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By JamesSavik · Posted
I shocked my pals when I used a windlass fashioned out of stuff in the back of his truck attached to an oak tree to pull his truck out of a muddy bog. Archimedes was wrong about using a lever and a fulcrum to move the world. You need a windlass too. Redneck engineering is fun and has gotten me out of so much trouble. I won't say what we were doing in that bog. 😇 -
Windlass comes from the Old Norse word 'vinda' (to wind) + 'ass' (a pole or beam). The latter part is similar to the Gothic word 'ans' (a pole or pillar). The word windlass was brought into Middle English as an alteration of the Anglo-Norman French word windas around 1400. -
Windlass type devices are used in modern ships to raise the anchors, whereas capstans were used in sailing ships. The main difference is windlasses are horizontal and capstans are vertical. -
By JamesSavik · Posted
The short story as a form is challenging. It condenses everything about writing into a short piece that can be read in a sitting. It's a good place for a beginner to start because it forces you to be concise. Every word matters. You can easily get lost if you try writing a novel first. The short story is a nice, tame hundred acre wood to play in. -
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By CarlHoliday · Posted
Razzle-dazzle, what an interesting combination of words. Dazzle is an intransitive verb: 1) to lose vision when looking at a bright light; 2a) to shine brilliantly; 2b) to arouse admiration by an impressive display. Transitive verb: 1) to overpower with light; 2) to impress deeply, overpower, or confound with brilliance. It’s also a noun as dazzle or dazzler. Dazzle came into usage in the 15th century as the intransitive verb 1. It also has a bunch of primary synonyms an -
By JamesSavik · Posted
Authors should be cautious about using razzle-dazzle in their prose. If it works, you get the fireworks you were hoping for. If not, you get a messy fizzle. Write, rewrite, drink heavily, cuss, rewrite and hope for the best. -
This is a great article and I'm sure it resonates with many authors on GA, it certainly does for me. I wrote a one-chapter short story intending it to be a one-off, readers loved it and it ended up being the first in a series of stories, some are short one-chapter stories and others are novels of varying length. It's a great way to experiment and find out if there is a readership out there for what you are writing. If you look at Carlos Hazday's CJ series it is a mix of short one-chapter and lon -
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Razzle-dazzle in movies now is mostly CGI.
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In movies, the razzle dazzle can be provided through the use of various camera angles or adding pyrotechnics.
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