by PortiaLily Taylor “Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to land, where the notes are read and then possibly cherished, or else misinterpreted, or else understood all too well by those who hate the message. You never know… Continue reading Shell Shock, a Screenplay, “Hurled into the Sea” of Books
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Screenplay as Literature: Shell Shock, a Book to Be Read by PortiaLily Taylor
“Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.” Boris Pasternak Novelist and poet Boris Pasternak described “literature” as finding the extraordinary in people and relating that discovery through “ordinary” words. He does not list the types of writing that meet this threshold. However, other definitions… Continue reading Screenplay as Literature: Shell Shock, a Book to Be Read by PortiaLily Taylor