by Bill Wren on August 10, 2011
икониMy last video was kind of awful mainly because it was a mash-up stitched together from a webcam, a Canon ZR850 and a Canon PowerShot. The first third probably could have been scrapped. Still, the tip about avoiding “the furtive glance” was valid, I think. I have another video tip, this time about backgrounds, and [...]
by Bill Wren on March 16, 2011
Tossing dignity aside, I took a moment out to make a short video on things to avoid when making a video blog, aka vlog. I hope it provides a few tips you can use when making your own video blog post.
by Bill Wren on March 9, 2011
When you find a door locked it’s not unusual to waste a lot of time trying to open it. But it’s locked and no matter what you do it won’t open. That is when you pause, take a look around and notice the window – and it’s open. That’s your way in. It can take [...]
by Bill Wren on February 21, 2011
It’s been unusually quiet at Writelife. You can blame the editor for that. I have three posts unpublished because the editor has nixed them. Yes, the editor is me. The editor is a self-editor. What was wrong with the posts? They were cranky. Whiny. The tone was all bitchiness. The editor doesn’t like that. Not [...]
by Bill Wren on November 16, 2010
Being brief takes time. That is the awful truth. You would think brevity would take less time. It is, after all, brief. The reality, however, is that it takes more time; at least it does if you intend to write something worthwhile. Writing something long, like a blog post, is easy. At least it is [...]
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