#8 rules

8 regole di scrittura! I traslated in italian the 8 writing rules by @neilhimself on my blog!

Scrivi. Metti una parola dietro l’altra. Trova la parola giusta. Mettila giù. Finisci quello che stai scrivendo. Qualsiasi cosa tu debba fare per finirlo, finiscilo. Mettilo da parte. Rileggilo facendo finta di non averlo mai letto prima. Mostralo agli amici dei quali rispetti l’opinione e che amano quel genere di lettura. Ricorda: quando le persone ti dicono che qualcosa è sbagliato o secondo…

Ideally you’d fit all of these criteria, but we suppose we can make a few exceptions.

- Must be able to play punk, rock, ska, reggae. We’ll like you even more if you like and/or listen to any of those genres. Hint: we do a mix of those.  

- Must realize we will most likely all never meet in person. 

- Must own or have regular access to a drum kit. More pts. awarded to you if it’s real. We’ve yet to hear an electronic kit worth a crap (unless it’s way high end) = just our opinion.

- Must be able to keep time. We don't do click tracks but will shoot you the BPM roughly associated with each song to help.

- Must have a means to record yourself playing said drums. We don’t care how you do it as long as we can get decent sounding wav or mp3 files when it’s all said and done. Props to you if you use garageband - we do. 

- Must be able to get back with us in a timely fashion. We understand everyone’s got jobs, commitments, family, etc. BUT to have progress you’ve got to spend at least a little time a week or weekend working on practicing or recording. 

- Pts. awarded if you use “google hangouts” or “Skype”. We typically use one of those for the feeling of face to face discussion. However, if you’re not down with that... we suppose we could shoot email edits and notes (but it’ll lengthen the process).

Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.

Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.

Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.

Every sentence must do one of two things--reveal character or advance the action.

Start as close to the end as possible.

Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them--in order that the reader may see what they are made of.

Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.

 We all know our inner child came out when the app was created. Reliving the 90′s has brought us to go outside more (which I know most of you do NOT do). So I present you some rules to help with catching pokémon. (I take thank you’s in advance).

STAY ALERT AT ALL TIMES. 

Be nice. Tell people where pokémon are or where you’ve caught them. “We just caught a drowzee by the bridge.”

Stay hydrated... don’t be stupid and forget to drink and/or feed yourself. 

MAKE SURE TO FEED YOUR DOG or any other pet you have. Your pets are more important don’t let them starve because you are playing a game.

Stay behind the yellow line. In case you so happen to be in the subway don’t be dumb and walk on railway tracks.

Play with friends! Nothing is better than hanging out with friends. 

Be Respectful and Respect Privacy. Don’t go in someone yard without permission saying that there’s an bulbasaur there.