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Month: October 2012

Profile as story

October 30, 2012 Ruth Nasrullah

I am working on a profile as a school assignment.  In my continuing quest to free my brain of magazine writing, as usual my brain

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Can it be deep but not somber?

October 16, 2012 Ruth Nasrullah

Today I read this installment of the “Why’s this so good?” series on the Nieman Storyboard site.  This post, written by Joanna Kaskissis, discussed Michael

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Should I even have a bed in my office?

October 14, 2012 Ruth Nasrullah

Well, yes I do.  That’s the way the house is configured.  And yes, it is where I do my reading.  And yes, falling asleep occurs. 

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A score for a book?

October 13, 2012 Ruth Nasrullah

It occurred to me – is there a way in writing to reproduce the effect of a movie score?  For instance, the harmonica tune that

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If you don’t say no, you have to dig in

October 9, 2012 Ruth Nasrullah

I couldn’t sleep most of last night thinking about the work I haven’t gotten done.  It was such a huge mistake to say yes to

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I never read what I wrote

October 4, 2012 Ruth Nasrullah

My first article for the Houston Chronicle – paid article, that is, versus the blogging I’ve done for them for six years – appeared online

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