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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

In Defense of Fanfiction: Part 1

Comments (3) | Books, creative writing, fanfiction, fanfiction writing, fiction, fiction writing, Fifty Shades of Grey, novel writing, The Legend Of Korra Season 4, The Mortal Instruments, the writing process, writers, writing tips

Fanfiction.net currently holds millions of fics, "Harry Potter" leading with over 650,000 stories (nikkipet/Tumblr)

Carlyn Greenwald
Staff Reporter

Fanfiction: the nasty byproduct of crazy fans turning to amateur writing to vent their feelings, or a legitimate means for writers to improve their skills and make a difference in readers' lives?

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

10 In 10 Words: The Greatest, Shortest Quotes In Literature

Comments (0) | Arts+Culture, famous quotes, literature, quotes, short quotes, writers

Photo by Philip Austin (Flickr, Creative Commons). Modified image by Gigi Gastevich.

Ryan David McRee
Staff Reporter

These quotes can change your life - in ten words or less.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

A Group Of Writers Walk Into A Bar, Only It's Not A Bar, It's A Ballroom

Sara Newman
Deputy Editor

A press like Red Hen makes you wonder whether or not they’ll be serving chicken.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

A Writer's Search History: An Open Letter To The NSA

Comments (0) | Books, crime writing, fiction writing, Google search, nsa, search history, writers, writing process

Google gets approximately 100 billion searches per month. (Carlyn Greenwald/Neon Tommy)

Carlyn Greenwald
Staff Reporter

Ever wondered what bad serial killers and writers have in common? They both Google 'how to get away with murder.'

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

On The Road With Amtrak's Residency Program

Comments (0) | amtrak, Amtrak Residency, Arts+Culture, Karen Karbo, Ksenia Anske, train, writers, writing

Amtrak train (Creative Commons)

Morgan Greenwald
Staff Reporter

Free travel and room to write? It may sound too good to be true, but not for these lucky writers.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Why We Need More Women Behind The Camera

Kamilla, 17, from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, producing a OneMinuteJr video. (Chris Schuepp/Flickr)

Belinda Cai
Staff Reporter

Of the 107 total directors credited for the top 100 movies of 2013, only two were women.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Social Media Redefines The Hollywood Marketing Machine

Alex Gold
Staff Reporter

Thanks to social media, it's no longer business-as-usual in the entertainment industry.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Mo Yan's Nobel Prize Win Draws Attention To Chinese Censorship

Comments (2) | asian literature, censorship, China, government, human rights, International, literature, Nobel Prize 2012, Publishing, writers

Activists in London campaigning for Liu Xiaobo's release (Creative Commons)

Michelle Toh
Assistant News Editor

Mo Yan's Nobel Prize for literature may signal a shift in China's censored publishing industry

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Author Interview: Seth Fischer In Writer Heaven

Comments (1) | authors, Books, books, columnists, guernica, l.a., pank, rumpus, seth fischer, swink, the splinter generation, writers, writing

Michael Juliani
Columnist

A writer, editor, and online magazine founder explains the difference between two major cities, as well as his past.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Writing Poems During August

Comments (0) | academia, august, college, college poets, Columnists, From Young Rooms, notebooks, poetry, punk rock, school, writers, writing

Michael Juliani
Columnist

FROM YOUNG ROOMS: In the happy hole of total artistic bliss, the stumbling and falling-on-the-face of normative culture...

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