by Jamie Chavez | Jun 22, 2015 | The Arts & Media, The Writing Craft
I read recently that John Harrington, in his book Film And/Is Art, estimated that a third of all movies ever made have been adapted from novels; another writer claims that 51 percent of the top 2,000 films of the last 20 years were adaptations (from novels, short...
by Jamie Chavez | May 17, 2014 | The Writing Craft
Although they’re very different from novels, there’s still a lot a novelist can learn from movies and long-form television shows, as author Joanna Penn points out in this week’s featured article. And since I know a lot of y’all are fans of the television series...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 25, 2014 | Words & Language
Quickly: can you name the literature from which these dozen phrases originate? Bah! Humbug! Old sport. Big Brother is watching you. The old ultra-violence. So it goes. Constant vigilance! All that glitters is not gold. Can’t live with them, or without them. Catch-22....
by Jamie Chavez | Nov 23, 2013 | Miscellany, The Arts & Media
A friend of mine brought this fascinating little interactive map to my attention, and I think it’s so interesting I wanted to bring it to yours. Honestly, I’m not smart enough to extrapolate a smart post from this data … but I do think it’s an interesting statement...
by Jamie Chavez | Jun 17, 2013 | Books You Might Like
That may be an obscure reference for some of you, but I’m referring to a popular television show (Dallas) that ran fourteen seasons—from 1978 to 1991. It was a phenomenon at the time. You know: Ewing Oil, Southfork Ranch, J.R. Ewing (and who shot him) … and his...