Daily Archives: August 20, 2010

The Bechdel Test for Speaking Parts

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The Bechdel Test is a simple test originally applied to film and TV – does the film/show have more than one female character, and do the female characters talk to each other about something else other than a man. Continue reading →


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This usually isn’t what we mean when we talk about a writer’s “voice”

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Have you ever been to a book reading?  Sat in a chair — usually an incredibly uncomfortable folding chair, set out for that event — and listened to a reader present their story? Writers generally do not like the stage.  … Continue reading →


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Spirits of Place: Boulder Creek

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For the past decade or so, I’ve lived in a little town of about 4,000 people in the redwood forests of Central Coast California. A funnel-shaped valley extends north from Santa Cruz (where, in true eccentric fashion, the coastline runs … Continue reading →


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