Tag: humor

• Me reading the fifth Harry Potter.

  Image Credit: Ginger Haze

  Julie Israel

  22 January, 2013

  Books, Humor, Reading, Writing

  fiction, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, humor, writers, Writing

• 30 Stories, Day 17: The Standard of Living

  After a political short and then two stories that were depressing as hell (“The Nightingale and the Rose” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find”)—beautiful, don’t get me wrong, but wretched—I decided Day 17 of my short-story reading would be one of the shrewd and humorous New York wit, Dorothy Parker, who is renowned […]

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  Julie Israel

  17 January, 2013

  Humor, Reading, short story, Writing

  dialogue, Dorothy Parker, fiction, humor, The Standard of Living, writers, Writing

• Writing Challenge, Day 30: Reflections

  30 Day Know Thyself Writing Challenge Day 30: What will you take away from this challenge? This challenge has been a fantastic exercise in discipline. It’s helped me treat writing like a job: something I must show up for each day and see through, regardless of how energetic (lethargic), creative (stodgy), and enthusiastic (dead to […]

  Julie Israel

  1 July, 2012

  Creative Projects, Humor, Writing

  30 day writing challenge, community, discipline, fun, humor, inspiration, Julie Israel, lists, reflections, Writing

• Writing Challenge, Day 29: Good Idea, Bad Idea

  30 Day Know Thyself Writing Challenge Day 29: What do you do while you write? Do you listen to music, watch TV, eat snacks, etc.? This is a dangerous question. Paraphrased it might read “With what sparkly trivialities do you busy yourself whilst pretending to write?” I like to think I can multi-task, but hey, […]

  Julie Israel

  29 June, 2012

  Creative Projects, Humor, Writing

  30 day writing challenge, Animaniacs, Bad Idea, Good Idea, humor, on writing, Writing

• Writing Challenge, Day 28: Stealing Inspiration

  30 Day Know Thyself Writing Challenge Day 28: When you write, to what degree do real-life experiences serve as inspiration? So, my favorite writing teacher ever taught our English class an important lesson on the first very day. She said, to a room of eager, innocent young faces: “Boys and girls, if you want to […]

  Julie Israel

  28 June, 2012

  Creative Projects, Humor, Writing

  10 Things I Hate About You, 30 day writing challenge, Green Eggs & Hamlet, humor, inspiration, Oscar Wilde, parody, stealing, stealing in writing, Vampires Suck, Writing

• 12 Reasons To Read Julie Israel. You’re Welcome.

    30 Day Know Thyself Writing Challenge Day 22: Why should someone read your work? To experience something I painstakingly unearthed from the sands of my mind like a buried civilization one fragment at a time and then translated into a cohesive sum for your verbal pleasure, entertainment, and intimate window into human experience? *Takes […]

  Julie Israel

  22 June, 2012

  Creative Projects, Humor, Writing

  30 day challenge, humor, Julie Israel, list, reasons to read, writers, Writing, writing challenge

• Revision, Or: Hell & Hot Pockets

  Warning: I use an uncharacteristic amount of expletives in this post. I guess I feel quite strongly about revision. 30 Day Know Thyself Writing Challenge, Day 19: Describe your revision process. Haaaahahaha…“process”. That implies organization. My revisioning is rather haphazard, actually. It’s kind of like trying to put out a fire with gasoline, and then […]

  Julie Israel

  19 June, 2012

  Creative Projects, Humor, Writing

  30 day writing challenge, editing, Hemingway on revision, Hot Pockets, humor, Jim Gaffigan, Murphy’s Law, revision, revision process, Writing