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Sarah Palin and the Alaska US Senate SeatMark Vogl(conservative)
A Good Economy Brings Higher WagesKevin C. Caffrey(conservative)
Higher Minimum Wage for Same Minimal WorkDen Warren(libertarian)
The perfect Christmas gift for an American PatriotMark Vogl(conservative)
There Is No Case for Gun Control (video and hate mail)Darren Wolfe(libertarian)
Benghazi Time Lines Untangled: Fox News vs. The Washington PostPaul Benedict(libertarian)
A Post-New Hampshire Strategy for Ron Paul's SuccessJake Morphonios(libertarian)
Non-Violent Offenses Leads United States to World's Highest Incarceration RateLiberty(libertarian)
Time To Abolish The FEMA CampsWalt Gelles(liberal)
Underwood was superb as Maria in The Sound of MusicMark Vogl(conservative)
Global Warming was NEVER ScientificPaul Benedict(libertarian)
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Scientology members have to defend themselves against Anonymous harassmentLouanne Lee(centrist)
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Secularism cannot stand; the Christian foundation must be revived!Mark Vogl(conservative)
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The rich vs poor fallacyDale Husband
U.S., Italy, Germany All Agree--9/11 Was An Inside JobWalt Gelles
On the Matter of Human Rights and the UDHRHenric C. Jensen
The Four Horsemen of the Financial Collapse ApocalypseDen Warren
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Higher Minimum Wage for Same Minimal WorkDen Warren
Benghazi Time Lines Untangled: Fox News vs. The Washington PostPaul Benedict
A Post-New Hampshire Strategy for Ron Paul's SuccessJake Morphonios
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The affordable Care Act will hurt the American economy. The Presidents solution of a higher minimum wage will bring down the economy.
How socialism strives against nature
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The intimate link between Christianity and the United States of America is a story seldom told...but so important to our future!
When you study the creation of the United States you will be both stunned and overwhelmed by the eminence of the faith!
Economic conditions seem to be brewing another economic crash.
From liberals and their socialism to libertarians and their idealism to status quot republicans claiming I am not a "real" conservative!
Closing the Blind Zombie Voter Loop
Christmas season is the second most optimistic time of the year! We celebrate the birth of our Savior! Yes it's absolutely religious!
One train wreck and the Democrats are coming out in full force for more big government spending on infrastructure
As the finest health care system in the world collapses like the Twin Towers in New York, records reveal they knew what they were doing!
Recent Obama overreaching causing further mistrust and rapid US Decline
How we go from stagnating economic conditions the liberals are now saying is the new economy to something that rivals any past growth.
Caroline Kennedy and Al Sharpton: the best of Democrats? Or the worst?
Progressives want to create a minimum wage of fifteen dollars an hour and this will have terrible consequences for the economy.
A Nolan Chart columnist's recent argument for teaching America's Christian heritage got me thinking about what that should mean.
Why the US tolerates letting unwanted people immigrate
It's harder to be American conservative than liberal, it takes more reading, more study and a belief in Christ. Our Republic rests in you
Capitalism vs. Socialism in plain talk.
First casualty in the Great GOP Civil War!
Liberal Extremists and Cowering Republicans in a two-party system.
The Republicans need immigration reform to win votes from the Latino community. By Executive Order the President can change the law passed
No crime against America is so great as that revision of American history which takes God out of the American history book He wrote!
The liberals got too greedy with Obamacare and should have stuck to programs like FMLA.
Latest polls show Obama's approval rating at an all-time low of 37%, but why on Earth does this matter?
President Obama is interested in his own interests and not the interests of Israel. Israel must take action against Iran for survival.
Many have called for the creation of a new political party. To challenge status quot Republicans and Democrats. It's NOT time!
Limbaugh did it ... he is a story teller! That's a lot different than a talk show host, but he mastered it with Rush Revere!
It's a shocking revelation to me. I have always considered myself a Conservative.
Obama, in crass appeasement, backs away from previous UN resolutions and gives Iran nearly everything they want. Will the public be fooled?
Minutes from the October Board of Governors meeting reveal that the Fed is aware of a looming fiscal crisis.
Some republicans are giddy over the continued failure of Obamacare but it's important to remember it is still the law of the land for now.
Ann Coulter has been on a bit of crying jag recently.
Another massive round of quantitative easing should be enacted by the Federal Reserve.
Current words in the dictionary do not work for bad behavior and policies that make vulnerable people suffer.
The Democratic Senates use of the "Nuclear Option" has undermined the less populated states influence and power in the Senate.
They knew it was a Ponzi scheme white they were putting together the SEC registration. The time for action has arrived.
Sarah Palin is meeting thousands of people across the nation, but maybe speeches could be included as a supplemental part of her tour!
Top political, military, and intelligence figures at home and abroad contradict the official scenario of the September 11, 2001 attack
A bitter battle between moderates and conservatives threatens to tear the Republican party apart, but is this something new?
In contradiction to what was being said by Brazil's Central Bank, Brazil's president admits that government is aiming at a 6,5% annual rate.
The GOP is now actually the GOTP, taken over by revolutionaries.
Lies, damn lies, and statistics. The current administration has become adept at using all three to mislead the American people.
Did President Obama and Democrats figure out how to void what was left of the concept of checks and balances with Obama Care?
I have often thought that population density, and even diversity, influence how much law is passed and the increased pressure on freedom!
Gold lovers are gold diggers, fiat currency is clearly a superior system than a system dominated by a gold standard.
It is time for a House of Representatives investigation of the O.C.S.S.F.! There is absolutely no reason for a new national police force!
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Hear that gunfire? It's the WAR on WOMEN! It exists. And teenage white girls are NOT being spared. They get stereotyped, too.
Poor things.
We know you. We do. How you like to spend your days wondering how white girls are discriminated against. We finally have something for you: Math bias.
Not exactly scintillating, but in this PC world, you takes what you can get.
A new UT study confirms what we've all suspected: White girls don't suck at math, but their teachers sure think so. UT sociologist Catherine Riegle-Crumb took U.S. Department of Education data, crunched it, and discovered that nerdy math teachers have quite the bias against caucasian lasses.
The data looked at girls of all races, but Riegle-Crumb's work was the first to reveal a significant perception bias for white girls.
Teachers were asked what Riegle-Crumb calls a "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" question: whether their class was too easy, just right or too hard for a particular student.
"Our results indicated that white girls are about 40 percent less likely than white boys to be perceived by teachers as being in a math class that is 'too easy' for them," Riegle-Crumb said. "Additionally, white girls are about 33 percent more likely than white boys to be perceived as being in too difficult of a class."
Since men no longer go to college and prefer to spend their days rubbing their ample guts, this sort of "discrimination" has hardly hampered the ladies. Lack of health care, a male-dominated hierarchical workplace, stupid people? Those are a different story.
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Listography – Top 5 Random Things I Like
You know when people go, 'Oh I'm so RANDOM' and 'Isn't it random?' etc and you just want to punch them in the face? This is not one of those times. We never, ever punch KateTakes5 in the face. We heart her, and do her Listography bidding. This week, the theme is Top 5 random things I like, and we were WARNED by Kate to not just write 'I like chocolate'. Or she would punch us in the face.
So with that threat of violence ringing in my ears, here is my Top 5:
The stringy white stringy stuff on satsumas/clementines etc
Before you cry 'DEMON' and retch into your sleeves, may I remind you that the stringy white stringy stuff (its actual name) is all part of the orange and really quite tasty? Yes, yes, I know I am the only person you'll ever meet that will admit to liking the stringy white stringy stuff on satsumas/clementines etc, but it's not that bad. People who peel it all off are the weirdos. Not me.
The Go Compare ads on TV
They do different ones! With different scenarios! It's like they tell a little story each time! I liked the space one with aliens, and the 17th century style one with the lady singer. Not too keen on the caveman one, the singing mammoth is just a bit too far-fetched, if you ask me.
The smell of creosote
It reminds me of playing in my nan's garden when I was little. Hot summer days, warm wooden fences, larking about in the tall grass and throwing apples at my cousins. Good times.
Air raid sirens
Yeah, we don't hear them every day, do we? But there's something about that noise that gets my adrenalin pumping. It's thrilling and fecking terrifying at the same time. And I do a great impression of one when drunk.
I've never even been, but I love this place, mostly due to the film In Bruges (starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes) which contains lots of swearing and violence and is VERY FUNNY and also made me cry a bit. And proved to me that Colin Farrell can actually act. And makes Belgium look awesome. In a really mundane, bland kind of way…
That's yer lot! Move along now! Go see the other reprobates that joined in on Kate's lovely blog!


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The fabulous Mediterranean island of Malta is well known for its historic past and you will find the island to be drenched in culture. That aside, there are plenty of unique and interesting activities laid out to enjoy during your time here. Make your trip as adventurous as you like and get outside, soak up
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Something that is gilded, by definition, is something made to appear appealing or shiny on the outside while without value on the inside
The year is 2015 and nothing has changed in America, let alone the rest of the world. The same old economic troubles, the same old wars, and the same old fear and insecurity. This possibly marking a new dark age for humanity.
You're like any other person in america, leading your own life, going about your business just trying to survive. You might be well off, you might be a hobo on the streets. Where ever your life has led you up to this point -this great realization, one that could drive any man or woman mad in an instant- is going to change your life forever. Perhaps you were driving to work and got into an deadly accident. You may have lost your entire family and stand sadly on the edge of a tall building. What ever it was, that realization is...you didn't die.
This RP is an idea iv had for a long time, and hope some people would be interested.
Your characters would be cyborgs that have essentially been deep undercover as sleeper agents for a secret organization that isn't attached to any governing body, or country of any kind. You are sentient AI's that have been implanted with fake memories, and placed in new lives in America (hopefully centered around the northeastern part, from New York to Maine but if for some reason you want to else where, id be willing to negotiate).You wouldn't know that your life was fake(just that your not fully human), but its up to you if you want your character to figure it out or not. Through some sort of traumatic event, you realize you aren't human. Like my small opening bit, maybe you got into a car accident, and open your eyes to see highly sophisticated technology through the torn flesh and dripping blood on your arm.
I was hoping that the opening posts would be the incident, and what your characters does with this discovery and anything else you want. Then a kind of open take from there, while at some point i would start involving the organization coming after the rogue sleeper agents, or trying to detain them and have the story take off from there, depending on your decisions/reactions to everything in character.
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Our special occassion was a B-Day and Spruce never fails for a fine dining experience in the neighbourhood. Beautiful service, innovative food and preparations. Of course you pay for all that, but another memorable experience.
The ambiance in Spruce is the perfect mix of lively and intimate. There are plenty of well-dressed locals chatting and mingling in the bar area, lounging in the comfortable leather booths. The dining room is dimly lit yet the well-placed overhead lighting over each table gives the impression that you are dining in your own little bubble of soft light. It's a very cozy, intimate effect. Food is exquisitely prepared, fresh and usually includes local ingredients. The portions are small, but of extremely high quality - don't expect to take home a doggie bag. The wine list is exhaustive, so it is wonderful that they have a well-informed sommelier on hand to assist with the perfect selection. All in all, a great treat for special occasions.
We arrived a little early and treated warmly by the host. The bar was crowded, but the staff led us to some seats when they became available. The bartender guided us to some creative cocktail choices. We were seated at our table on a timely basis. The waiter was friendly and attentive, without being over so. The menu was varied but not overwhelming. We enjoyed all our selections. Meats and seafood (everything, really) were cooked perfectly. The sommelier did an excellent job guiding us to a wine choice. She made it fun and the bottle we landed on was just what we were looking for. The atmosphere is lively which is our preference for a romantic dinner. Spruce is a restaurant at the top of their game.
Booked here on a brief visit based on a recommendation from a friend with local knowledge. A lot bigger and busier than it appears from the outside. Also surprised how dark it was - difficult to read the menu. Food was great though, service was execellent. The sommelier was also very helpful with the MASSIVE wine list. If I lived in SF I would definitely go back.
Nice place. Great food but those bottles of water (!) and glasses of wine really add to the bill.
Absolutely the best food along with excellent service. I've been here numerous times and it has never failed to impress me with the quality of food & service.
My husband and I split a not-much-to-it green salad and an amazing hamburger for lunch. The burger was chockablock with yummy things and perfectly grilled meat. Totally satisfied--can't wait to go back and have that burger again. Service a little slow, even at late lunch, but most tollerable for the experience of being in a lovely restaurant.
The food was outstanding especially the pork tenderloin and the ribeye steak entrées. Both were cooked perfectly and the accompaniments and sauces were superb. My wife has to be gluten free and Spruce made all the adjustments without missing a beat or sacrificing flavor. We look forward to another visit next time we're back in San Francisco.
A bit pricey, but food and service are worth the price tag. Excellent mussels, gnocchi, and roasted chicken. Loved how they brought out a little fancy bottle of tonic for my gin and tonic. Will go back again but probably more for a special occasion.
great food, good service. very plush and expensive.. extended wine list, also some reasonable ones for the not silicon millionaire. cocktails were terrible, very week kind of cheap, not inexpensive though, should have sent them back, did not , just drank the wine, it was good. would go again, skip the cocktail
Great food and venue. A little noisy, compromising ability to have pleasant conversation. Lighting is too low and menu font too small. -- one or the other needs to "give"!
We went in to celebrate and we had a great time at Spruce. Service was impeccable and we enjoyed all the food!
I thought the food was barely average. Our group of 4 was very disappointed
It was a great night, wife was running late so I sat at the bar and had a drink and appetizer recommended by the bar tender. When she showed up, we sat down and then had great service for the next 2 hours. She is gluten free and they took all appropriate measures to ensure she was happy. The pastry chef even made her a special gluten free dessert off menu. We will be back for sure.
We went for a long weekend Birthday girls trip and this was the highlight of our trip. The food was amazing, the service was outstanding (thank you, David), we where pampered, celebrated and everything was simply extraordinary. The wine list was like a book and since there where 3 different palates, David's wine choice was just right for everyone and very reasonably priced!. If you have the opportunity, this is a truly San Francisco experience. They even had there driver waiting for us after dinner.
Great find in lovely presidio heights - service and food were excellent.
Went to Spruce on the recommendation of my kids and friends. Wanted to take relatives to a nice restaurant. Was not disappointed. Everything was wonderful, and would definitely recommend to friends and go again.
Nice place in the Pacific Heights neighborhood. It fits in with the upscale boutiques and pilates studios. Service was attentive and excellent. Hamburger and fries, cooked medium-rare as requested with your choice of cheeses. Would like to try dinner if I'm in the area.
My wife and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. We had a corner table and it was pretty private. The service was excellent and the good was outstanding. The banana ice cream was out if this world.
Spruce had been recommended to us by a friend who lives nearby. We were traveling to SF and come from a city that's very much a foodie town, so wanted a restaurant that the insiders would know about. Very good food - creative and imaginative. Extensive wine list. Incredible service. Will definitely go back.
Great menu, food and wine list. Extremely knowledgable and helpful sommelier. Other service was off and a restaurant of this caliber should have service nailed. We waited 10-15 and no one came to our table. We had to get someone to greet us and bring water. Into the dinner, I had to request more bread for the table and literally two pieces were brought on a plate for four people. The two were served and the waiter never picked up on the fact that the other two plates went without. Pick up the clue phone and pay attention to your guests. Unacceptable service for San Francisco high end restaurant.
Outstanding dinner on Saturday evening. Love the retro music. Went back and had a wonderful lunch on Monday.
Delicious food, but a bit pricey. For 35 dollars a plate, I wouldn't expect to need to get an appetizer to fill me up, but I did. Overall it is a beautiful restaurant with great food.
We have eaten in the main restaurant which is wonderful, but decided to stop in tonight for a burger. It was one of the best burgers we have had. Big, juicy and great fixin's.
Everything was great, the food, the service and the ambience, terrific!
Spruce has a great balance of bar atmosphere with fine dining experience.
Lots of scrummy things but I opted to eat healthy and the chicken for the waldorf salad was bland, and more noticeable because it is served beside the salad rather than chopped into it. My friend's food was delicious! Great service and ambiance - and a local favorite - it wont stop me going back!
Great place. I was blown away. Service impeccable. Lovely place. Expensive but you get what you pay for. Not at all "stuffy" like formal NYC restaurants. This is a MUST visit.
Oh, Spruce brunch. Where have you been all my life?! It's everything you already love about Spruce (including the burger and cocktails) starting at 10am.
Spruce has just recently started a Sunday brunch, and with out-of-town visitors, we thought this would be a terrific treat--and we were absolutely correct. Understanding that you get what you pay for, and with Bloody Marys and Gin Fizzes brunch is expensive, the brunch menu was perfect--great fresh and warm beignets, the Lobster Benedict a star, and thick-cut bacon and crispy duck fat potatoes on the side. Hard to beat. Service was attentive and friendly. White tablecloth setting. And full marks to the greeting hostess who was warm, smiling and fully accommodating. Absolutely worth the final tab.
Attention to detail makes for a uniquely San Franciscan experience. In one's mind's eye, this is what fine dining is like. We enjoyed it quite a lot. It may not be quite as forward-thinking as say, SPQR, but it represents much of what we are looking for in a special evening.
The food was absolutely amazing but the service was bar none. Never an empty water glass, food always came out together and at the correct time. Somollier was very kind and knowledgable even though our bottle wasn't expensive. Oh, and they have less expensive wine options than you would expect!
I dined at Spruce for the first time this week to mark an anniversary. The food was excellent, as expected. But what really blew us away was service. Our server, Melissa, was friendly and attentive without being intrusive. She made helpful suggestions and even poured 1/2 glasses of wine to pair with each course. When the salmon was not as thoroughly cooked as my boyfriend would have liked, she whisked it away without question and delivered a cup of the delicious pumpkin soup to enjoy while he waited for them to cook a new piece of fish. When the pastry chef got a little behind and our dessert took a while to arrive, we weren't charged. The test of a great restaurant is not whether things go wrong, but how they are addressed when they do.
Our party enjoyed a wonderful meal, but were a bit taken aback by the brusqueness of the maitre d' (my guests arrived a few minutes ahead of me, and were told right off the bat that our table had to be cleared by 8:30p)
We had a lovely dinner at Spruce. The space is tastefully decorated, and the tables are spaced far enough from each other that conversations can be private. The service was impeccable, with good suggestions for wine and food alike. The cocktails were unusual and great. Our starters (mushroom/chestnut soup, a divine scallop special, tagliatelle) were all wonderful, and the entrees (duck, pork, cod) were delicious. There were many flavors and textures going on on every plate, and we enjoyed the variety. The suggested wine, a very good Chianti, went well with everything. The 2 desserts we split among the 4 of us were a great finish. It was pricey, but well worth it, and we had a lovely time.
This was our fourth or fifth visit. Because we stay in Pacific Hts., it is convenient and the food is very good. Our server was not attentive. Overall, not a great experience because of the lack of service and the attitude of the server. The manager approached us at the end of the evening which is when we complained. He gave us two giant chocolate chip cookies to make up for it. I was insulted. Number one, it does not make up for the service and number two no one needs an enormous cookie!!!
Found this off the Michelin Guide and it lived up to expectations. Service was exceptional, cocktails were inventive, and the food was delicious. definitely recommend.
One of my favorite burgers in the city, which can be had in the dining room or casually at the bar where you can just drop in. Although it's obviously a very nice restaurant, they don't make you feel bad if you're dressed too casually (we went on a whim!).
Wonderful brunch service--we had the lobster benedict and the poached salmon, with beignets to start. It was definitely a bit more costly ($5/cup of coffee) but everything was absolutely amazing! Will definitely come back as a special treat!
We drove around for at least 30 minutes looking for parking. Although the food and service were both very good I will think twice about returning for lunch due to the parking. We got a less than warm greeting from the hostess which made me wonder how our lunch was going to be (parking now cool hostess). She was taking some notes looking down and it took her awhile to greet us. Overall we enjoyed our lunch. Our waiter was excellent (offered to split our salad, checked on the valet parking when we mentioned our experience, continuous wine service, knowledge about the menu/made suggestions, and just very pleasant) and the food was very good with a nice menu selection.
I arranged dinner for two Boston guests and another SF diner. It was new to all my guests. We were delighted with the ambiance (sophisticated and relaxed) with excellent lighting and decor. The high ceilings and discreet lighting gave the dining room a distinct spacious yet comforting environment. It was nice that the Bar was separate but visible from the dining room. The food was wonderful: seasonal and unusual, delicious, natural and intriguing. The lobster and the tri tip were beautifully portioned and sauced. The wine selections were very good. The service was also very good, although there was a lag in having our orders taken. We mentioned it to a server and were then immediately attended. I would definitely go back.
Very nice high-end neighborhood restaurant. Excellent service as well.
Food was memorable, but kitchen took a little longer than expected for the food to arrive at table. Still it was acceptable service overall. The food was prepared perfectly, The atmosphere was quiet and Intimate which is just what we wanted.
Everything from the food to the service was remarkable.
Spruce food was a sultry delicious, each dish clearly well thought out, fresh and lovely presentation. What sets Spruce in a notch above just great food is the level of service the offer, they don't miss a thing and you are taken care of from the moment you walk I'm the door to the end if the night when they even offer to call a taxi if you need one. We were there on a Thursday night with reservations and the place was packed, so make sure you make a reservation. Them show up, and enjoy your experience. Oh and the wine list is a book, really impressive selections to choose from.
The food is very good, great neighborhood location with a very nice wine list. The only issue is noise. It's way too loud to carry on a conversation.
The food is outstanding, the wine list is incredibly impressive, and the staff are patient, accomodating, and incredibly helpful. Very expensive. Very worth it.
Nice place for brunch, but quite pricey. Tea comes in a very small pot, and they charge for refills. Coffee cups are slow to be filled. The place is lovely, however, and good for any sort of celebration.
My girlfriend and I are in love with both wine and burgers, so when I heard that spruce was famous for their excellent spruce burger and their huge wine selection, I was instantly sold. I took my gf here for her birthday dinner and it was perfect. The service was great. The burgers were delicious and so was the wine. It is on the fancy side, but isn't obnoxious which was ideal for us. I would definitely recommend spruce
Spruce has the best burger in town! My favorite has always been Hillstone's until I had this one. I got mine med rare and added bacon, cheese, and avocado to it. Everything from the fries, the thick bacon, the patty, the spread they give you, and the bun was delicious. It was the best burger I've ever had! The service was fantastic! The servers are always looking for eye contact in case you need something. They just so happened to forget the avocado and as a result, not just comped the avocado, they comped the entire burger! The restaurant looks like something you'd find in Soma (spacious, high ceilings, modern looking) so was surprised by the ambience and think it'd make for a great dinner spot.


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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Anita's Attic: Part Three - Writing Tips
1. Be specific. I don't know who said it, but it's bloomin' brilliant. I'm a vague person in real life, but I don't have to be in my writing. Make the reader FEEL whatever it is you're trying to convey. If it's an emotion, grip them with it. If it's a setting, show them so that they feel they're there. If it's a car, what kind of car? Your writing won't have as much impact if you aren't specific. I have to be very careful with specific words. If you can define "it" in a sentence, then use that word and not "it". I'm terrible about this.
2. Empower. This comes straight from Margie Lawson, who's empowered her teaching classes to now offering an entire academy. Lawson Writer's Academy. http://www.margielawson.com/lawson-writers-academy. Empower your writing. Empower your sentences, empower your words, empower your characters, empower their emotions and goals and characteristics. Make it bigger, stronger, more powerful, even more understated, if that's what the scene calls for. I like to look at a scene or a sentence, especially the story plot, and say, what could I do to take this to a new level? To me, this goes hand in hand with specificity.
3. Backload. This is from Margie Lawson as well. If you have a powerful word in your sentence, try shifting the words around so you end with it, because it's what the reader will absorb. For instance, I could write, Was she insane to risk this? But if I write, Was she insane to take this risk? Risk is a stronger word than this. I've ended the sentence with a powerful word that will get more reaction from the reader. Strong words like, blood, passion, fright get more mileage than it, this, about...bland words. You can't always do this, but it's great when you can. Or should I say, You can't always do this, but if you can, it's great! But whoops, I backloaded and LOST my next tip. Cadence.
4. Cadence. Another Margie tip. Yeah, I like Margie. Make your words dance on the reader's ear. For instance, she uses the line, "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!" to illustrate. Which sounds so much better than, "Bears, lions, and tigers, oh my!" Here is a paragraph from Awaken the Highland Warrior that has pretty decent cadence. He didn't move like a normal man; he flowed, like water over rocks in a stream. As if each muscle moved in perfect harmony with the others.
5. When you answer one question for the reader, introduce another? Keep them actively engaged in the story, not sure what's coming next. That's not from Margie, but I'm sure she would agree.
6. Open strong. We have to impress the agent or editor fast, or they won't keep reading. Sometimes it's hard to do. Not every story has a cute quip or can evoke a strong reaction, but if you can get one in there, you'll be ahead of the game.
7. Tighten everything; sentences, paragraphs, chapters, and if you're like me, it wouldn't hurt to tighten up those writer stomachs and butts. Sitting in a chair all the time isn't good for the body. Back to the story. I meantioned tightening last week, as well. Getting rid of the fluff is one of my biggest problems. I love those extra words. But chop, chop, baby. Save them in a file for later use if you don't want to abandon them. I had to cut 12,000 words on Awaken the Highland Warrior, and it still ended up at 110,000. I don't ever want to go through that again! Maybe that's why my stomach and butt need trimming too. More written words means more sitting.
8. Stay focused on where you're going with the story. I love big plots. I pride myself on big plots, but I have to be careful not to meander off too far into left field. I've had incredible reviews, not a rotten one yet. The worst have been a couple of mediocre ones. BUT two of the good reviews mentioned some clutter. And I recall a rejection I got from one of the Big 6 houses just before I sold. The editor said I needed to write more linear. Personally, I think it was because I love to bounce scenes around. Drop one, jump to another...
9. Know what you're good at and focus on that. Maybe it's writing dialog, or plotting, or characterization.
10. Be careful with repeats (or echoes). Oh God. The word makes me ill. I didn't see them at first, and then I saw them everywhere. Once I became aware of them, I spent weeks checking my MS with a magnifying glass, looking for repeats. I loaded my document into programs that would scan it for repeats. It took so much time that it would have been tempting to give up if I wasn't so stubborn. There has to be a balance. Editors hate repeats, but if you focus too much on it, or any rule for that matter, you might as well stop writing now. We aren't perfect.
The number one thing writers need to focus on is telling a story that's so great it would knock their socks off as a reader. And knock the agent's socks off, and the editor's. Rules are great, but they must serve the story, not the other way around.
28 comments:
- Cassy Pickard said...
Anita, you've done it again! These three pieces you've offered up are classic keep-them-in-a-notebook material. You are incredibly generous to share then all with us. Yeah, for finding those notebooks!
So, tell us how you have gone about using these fantastic suggestions in your work. Do you go back in the editing mode and think through each one? Are you able to keep them in mind as you write and thus have them from the very beginning? And, which of them do you find the hardest to employ?
See? We want to know all! - July 19, 2011 at 3:35 AM
- Kari Lee Townsend said...
Love the writing tips, Anita! Another post I'm going to print :-)
- July 19, 2011 at 3:57 AM
- Anita Clenney said...
Cassy, I think the more you write, the more these things become second nature. I don't always think about them as I write, but they're in the back of my brain. I still have to go through during edits and see if I've empowered, been specific, etc.
The hardest for me to employ...probably tightening, getting rid of that fluff that Christine doesn't like. - July 19, 2011 at 5:38 AM
- Anita Clenney said...
Kari, these are my favorites, but it's hard for me to know if I've followed them because I don't analyze well. It's torture for me to try identifying if a scene has done double or triple duty. I just write it because it's supposed to be there.
- July 19, 2011 at 5:42 AM
- Grace Burrowes said...
Anita, What a wonderful grab bag of tips and tricks. I'm sure there's something on that list to tone up anybody's writing. For me, it will be the backloading, particularly backloading the last sentence in a scene or chapter. Thanks!
- July 19, 2011 at 6:39 AM
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- July 19, 2011 at 6:45 AM
- Anita Clenney said...
Grace, I love backloading. I don't always do it, but what a difference it makes.
- July 19, 2011 at 6:46 AM
- Donna Cummings said...
I love these tips, Anita. I think I'm partial to #9 -- know what you're good at and focus on that. I also believe in your last paragraph -- focusing on a story so great that it knocks socks off. :) I try to keep that in the forefront of my mind when I get paralyzed from all the writing knowledge I've acquired!
- July 19, 2011 at 7:20 AM
- Liz Lipperman said...
Anita, another great lineup of tips. I've been to one of Margie's classes, and I agree, she's the bomb.
For me, a big thing is getting rid of "some" of my comfort words...really, so, then, just, felt..and the list goes on. I've discovered I write OMG a lot. Maybe it's because I say OMG a lot!!
Great post. - July 19, 2011 at 7:28 AM
- Leigh Michaels said...
Excellent tips, Anita! Thanks for sharing. I keep a list of my pet words, and do a global search now and then to get rid of them (after a copy editor wrote in the margin, "You certainly like the word certainly!")
- July 19, 2011 at 8:16 AM
- Lindsay said...
As with last week, I printed out the tips for future reference, then came back and read the post.
Excellent as always. Lots of great information to ruminate over - July 19, 2011 at 8:24 AM
- Beth Trissel said...
Anita, all of these tips are excellent and so worth repeating. Thanks!
- July 19, 2011 at 8:45 AM
- Anita Clenney said...
Donna, a senior editor at a conference told me that every writer is better at some things than others, and knowing what those things were and focusing on them was the most important thing a writer could do.
- July 19, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- Anita Clenney said...
Liz, I've taken a couple of Margie's classes, and I have a couple of her lecture packets. I have troubles with those same words. It's so hard not to put them in. It's a wonder I can write a book at all because I'm horrible at explaining things. I just ramble and go in circles. Austin will sometimes interrupt me and say, "Where's this going?"
- July 19, 2011 at 10:08 AM
- Anita Clenney said...
Leigh, it's refreshing to know a writer and instructor of your calibre has the same problems with pet words.
And some of the tips in this notebook probably came from things I learned in your class. I owe you so much for Awaken the Highland Warrior because you were there when I first started writing, when I was screwing up like crazy on everything. - July 19, 2011 at 10:13 AM
- Anita Clenney said...
Lindsay, thanks. I wish I could focus on these things in detail as I'm writing, so I didn't have to go back and check for them.
- July 19, 2011 at 10:15 AM
- Anita Clenney said...
Beth, thanks for stopping by. These are really my favorites. As I'm writing, I do try to think "empower" and "Specific" so I can write it stronger from the start.
- July 19, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- C.H. Admirand said...
Wonderful blog post, Anita! Thanks for sharing. All of the points you make are extremely useful.
I feel your pain regarding repeated phrases...I really didn't enjoy going back to find them and then changing them up!
I agree with Grace about backloading! Thanks!! - July 19, 2011 at 10:43 AM
- Lindsay said...
I think that's why we do edits and rewrites. To fix and put in what we forgot in the first place. But it would be nice to get it right the first time.
- July 19, 2011 at 11:01 AM
- Anita Clenney said...
Colleen, I love backloading, but I forget to use it sometimes. There are places it just won't work, it will make the sentence awkward, but it's so nice when it does work.
- July 19, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- Anita Clenney said...
Lindsay, oh wouldn't it be great to get it right the first time. WOuld make my life so much easier.
- July 19, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- Lindsay said...
Don't be greedy Anita. It would be easier for us all especially us pantsers
- July 19, 2011 at 1:11 PM
Anita, thanks for sharing this very useful information! Appreciate it! AND congratulations for your continuing success!
- July 19, 2011 at 1:58 PM
Great advice. I liked #3 the best about switching words around to end with a stronger word. Im going to have to play around with my sentences now!
- July 19, 2011 at 2:02 PM
- Vonnie Alto said...
I saw this on the FF&P loop. So many useful tips. I, too, like Margie. You've offered some great ways to revise our writing. Thanks for the tips!
- July 19, 2011 at 3:32 PM
- Paisley Kirkpatrick said...
Great ideas and points well made, Anita. A couple of months ago Margie spoke at our Sacramento Valley Rose retreat in Monterey. WOW is the word to describe her class. I am using what I learned to tighten my stories and make it flow better.
Thanks for all the good tips. - July 19, 2011 at 5:00 PM
- Julie Robinson said...
Wonderful tips, Anita. Thanks for sharing. Now if only I could tighten my butt and stomach too (#7).
- July 20, 2011 at 9:46 AM
- Beth Barany said...
Favorite tip: (I think it's from Raymond Chandler.) Get into a scene late, leave early. Which I take to mean start the scene as late into the action as possible and leave as quickly as you can while the tension is high and leave the reader worried for your characters.
- July 24, 2011 at 12:06 PM


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Before you read this article, quickly write the answer to this question: What is your favorite color?
This might've seemed like an automatic and mindless task, but your body and mind had to work closely together to complete a series of steps in the right order. You had to pick up a pen or pencil, hold it steady, remember what color you wanted to use as an answer, think about what letters appear in the word and in what order, move your wrist and hand in the right way to shape the letters, follow what you wrote with your eyes, and apply the proper amount of pressure to the paper.
Even though we do it every day, writing is one of the most complex tasks that humans engage in, involving both motor and critical-thinking skills. It's not surprising that learning to write is a process that takes years to complete. It also happens in order, with each skill building on the last.
As with reading, kids are aware of writing from infancy, especially when they're exposed to it regularly. By being read to and seeing you write, your child begins to understand at a very young age that written words have meaning.
It's only a matter of time before kids start trying to create words on their own. All children start writing by scribbling, an activity most toddlers enjoy. To do it, they must use coordination to hold the crayon, keep the paper still, and apply enough pressure to make a mark on the paper.
As time goes on, with lots of practice, they'll start to realize that not only can they make marks to create a pattern, but by repeating the same movements, they can make the pattern again.
At around 3 or 4 years old, kids may start to practice writing, and included among the scribbles may be recognizable letters. For example, you may notice your child writes all of the letters of his or her name in a seemingly random way on different parts of the piece of paper. That's because kids learn to write individual letters before they learn how to put them together to form a word.
As they continue to read and develop an understanding of how words work, kids start to understand how to group letters into words. Between kindergarten and first grade, most learn to put letters together into words and will use these words to label pictures that they draw. Kids this age usually use only capital letters and will not include spaces between words. They will also use "invented spelling," writing words with no vowels (for example, BBYDLL for baby doll).
Eventually, with practice and formal schooling, kids learn what are called the conventions of print - writing from left to right, the difference between upper- and lowercase letters, how to put spaces between words, and how to use correct spelling in most instances.
As your child gets older and develops more motor control, his or her handwriting will become smaller and neater. Between second and fourth grade, kids learn to write in cursive and will apply the conventions of handwriting automatically.
Even as we move to a society driven by keyboards, kids still need to learn to write by hand. Handwriting is so much more than simply putting letters on a page; it is a key part of learning to read and communicate. In fact, experts think that developing writing skills reinforces reading skills and vice versa. In order to read, a child needs to understand that letters stand for sounds and that the sounds are put together to make words. Learning to write letters is an important part of this understanding.
When preschoolers start imitating the letters that they see around them, they show that they understand the connection between the sounds they hear and the words they see on the page. When kindergartners use "invented" spelling, they're practicing writing words the way they sound, which helps them as they learn to read. When first-graders use words to create a poem or write about an experience, they're experimenting with language and sharing their stories with those around them.
As kids grow older and start to use a keyboard, the motor control and communication skills they've gained through handwriting will help them become more successful writers because they'll know how to transfer their thoughts into words.
Handwriting is also important because kids are required to use it daily in school from kindergarten on. Children who struggle with the mechanics of handwriting may have trouble taking notes or tests or completing their schoolwork. This can affect both their self-esteem and their attitude toward school.
An important part of helping kids develop early literacy skills is giving them chances to practice. As soon as your child is old enough to scribble (as early as 1 year old for some kids) offer some fat, chunky crayons or markers and a big piece of paper and let him or her experiment.
As your child grows older, create a special art center with lots of paper (you can bring scrap paper home from work or save junk mail) and many different kinds of art supplies like markers, crayons, colored pencils, and paint and brushes. You can even encourage your child to practice writing and drawing while you're outside, providing sidewalk chalk or a bucket of water and a brush to "paint" on the pavement. The more practice kids get using their hands in this way, the more they'll develop the muscles, skills, and coordination necessary for forming letters.
As your child enters school and starts practicing writing there, continue to find ways to practice at home too. Suggest writing letters and thank-you notes to friends and family. Ask for help writing a list or recipe. Buy a notebook to use as a journal and suggest that your child spend time at the end of each day writing in it.
If your child's handwriting continues to be messy and hard to read even after formal instruction at school, try these tips:
It is important for all kids, even those who struggle to write, to practice using their handwriting. It is also certainly OK to have them start practicing keyboarding skills, even at a young age. But unless an occupational therapist recommends it, kids should not use a computer with a keyboard to complete schoolwork that their peers are completing by hand.
Kids develop at different rates, and just like adults, handwriting varies greatly among them. Some kids have trouble learning the direction letters go in; others struggle to write neatly or use cursive writing.
Sometimes writing problems can be a sign of other issues such as developmental delay or learning disabilities. Often these problems have multiple symptoms, with writing being only one component.
Conditions that can affect a child's ability to write include:
Children with cerebral palsy or Down syndrome also may have trouble learning to write.
Signs that a child may need additional assistance with learning how to write include a very awkward pencil grip, illegible handwriting, difficulty forming letters, an inability to concentrate and complete writing tasks, avoiding writing, many misspelled words, letters or words that don't follow correct sequence, incorrect placement of words on the page, uneven spacing between letters, a large gap between spoken language and writing ability, and an exceptionally slow and difficult time writing.
If your child is struggling with writing, you may choose to have him or her assessed by an occupational therapist . This can help you determine if your child needs actual therapy and tutoring or just some additional writing practice at home.
Learning to read and write is key to success at school and in life. So whether you work together to make a book or spend time on the weekend writing letters to Grandma, when you write with your child, you help him or her develop important skills.
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In an energetic board meeting Thursday, Jan. 10, Plumas Unified School District Superintendent of Schools Micheline Miglis spoke about a new paradigm and the concept of "collective responsibility."
Miglis shed light from a completely different angle on the federal No Child Left Behind – Adequate Yearly Progress program and the state Academic Performance Index.
Although the average API for district schools was 824 in 2012, up seven points from 2011, and above the target of 800, Miglis told the board and audience, "Don't get too comfortable. The district is in danger."
A self-appointed "data diva," Miglis compiled statistics on all PUSD schools using both state and federal indices.
She explained that California and federal government academic standards and progress requirements don't jibe.
Furthermore, even though a single school may be meeting both academic performance indices, the scores from all PUSD schools combined may subject the district itself to sanctions.
Miglis said that schools and districts receiving Title I funds are accountable to the federal government and its NCLB regulations.
PUSD high schools do not receive Title I funds and therefore are not subject to these regulations. But if they were, in an ironic twist of statistical data, the one high school that has not met state API requirements, Greenville High, is the only school that complies with NCLB requirements.
Similarly, C. Roy Carmichael Elementary School in Portola gained 19 points from 2011 to 2012 on its API index, whereas Chester Elementary and Pioneer Quincy Elementary lost seven and 12 points, respectively, in the same time frame.
Yet CRC (and Portola Opportunity) did not make the mandated growth points under NCLB compliance guidelines, and consequently are subject to corrective actions.
Because CRC is in PUSD, the district, too, is on watch.
As CRC leadership team member and second-grade teacher Melissa Leal told the board and audience, "API is truly a false sense of security."
Miglis is taking aggressive strides toward correcting the situation.
In December 2012, two professional learning community meetings were held in Portola to identify student academic weaknesses and devise a plan to improve student learning outcomes and correlating AYP scores.
This is where collective responsibility comes in. Even though a particular grade level may be performing up to standards, if another grade level is not, the whole school, as well as the district, suffers the consequences.
The CRC leadership team has been working with Miglis to create an achievable strategic plan that will bring the school into the "Safe Harbor" zone.
Safe Harbor, as designated and defined by NCLB regulations, allows a school in corrective action to demonstrate an acceptable level of growth.
If a school can achieve Safe Harbor two years in a row, it is exited out of the corrective action pathway and gains a clean slate.
CRC leaders have identified what their school's Safe Harbor target is, and have devised a plan to achieve their goal, using the California State Content Standards Framework as a blueprint.
Miglis likened finding the solution for the school's problems to an open book test: the information is all there in the framework. Now teachers need to link the answers with the problems.
CRC teachers and Principal Edeltraud Marquette are excited about the progress they've already made.
Leal said of Miglis, "She didn't tell us what to do, she showed us what to do." The team and Miglis are excited to continue their goal of improving student learning outcomes to achieve Safe Harbor or better status.
"We're not teaching to the test," Miglis said. CRC kindergarten teacher Laura Blesse agreed. She explained, for example, that sixth-graders taking the English language arts test need to know how to infer. If 37 percent of the questions on their exam involve inference, and teachers are only teaching inference in 10 percent of their designated language arts time, there is an obvious disconnect.
By using the state standards as a blueprint, studying the practice and released test questions and focusing instruction on content standards that their students struggle with, teachers and students can achieve positive results.
"You are going to see some amazing plans for student achievement," Miglis said.
When asked by board member Bob Tuerck, "How did this happen?" Miglis replied that to reform education you have to start with relationships.
Acknowledging that she has only been on the job for about 60 days, and was not here to experience firsthand the past couple of years, Miglis said it seems like the district has jumped from A to R instead of going step by step.
"It's exciting, it's scary, it's uncomfortable. Some folks aren't going to like it," Miglis said. "One thing really needs to happen. We need to unify as a district around the kids."
Audience member Guy McNett summed up his sentiments by saying, "It is so refreshing to hear this. Thank you."
Miglis said there are many tools at teachers' disposal, including before- and after-school tutoring, professional development, teacher collaboration and more.
As another example of collective responsibility, Miglis said that CRC teachers told her the bus schedule would not allow for targeted students to attend after-school tutoring sessions.
PUSD transportation supervisor Ken Pierson got involved and figured out a way that bus routes could be adapted, at minimal expense, to meet the needs of the intervention strategies.
Creating this new paradigm that focuses on district-wide collective responsibility will be one of Miglis' main goals in coming months. She is committed to working with principals and leadership teams to address the district's challenges.
In other news, both the district and PCOE received unqualified audits, or clean opinions, with minimal findings that either have been or are being addressed.
Board meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month. The next meeting will be Feb. 7, 5 p.m. at the district office in Quincy.
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