Well, after a longer haitus than usual, we're back! This is a long, long story by an author many of us have enjoyed for years. Have you read this classic story? It's a go to favorite of mine when I'm looking for that apocalyptic style OMG WHAAAAT story, even though I know exactly what's going to happen, I still love it. Give it a try, especially if you love a LONG read!
Length: 175,313
Description: Facing a life-changing medical procedure, 14 year old Shay approaches it with the
Hello and welcome to my first blog entry! Thanks Myr for fixing it..Chris's little brother has come to stay with us for a week or so.This is big news since his mum ( )hates me. I mean she REALLY hates me. Last night we stayed up untill like 1 am. I was on the puter chatting and they were playing the playstation. He's only 14 and is cool with our relationship. I wish he could pass some of that coolness onto his parents! Ive got him coming to work with me just now since Chris will be working ni
So I'll start by introducing myself. My name Is Green. Some of you might know me from my stories and some of you might know me from the post I've made here. I joined Gay Author's Back in December. I followed Dom Luka here when he was admitted as a hosted author. I was one of the original domaholics from the old yahoo forum. As I mentioned before I am a writer you can find most of my stories at nifty or at my site. My new story you can find it in the forums Library section it's called At The Edge
In a little over a month I'm going to start at a new school. I'm finally leaving the comfort of a small school to a more competitive and fast paced environment. I'm a little afraid. In the past I found that I do my best work under pressure. I seem to be inspired by competition. Sometimes you see that person that totally inspires you to do something better than what they have done. Then there is that one person that makes you feel inferior and you just want to sit at their feet and learn everythi
So I just finished watching the television show 30 days. It's produced by Morgan Spurlock the man behind the documentary Supersize Me. The episode I watched had a homophobic soldier from Michigan move in with a gay man in San Francisco. The Soldier ultimately learned alot, but what had me interested is the fact that when the man came back home he seemed to fall back into his homophobic ways.I come from a very homophobic culture. I was led to believe that anything homosexual was wrong. I grew up
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SPREZZATURA Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Sprezzatura translates to "studied nonchalance" or "effortless grace"—the art of making something difficult look completely easy and natural.
Key Aspects
Origin: Coined by Baldassare Castiglione in his 1528 book The Book of the Courtier to describe hiding hard work behind a mask of ease.
In Fashion: Means dressing with careless elegance, such as wearing an expensive suit with
That looked wrong to me but I couldn't quite place why at first. It turns out that it is incorrect. Astronomical Fall begins on the 22nd of September and Meteorological Fall begins on the 1st of September (this applies just like @Graeme says on the first day of the month that the Astronomical season date lands in wherever you live on the map).
Sprezzatura is the art of making the difficult look effortless, and in storytelling, it is the secret to creating immersive, authentic narratives. Originally a Renaissance concept coined by Baldassare Castiglione to describe perfect courtly manners, it translates to storytelling as concealing the author's hand so the reader forgets they are experiencing a constructed piece of fiction.
When a writer masters sprezzatura, the plot, dialogue, and world-building feel natural, inevitable, and c
Sprezzatura comes from the Italian verb sprezzare (meaning "to despise" or "to disdain") combined with the noun forming suffix -tura. Because it derives from sprezzare (to scorn or brush aside), the root implies a deliberate dismissal or minor disdain of effort itself—acting as though you do not care or try hard, even when you do.
The earliest recorded use of the noun sprezzatura in English according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is from 1878 in the Cornhill Magazine. The Itali