Tag: Writing
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A Five-Paragraph Essay to Help Students Write Five-Paragraph Essays: The Basic Structure
Being familiar with the basic structure of a five-paragraph essay, as well as understanding the goal of each part, can benefit students in any field of study.
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From Epic to Labours to Saga: Myth-Making
From Epic to Labours to Saga: Myth-Making One of the most fascinating aspects of myths in general is how there are so frequently variations of the “same” stories. I mean this in a few senses, but, primarily, consider, say, the stories of Heracles and Hercules, and, secondarily, consider Joseph Campbell‘s concept of the monomyth. I’ll…
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A Note from the Author on Method
A Note from the Author on Method I’d like to tease a few points about this work-in-progress. These are “The Revelations of the MERCANARY™” … FIRST REVELATION I am not mad. While this is a project that plays with themes of identity, psyche, dreams, the supernatural, and more, I assure you that I am deliberately…
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THE EPIC OF THE MERCANARY™
https://problematicpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screenshot_20200521_130504.jpg THE EPIC OF THE MERCANARY™ In the digital age, and within Instagram as a medium, I assert “The Epic of the MERCANARY™” is an epic memeoem. Specifically, it is an appreciation memeoem sequence that spans 100 slides. Duration of the experience varies by viewer, but it is at least 25 minutes from start to…
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Preliminary Context and Clarity
https://problematicpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_20200514_123611.jpg Preliminary Context and Clarity Before diving head first into the deep seas of writing (and promoting) this gonzo picaresque novel, I want to provide a little more context about who I am in a clear and distinct voice. My voice. Not the narrator’s. I’m a child of rural Newfoundland in the ’80s and ’90s,…
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Ready for This
Ready. Today, I am certain. https://problematicpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_20200518_133646_956.jpg 📸 @nicky_nine_doors 📚 @problematicpress 📱👀🍄🐇🕳️📲👌💯💖😎 @the.mercanary 📓📝⌚🌶️🍌👌💯💗💖😎 @davaflavaprime View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dave Reynolds (@davaflavaprime)
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A Calm Before the Writing Storm
Photo Title: “Distant. Yesterday, I believe.” https://problematicpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_20200517_105557_447.jpg I present this pic in which I look half sensible since my social media content over the next few months may appear rather mad. Most of that content will appear on my Instagram, and some of it will trickle over to Facebook or ProblematicPress.com. Tune in or tune…
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Reading, Writing, & Publishing Workshops at Sci-Fi on the Rock 9
By David Reynolds Readers and writers on the Avalon Peninsula (that’s in Newfoundland, a magical place), take note: Sci-Fi on the Rock 9 will be hosting an assortment of reading, writing, and publishing workshops that you just might have to see for yourself! Sci-Fi on the Rock’s ninth instalment takes place from April 24th to…