Tag: parody

• “Save It”

  “Save It” is Michael Jackson’s lesser known song about writers and the importance of backing up electronic manuscripts (to be sung to the tune of “Beat It“). Save It [1st Verse] They told us listen up, you reckless writers look here Don’t wanna see your typeface, word doc disappear The muse’s in your eyes and […]

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  Julie Israel

  11 December, 2013

  Creative Projects, Humor, Miscellaneous, Music, Writing

  author humor, Beat It, Michael Jackson, parody, Save It, songs for writers, writer humor, writers

• 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

• Welcome to the Read Room. Have a seat.

  

  Note 4/23/2014: This was my first post ever. My blog is no longer called The Read Room, but this still makes a good introduction to what I’m about here. Enjoy! Hi. My name is Julie Israel, and I’m an aspiring writer. At first I only wrote to mark special occasions– diaries were considered normal for a […]

  Julie Israel

  17 January, 2012

  Welcome, Writing

  addiction, conceit, Julie Israel, parody, read, Reading, running metaphor, words, write, Writing