by lzadmin | Jan 8, 2014 | Reading & Writing, ROCK your Writing
From “Love is Blue” crooned by Frank Sinatra to “My World is Blue” by White Trash Clan to “Yellow” sung by Coldplay to “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree” performed by Tony Orlando to “It’s Not Easy...
by lzadmin | Dec 29, 2013 | Reading & Writing, ROCK your Writing
There’s a great book titled How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day, by Michael J. Gelb, that I pulled down from my bookshelf the other day. ( I must have been feeling genius-deprived and needed some da Vinci wisdom.) Flipping...
by lzadmin | Dec 26, 2013 | Reading & Writing, ROCK your Writing
A man’s home is his/her castle. It’s also chock full of symbolic furnishings and doodads. Give your story some symbolic zing by being familiar with a few of the household symbolic heavyweights. Books: Wisdom and learning. Is the book old or new? Are pages torn out...
by lzadmin | Dec 23, 2013 | Reading & Writing, ROCK your Writing
Eyes are powerful symbols. The mere glance glimmer gawk gaze ogle glare bore focus beam sparkle peek peer look goggle gape leer ( did I miss any?) reveals a character’s emotions. No wonder the eyes are the windows of the soul. But there’s more to eyes...
by lzadmin | Dec 15, 2013 | Reading & Writing, ROCK your Writing
These powerful elements are fraught with symbolic significance, their meanings stemming from a myriad of religious beliefs, legends, and myths. Fire and water represent a world of power,destruction, ambiguity, duality, and divinity. Whether earthy or otherworldly,...