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By: Ivan

Ivan — Sun, 08 May 2011 04:46:08 +0000

Keith was probably confused by the fact that the program OpenOffice is open-source and freely licensed. I can’t imagine, however, that this would affect the copyright status of what is typed into it.

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By: Christopher Jackson

Christopher Jackson — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:33:15 +0000

Yeah, I haven’t heard of any copyright issues – care to elaborate Keith?

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:04:05 +0000

Someone said there were “copywrite” issues with openoffice. Are there any links backing up that claim? I did some searching and found no info saying to avoid using openoffice.

By: keith broun

keith broun — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:24:26 +0000

The Darkroom idea is neat. For writers working out any kind of
Manuscript though, I wouldn’t use openoffice. You may want to
Review the terms more closely as there are some definite
Copywrite issues there.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:05:02 +0000

Great ideas, Christopher! Love the lego idea! How long has it been since I’ve played with legos?

I, too, have found the necessity of taking notes from life. Back in college I started jotting notes on folded up schedules from the movie house at which I worked. I wrote my entire student film from those scratch notes. To this day I still keep a folded up sheet of paper, folded in the same manner as those old schedules, with me to take notes. You never know when inspiration will strike!

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By: Deanna Schrayer

Deanna Schrayer — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:25:59 +0000

Christopher, right now you can’t see the storyboard because I’m actually using it, (hence my absence), and have it completely covered with scene cards, even the frame.
But, when I did my office makeover last year I blogged about it, and took pictures, which includes some of the materials I found to make the storyboard, as well as a ribbon board I made from recycled materials. Here’s that post: http://writingwonder.wordpress.com/?s=office+makeover
Don’t freak out when you see the red walls – those are the before pics. :)

By: Christopher Jackson

Christopher Jackson — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:15:02 +0000

Glad you enjoyed the article Deanna! Haven’t seen you around on FYW for a while, thanks very much for commenting.

That storyboard sounds amazing! Care to share a picture of it with us? :)

By: Christopher Jackson

Christopher Jackson — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:11:33 +0000

Carrying a notebook wherever you go is certainly a great habit to get into! Being able to capture your ideas as soon as they come to you is so useful. You don’t realise how many ideas you have until you write them all down and come to read back over them at the end of the day!

Thanks for commenting!

By: Deanna Schrayer

Deanna Schrayer — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:07:41 +0000

Fantastic post, as usual Christopher.
It is interesting how we don’t tend to take our creativity seriously enough when in fact it’s our creativity that spurs not only the need to write, but the necessary talent.
I carry some sort of notepad and pen with me at all times. Indeed, that’s such a habit that I actually experienced withdrawals once when I had an idea and found myself without my tools. I was literally shaking until I found pen and paper. Yes, very scary.
I use Word to write my articles, stories, everything, but I feel much more free to write what I want when I just write long-hand; therefore, I usually write on paper and then transcribe to Word, doing my best not to notice the little red squiggles as I type. :)

As for playing, I’m a big time junker (a.k.a., yard sale enthusiast). I collect all manner of what appears to be junk, and store it in my office or the hubby’s garage, (which I get a lot of fussing for), and when I feel the need to play I just check out what I have in storage, and take out what appeals to me at the moment, then let my imagination run wild and create whatever comes to mind out of that junk. I’ve made a storyboard from an old window frame and long forgotten corkboard, covering it in a wild-looking fabric that sat in my craft trunk for years. I could go on and on, but I’ll hush now. :)

Thanks so much for this wonderfully inspiring post!

By: Donnie Bell Design

Donnie Bell Design — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:02:03 +0000

I swear by carrying a note pad around with me. It helps to have 20 ideas at the end of the week that I can choose from or review. I’m a big list maker/note taker and I think it really does help when you run out of ideas or inspiration to have the cache of ideas and little stories.

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