Tag: podcasts
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PATV
My friend Luke introduced me to Penny Arcade many years ago and it didn’t click. I didn’t have an X-Box and my Playstation 1 was gathering dust. I didn’t get any of their jokes. But one day in 2005 we’re hanging out in his room and his screensaver is a composite of his favorite PA…
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Stranger in a Strange Land
It’s a fair bet most of your writer friends aren’t your real-world friends. They’re online. The internet has been a terrific tool for us to gather and discuss and be. You may have been trapped previously with those that said they wanted to write, but whose offerings amounted to nothing more than literary masturbation, taking…
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Clipping
Next time you’re listening to an audio medium (such as the radio or a podcast), listen to how the person speaks rather than just what they’re saying. Much like “he said” as a dialogue signifier, there are certain sounds that go along with actual words that our brain just ignores. The inhalation at the beginning…