"A lot of life is dealing with your curse, dealing with the cards you were given that aren't so nice. Does it make you into a monster, or can you temper it in some way, or accept it and go in some other direction?" Wes Craven
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A few words of wisdom from the masterminds behind the Apple corporation. "Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to … Continue reading QOTD
Share The Space
One of our memberships was created with people like me in mind - the struggling writer, recent grad, nervous to check balance in bank account type. But this membership isn’t taken advantage of nearly as much as some of the others. Possibly, I thought, people just don't know that it's an option. We offer the … Continue reading Share The Space
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"Hurt is the human condition. Fortunately, hurt is not the only human condition. Humans also feel hope and love and fear and confusion and power and glory. They experience frustration and defeat and triumph. They long for the wrong person, they make bargains with the devil, they take things that don’t belong to them, they … Continue reading QOTD
My Halcyon Days As theOffice 2013 Fellowship Winner
One day in April of this year, I woke up to my ordinary routine as a music writer and editor in Los Angeles. I was working on a critique of a new album, planning my social media efforts for a weekend covering an upcoming music festival, and “writing at” (as opposed to “writing”) a short … Continue reading My Halcyon Days As theOffice 2013 Fellowship Winner
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"I don't really plan it out for the characters to have these really raw human experiences, but I think inevitably it ends up that way. In the story I want to tell, the characters end up being probably embarrassed frequently or they're in awkward situations just like in real life. I always have a desire to show people … Continue reading QOTD
Media Fast
In my last year at Emerson College I had a Media Ethics class with a professor named Tom Cooper. The kind of professor that makes those crazy tuition costs worth it. Among many other valuable things, he taught his students to be conscious of the amount of time we spend consuming media. He even encouraged … Continue reading Media Fast
Allow Me To Introduce Myself…
Hi there. My name is Emily. I was lucky enough to get a job at theOffice a few weeks ago. Now that I’m settling into the job (learning everyone’s names, finding the appropriate volume to whisper in), it’s time I introduce myself on the world wide web. I graduated from Emerson College in Boston this … Continue reading Allow Me To Introduce Myself…
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My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor. Phyllis Diller
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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. ~ Anaïs Nin
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