My Macguffin

My Macguffin
Author: Jayden Bliss
Publisher: BalboaPress
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 145255529X

Advisor Coach Mentor Support Professional Therapist Business owner Spiritual beliefs Business and spirituality are thought to be irreconcilable. In humorous, non-prescriptive style, the authors share the highs and lows of integrating the two. Touching, profound, raw, and raucous, My MacGuffin enables the enablers to lift the world of commerce to its highest ideal: an indispensable resource for improving your practice and your clientele. We're living in highly transformative timesguide-books like this are essential. Jayden and Michael share their real-deal, full spectrum of experiencea book to keep at hand's reach. Jamie S. Walters, The Academy of the Divine Feminine, author of Big Vision, Small Business. We value higher purpose in our mission and these guys understand what that means. The first book to offer unified, empowering perspectives on making a difference in a multidimensional workplace. Interrelatedness is examined with insight and humour: business as it should be!" Simon Dixon, author, CEO, Bank to the Future Alfred Hitchcock termed a plot device as a MacGuffin. A seemingly vital elementthe hidden contents of a case, secret documentsunseen by the audience yet intrinsic to character motivation. It correlates with the quest to learn who we are, why we are here and where were going.

The Story Grid

The Story Grid
Author: Shawn Coyne
Publisher: Black Irish Entertainment LLC
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2015-05-02
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1936891360

WHAT IS THE STORY GRID? The Story Grid is a tool developed by editor Shawn Coyne to analyze stories and provide helpful editorial comments. It's like a CT Scan that takes a photo of the global story and tells the editor or writer what is working, what is not, and what must be done to make what works better and fix what's not. The Story Grid breaks down the component parts of stories to identify the problems. And finding the problems in a story is almost as difficult as the writing of the story itself (maybe even more difficult). The Story Grid is a tool with many applications: 1. It will tell a writer if a Story ?works? or ?doesn't work. 2. It pinpoints story problems but does not emotionally abuse the writer, revealing exactly where a Story (not the person creating the Story'the Story) has failed. 3. It will tell the writer the specific work necessary to fix that Story's problems. 4. It is a tool to re-envision and resuscitate a seemingly irredeemable pile of paper stuck in an attic drawer. 5. It is a tool that can inspire an original creation.

The MacGuffin

The MacGuffin
Author: Stanley Elkin
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2000
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781564782236

As he's chauffeured about in his official limousine, aging City commissioner of Streets Bobbo Druff comes to a frightening realization: he's lost force, the world has started to condescend to him. His once fear-inspiring figure has become everyone's "little old lady." In retaliation, Druff constructs a paranoid plot, his "MacGuffin" within which)he believes) everyone is out to get him. with unabashed enthusiasm Druff starts an illicit affair (in order to incriminate himself), instigates fights with his employees, invents lies for his family- in short, everythingything in his power to create a world in which he is placed safely and firmly at the scandalous center.

I'm Trying to Reach You

I'm Trying to Reach You
Author: Barbara Browning
Publisher: Two Dollar Radio
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2012-07-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0983247153

* The Believer Book Award Finalist * One of the Best Books of 2012 —BuzzFeed “I was in Zagreb the day that Michael Jackson died. When I heard the news, the first thing I thought was, That’s it. That’s the first line of my novel. ‘I was in Zagreb the day that Michael Jackson died.’” First Michael Jackson, then Pina Bausch. Next is Merce Cunningham. Gray Adams, a former dancer with the Royal Swiss Ballet at work on his dissertation at NYU, has a theory spurred by countless hours of YouTube-based procrastination: Someone is killing these famous dancers! (And he may bear an uncanny resemblance to Jimmy Stewart, circa Vertigo.) I’m Trying to Reach You is a moving and candid contemporary look at how we process grief, as well as how we love and communicate with one another. "A provocative novel... that blurs the boundaries between life and performance, dance, art, and viral video. The novel is also framed in the world of performance art and is itself its own kind of performance... and feels rightly reflective of a moment when dance is pushing the boundaries of what constitutes a performance space." —Slate

How to Write a Howling Good Story

How to Write a Howling Good Story
Author: Wulf Moon
Publisher: Stark Publishing
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2023-11-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 173904746X

THE SUPER SECRETS OF WRITING. YOUR DESTINY AWAITS! PROVEN RESULTS! Wulf Moon has been called the guru of aspiring writers. His Super Secrets of Writing have helped countless writers launch careers, become #1 bestsellers in top fiction categories, and win coveted international awards. Moon's award-winning masterclasses continually sell out. Many unpublished writers taking his workshops achieved first professional sales, often with stories written right in his workshops! Now, the secrets shared in these transformational workshops have been recorded in this book. You can save years from your learning curve. Moon's methods cut the bull from writing instruction. Understanding story structure made easy! Guaranteed to entertain as you learn how to weave the elements of engaging stories into your work. Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of The Oppenheimer Alternative, says it best: "In How to Write a Howling Good Story, Wulf Moon shares the tips and tricks that have made him one of today's hottest authors. His advice is spot-on; follow it and you can launch a major career. This book is pure gold." Knowledge is power, but only if you can figure out how to apply it. With over forty awards in prestigious national and international writing contests, Wulf Moon has proven he has the goods, whether it's writing romance, literary, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and beyond. What is more, Moon's success record of working with writers verifies he is skilled at transferring that knowledge to others. This book goes beyond showing you how to write stories that get professionally published; it reveals the secrets of how to write award-winning stories that launch careers. He's done it for many others, and in How to Write a Howling Good Story, Wulf Moon is offering that same opportunity to you. Change your tomorrow by getting this book today. It's a small investment with the greatest return of all—the power through accurate knowledge to change your writing destiny!

Be Funny or Die

Be Funny or Die
Author: Joel Morris
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2024-03-07
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1800183119

Comedy is a game that all humans play. There are big social prizes if you win, but it is easy to end up with custard pie on your face... or worse. Comedy can soothe our pain, vent our anger, make us feel less alone and provide the answer to life’s most difficult questions, such as, ‘What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?’* It’s a social glue but it can also be divisive, and the joke is on us if we don’t understand how it works. So, what are the rules? How does comedy do its magic and why does it matter? Join professional comedy writer Joel Morris on a hilarious journey into the hidden world of shared laughter where he reveals the mechanisms that make jokes work and what comedy can teach us about ourselves. Offering astute analysis of everything from stand-up to slapstick and sitcom to spoof, Morris examines comedic patterns, rhythms and dynamics to uncover the algorithms that secretly underpin comedy. Packed with gags and examples of comedy at its best – plus some invaluable tips on how to master that b’dum tish timing – Be Funny or Die is a fascinating investigation into how our species has developed and mastered this essential art form where laughter is the universal language and only the funniest survive. *Cliff.

My Year of Living Mindfully

My Year of Living Mindfully
Author: Shannon Harvey
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0733645100

Overwhelmed with insomnia and an incurable autoimmune disease, Shannon Harvey needed to make a change. But while the award-winning health journalist found plenty of recommendations on diet, sleep and exercise, when she looked for the equivalent of a 30-minute workout for her mental wellbeing, there was nothing. Also worried for the future mental health of her kids, who were growing up amidst critical levels of stress, anxiety, depression and addiction, Shannon enlisted a team of scientists to put meditation to the test. Could learning to quiet our busy minds be the simple solution the world so desperately needs? During her year of living mindfully Shannon is poked, prodded, scanned and screened. After a 30,000 kilometre journey from Australia to the bright lights of Manhattan and the dusty refugee camps of the Middle East - interviewing the world's leading mindfulness experts along the way - what begins as a quest for answers transforms into a life-changing experience. From the director of the internationally acclaimed documentary of the same name,My Year of Living Mindfullyis filled with compelling stories, groundbreaking science, and unexpected insights that go to the heart of what it means to be human in the twenty-first century.

All for a Game

All for a Game
Author: Kenny Abdo
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1616419504

The name is Gummyshoes?Jon Gummyshoes. I know what you?re thinking: funny name, right? Well that?s not what I?m here to talk about. I?m here to tell you the facts?the cold, hard facts about the cases here at Edwin West Elementary School. This investigation began with holes in a soccer field but led to nabbing a blackmailer and a thief. This case was filled with twists, turns, dames, video games, and even a new partner. So prepare yourself. This was one case that got pretty wild. Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 3-6.

By the Book

By the Book
Author: Gregory Ashe
Publisher: Hodgkin and Blount
Total Pages: 231
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1636211054

A stolen book. A desperate killer. And two very meddlesome parents. Dashiell Dawson Dane might have a problem. It’s not a huge problem. In fact, all things considered, life is good—he’s got a wonderful boyfriend, fantastic friends, and a home where he’s genuinely happy, maybe for the first time ever. He’s even writing regularly. (Okay, mostly regularly.) There is, however, the teensiest issue with money—in that, he doesn’t have any. And it turns out Dash isn’t the only one strapped for cash. The Hastings Rock Public Library has recently been defunded by the mayor and the city council, and the town is in an uproar. To keep the library open, Dash hosts a charity auction at Hemlock House. But disaster strikes when an exceptionally valuable book is stolen before the fundraiser can begin. And when Dash finds the mayor dead—and Hastings Rock’s head librarian refuses to provide an alibi—he quickly becomes tangled in yet another murder investigation. How could things get any worse? Oh. Right. A surprise visit from his parents.

What You See Is What You Hear

What You See Is What You Hear
Author: Dario Martinelli
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2020-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 3030325946

What You See Is What You Hear develops a unique model of analysis that helps students and advanced scholars alike to look at audiovisual texts from a fresh perspective. Adopting an engaging writing style, the author draws an accessible picture of the field, offering several analytical tools, historical background, and numerous case studies. Divided into five main sections, the monograph covers problems of definitions, history, and most of all analysis. The first part raises the main problems related to audiovisuality, including taxonomical and historical questions. The second part provides the bases for the understanding of audiovisual creative communication as a whole, introducing a novel theoretical model for its analysis. The next three part focus elaborate on the model in all its constituents and with plenty of case studies taken from the field of cinema, TV, music videos, advertising and other forms of audiovisuality. Methodologically, the book is informed by different paradigms of film and media studies, multimodality studies, structuralism, narratology, “auteur theory” in the broad sense, communication studies, semiotics, and the so-called “Numanities.” What You See Is What You Hear enables readers to better understand how to analyze the structure and content of diverse audiovisual texts, to discuss their different idioms, and to approach them with curiosity and critical spirit.