A linguagem política por George Orwell / Political language

10 regras para escrever ficção / 10 rules for writing fiction

De Jonathan Franzen:

1. The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator.
2. Fiction that isn’t an author’s personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn’t worth writing for anything but money.
3. Never use the word “then” as a conjunction ­ – we have “and” for this purpose. Substituting “then” is the lazy or tone-deaf writer’s non-solution to the problem of too many “ands” on the page.
4. Write in the third person unless a ­really distinctive first-person voice ­offers itself irresistibly.
5. When information becomes free and universally accessible, voluminous research for a novel is devalued along with it.
6. The most purely autobiographical ­fiction requires pure invention. Nobody ever wrote a more auto­biographical story than “The Metamorphosis”.
7. You see more sitting still than chasing after.
8. It’s doubtful that anyone with an internet connection at his workplace is writing good fiction.
9. Interesting verbs are seldom very interesting.
10. You have to love before you can be relentless.

Fonte

Um beijo apaixonado na biblioteca / A passionate kiss in the library

Foto de 5 de Fevereiro do meu Projeto 365 / My february 5 photo for my "Capture your 365" project

Um bilhete precioso

Achei este tesouro há poucos dias perdido dentro de um estojo, deve ter uns quatro ou cinco anos. Fiquei completamente derretida e enchi a minha filha de beijos.

Vem aí o fim de semana!!! / Weekend is coming!

Foto de 4 de Fevereiro do meu Projeto 365 / My february 4 photo for my "Capture your 365" project

O Padrão dos Descobrimentos

Foto de 3 de Fevereiro do meu Projeto 365 / My february 3 photo for my "Capture your 365" project

Passagem em arco para o rio Tejo

Oprah fala do livro "O Segredo" / Oprah talks about the book "The Secret"

Ainda a Lei da Atracção.

O livro é O Segredo (The Secret, no original), de Rhonda Byrne, editado em Portugal.

"Só de Mim": uma declaração de amor bonita que passeia por Lisboa.

Foto de 2 de Fevereiro do meu Projeto 365 / My february 2 photo for my "Capture your 365" project

Gaivotas

Um poema de Shakespeare pelo Dia dos Namorados / Shakespeare's poem for Valentine's Day

"Grey Lovers", 1917, Marc Chagall (1887-1985)

         

          Doubt thou the stars are fire;     
          Doubt that the sun doth move;     
          Doubt truth to be a liar;     
          But never doubt I love.     

William Shakespeare

Will Smith fala de "O Alquimista" de Paulo Coelho / Will Smith speaks about Paulo Coelho's book "The Alchemist"

Sobre a Lei do Retorno ou Atração (Law of Attraction)  e de como somos nós que comandamos a rota da nossa vida.

Foto de 1 de Fevereiro do meu Projeto 365 / My february 1 photo for my "Capture your 365" project

Auto-retrato / Self-portrait

Acessórios de moda literários / Literary fashion accessories