Liao-fan Yuan (1535mdash;1608); Gelehrter wauml;hrend der Ming Dynastie und bekennender Buddhist; widmete sich in seiner Position als Regierungsbeamter zeitlebens dem Wohlergehen seiner Mitmenschen. Sein Alterswerk; Die Vier Lektionen des Lebens; verbindet Elemente des Buddhismus und des Konfuzianismus zu einer Lehrschrift uuml;ber Schicksal; Guuml;te und Bescheidenheit. Noch heute ist sie fuuml;r viele Menschen in China und Taiwan als Anleitung zur Selbstbestimmung von groszlig;er Bedeutung. Erlauml;uternde Kommentare sowie ein Vorwort zur Entwicklung des Buddhismus in China und seiner heutigen Wirkung im Land der Mitte gestatten auch dem Leser ohne Vorbildung; Liao Fans Lektionen nachzuvollziehen und anzuwenden.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This book will make you want to become a novelist. ( ;By Jenny Orelle(And if you donrsquo;t already have sympathy for screenwriters try reading Neil Gaimanrsquo;s ldquo;The Gold Fish Pondrdquo; or David Morrellrsquo;s ldquo;The Successful Novelist.rdquo;)The book points out that therersquo;s a greater chance of winning the lottery than selling a screenplay. butmdash;if you have drive and talentmdash;following the honest and generous advice in this book can only stack the odds in your favor.I am not a screenwriter (even though I won five dollars on a scratch and win ticket once)mdash;but want to learn all I can from all kinds of writers and all kinds of books.Itrsquo;s well organized by topic and can be re-read in doses as needed. It claims to not be a writing craft bookmdash;but itrsquo;s that and more. Anyone with a story to tell should find value in this book. Or at least be inspired.One of my favorite quotes is from the chapter on rewriting:ldquo;An art teacher once taught me to hold a painting up to a mirror to see its hidden flaws. But there is no equivalent to that in writing. If you hold up your script to a mirror. itrsquo;s just backwards! The only way to get that perspective is time away from the material. So the trick in rewriting is to get away from it for as long as you can.rdquo; mdash; Steven DeSouza0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. For creative types of any discipline. and not just screenwritersBy Daniel EstesIf youre into movies. screenplays. and the oft-unglamorous process of writing good stories. then The 101 Habits Of Highly Successful Screenwriters by Karl Iglesias is a lot of fun. The book is formatted like a mixed QA with a number of noted Hollywood screenwriters offering their tips and tricks on the actual creative part of the trade. There are generic questions like "How many hours or pages do you write per day?" or "How do you combat writers block?" and there are also many specific questions as well.Being a writer can often seem mundane to an outsider. but personally I think its the normal routines that feed the creative soul. In the words of Stephen King. "We put our pants on. one leg at a time. like everyone else."1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Writing can be difficult; this can help outBy Scott FSI dont care who you are and how easily writing is for you; sometimes. its difficult to get started and stay motivated when you are writing a script. Ive done it. entered into screenwriting competitions. and kept up with it. I dont find it especially difficult to come up with an idea; no one does. But I do find it hard to develop those ideas into a salable script.This isnt a nuts-n-bolts thesis on how to format and print out your masterpiece. Its more of a coaching vehicle. Author Karl Iglesias taps the brains of 14 successful screenwriters and asks them to react to a number of scenarios: what to do when you have writers block. how to research your project. having something to say and to say it well. and coming up with believable dialog. (On the last. the author suggests reading your dialog aloud. clunky and awkward dialog will make itself quite evident. Also. dialog that works best is often the type that pushes peoples buttons.)The tips from the author and the others is helpful and usually right-on-the-money. Its an easy and fun read. even if you have no desire to write screenplays. Recommended.
