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Screenwriting: The Importance of Outlining your Stories
The most important thing a writer can do when beginning a new story is to create an outline. I’ll admit that in the beginning of my writing career I hated outlines. I felt they limited my creative edge. However, as I continue on my path of storytelling, I find that they do the exact opposite. Outlines help us open creativity while remembering the importance of structure. Think of the outline as a foundation for your house. A great outline sets up the groundwork for a well-structured story. Of course, you still have to create the outline first. Creating an Outline What is the story about? This is one of the most difficult questions...
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The Building Blocks of a Great Website: A Starter Kit
Every web developer has their own style, be it the way they code their CSS to how they write their javascript, but there are some standards. These standards allow us to quickly and easily generate code considered generally beneficial to the client when setting the foundation for a website. These standardized tools have been developed over time since search engines began to categorize the World Wide Web as early as the 1990's. It is unfortunate for clients that they are often overlooked by web developers who either don't understand or don't realize they exist. Each of the following topics have been covered in detail across the internet...
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Best of: Illustrator and Photoshop Tutorials
We gathered twenty-five of the most interesting tutorials we have come across this month related to Photoshop and/or Illustrator. We've gone through each tutorial to make sure they produce the best results. 1. 3D Typography in Photoshop "In this tutorial we are going to go over various techniques you may have seen before, as well as a bulk of techniques that may be new to you. After you have completed this intense walk though, I assure you will be able to explore even more new ways of creating typefaces as well as other types of ideas. Inspired by the work of . . ." Visit This Tutorial 2. Creating a Crazy Cool Logo "I’m...
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WordPress: List Categories next to their Descriptions
Listing category names beside their descriptions is not something WordPress offers an easy solution to within the codex, though it sounds easy enough. WordPress' wp_list_categories will add the description to the category name link as a title tag replacing the default "View all posts filed under CategoryName". Unfortunately we ran into this issue while building a client web site and after several hours of research into the matter and altering the core to suit our needs, we at last discovered the beauty of get_categories. The goal of this tutorial is to demonstrate the use of get_categories to echo both the category name and it's description...
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Twitter: The Beauty of Avatars
Twitter is a massively popular online social networking service with, according to online news sources, approximately 4.43 million users as of January 2009. We have to admit that we have become intrigued and quite possibly a little addicted to the service. If you haven't followed us already, we would be pleased to have you join us. At the bottom of the every page on this site you will see a Social area with several social media outlets, select the Twitter link to see what we have to offer. That said, what we are interested in touching on are the avatars of Twitter and their vast diversity. [ An avatar is a small image that represents...
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