. Names are for ordinary things.

• The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring andunchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring andunchanging name.

• The tau (reason) which can be tau-ed (reasoned) is not the Eternal Tau (Reason). The name which can be named is not the Eternal Name.

Try a sample dead man chest method (adapted by version)#2

Come, come, whoever you are.

Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.

It doesn't matter.Ours is not a caravan of

despair.Come, even if you have

broken your vowa thousand timesCome, yet again, come,

come. RUMI

• "Come, come whoever you are wanderer, idolator, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vow a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come.                                                                                 -- Rumi

• "Come again, please, come again,Whoever you are.Religious, infidel, heretic or pagan.Even if you promised a hundred timesAnd a hundred times you broke your promise,This door is not the doorOf hopelessness and frustration.This door is open for everybody.Come, come as you are."

We are all writers, aren’t we?

• A writer like you

• A writer like me

• Find the writing spirit

• Find the writing desire inside you