Accidental Magic The Wizard's Techniques for Writing Words Worth 1,000 Pictures

by Williams, Rpy H.

• ISBN13: 9781885167545
• ISBN10: 1885167547
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-24
• Publisher: Bard Press

Summary

160 unposed moments of life miraculously caught forever on film are juxtaposed against the words of world-class master persuaders.

Table of Contents

How This Book Began	12	(1)
PART I CONCEPTS	13	(24)
Roy H. Williams
Where Will You Show Your Mental Movie?	14	(2)
Surprising Broca	16	(1)
Frosting	17	(2)
Seussing	19	(2)
Being Monet	21	(2)
Power Monet	23	(1)
Frameline Magnetism	24	(1)
Being Perfectly (Robert) Frank	25	(2)
PART II APPLICATIONS
Chris Maddock	27	(1)
Writing to the Intuitive	28	(1)
Keep'em Curious	29	(1)
What Broca Wants	30	(1)
An Irresistible Mystery	31	(1)
Showing and Telling	32	(1)
The Rhythm of Your Writing	33	(1)
How to Color Your Writing	34	(1)
Write What You Know	35	(2)
PART III INTERPRETATIONS 106 Contributors	37	(195)
Into Her Own Hands	38	(1)
Rob Seligmann
Say Your Prayers	39	(1)
Roger Currier
Five Past Three (Tres Y Cinco)	40	(2)
Juan Manuel Garcia
First Date	42	(2)
Jim Rubart
Goodbye	44
Kira
Emily Lafond
Double Rolando	46	(1)
John A. Wright
Lost	47	(1)
Ian Leighton
T.C. and Mercedes	48	(2)
Jacqui Misener
Hello Again	50	(2)
Monica Ballard
Grandma's Kitchen	52	(2)
Scott Broderick
Horman's Home	54	(2)
Shelby Reddick Branzanti
Left	56	(2)
Steve Rae
Lubed	58	(1)
Rich Mann
Savannah	59	(1)
Mandy Barclay
The Chickens	60	(2)
David Nevland
Camila	62	(2)
Juan Guillermo Tornoe
You Decide	64	(2)
Andy Winnie
Take Me Out...	66	(2)
Tom Mogush
Toy Boats and Salty Tears	68	(2)
Emerson ``Skip'' Robbins
Time Catcher	70	(2)
Karen Coletta
Home Is Where the Heart Is	72	(2)
Steve Coffin
Dear Diary	74	(2)
Andrea Wells Miller
Bessie	76	(2)
Renee Richardson
For a Moment	78	(2)
Phil Stewart
Holiday	80	(2)
J Murphy
America	82	(2)
Nabeel Hamden
Last Call for Alcohol	84	(2)
Fin Paterson
Give Me Confidence or Give Me Death	86	(2)
Tracy Sutton
Yeah...	88	(2)
Mike Moon
It's Been a Long, Long Time	90	(2)
Archie Pearson
Shoulder to Shoulder	92	(2)
Julie Hein
For Better or Worse	94	(2)
Angela Arthur
Snapshot	96	(2)
Bryan Eisenberg
The Theatre of the Heart	98	(2)
Brad Boechler
It Never Did Happen	100	(2)
Ryan Knebel
With You	102	(2)
Walter Koschnitzke
Man Going through Revolving Door	104	(2)
Jonathon Pole
Remember	106	(1)
Anthony Garcia
The Sunshine State	107	(1)
Shane Weaver
Honest!	108	(2)
Doug Newman
Reflections	110	(2)
Wally Sollows
Vacation	112	(2)
Art Kiolbassa
The One in the Middle	114	(2)
Chris T. Day
Never Understand	116	(1)
Jane Chapman-Klein
See	117	(1)
Bev Farr
Loyalty and a 7-Year-Old	118	(2)
Chuck Lickert
May 1st	120	(2)
Tina Hayes
Signpost	122	(2)
Harmony Tenney
Hunger	124	(2)
Laura Gellatly
Spring Forward, Fall Back	126	(2)
Allen Hendrix
Harry	128	(2)
Mark Tollefson
Bitter	130	(1)
Jim Chaplain
Dead	131	(1)
Mark Maurer
Baptism Day	132	(2)
Stephanie Merman Sloss
Dear Mom	134	(2)
Mark Huffman
My Grandpas	136	(2)
Brad Jordan
City by the Bay	138	(2)
Jenny Robinson
Remember Sister?	140	(2)
Leslie Baker
Ian's Last Image	142	(2)
Vess Barnes III
Friends of a Feather	144	(2)
Kelly Bridges-Studer
The Popular Tree	146	(2)
Michael R. Drew
Like the Tree	148	(1)
Rich Carr
MaDell	149	(1)
Bud Royer
Remembering Robbie	150	(2)
David Young
Home Cooked	152	(2)
D'Ann Crafton-Smith
Learning to Drive	154	(2)
Susan Koehler
Fribble Away the Day	156	(2)
Corrine Taylor
Crossroads of the Pacific	158	(2)
Rick Fink
Good Old Days	160	(2)
Graham Fader
Getaway	162	(2)
Loran Nicol
He's Gone	164	(2)
Armand Aronson
Here Kitty, Kitty	166	(2)
David Harrison
No Idea	168	(2)
Jeff Lukesh
The Journey Home	170	(2)
Gena Pounds
Impressions	172	(2)
Wendy McNally
Legend Says...	174	(1)
Andrea Olson
Sleeting	175	(1)
Dawn Knebel
Window Seat	176	(2)
Valerie Hammond
I Miss Her	178	(2)
Karen Royer
He Was...	180	(2)
Judy Johnson
Home	182	(2)
David F. Salter
Compulsory Inhibition	184	(2)
Michelle L. Salz
Ostrication	186	(2)
Jim Ballard
Busted	188	(1)
Beth C. Plessner
Sister Bay	189	(1)
Steve McKenzie
Mil Violines	190	(2)
Guillermo S. Garcia
The First Diesel Freighter	192	(2)
Peter Starkel
11 Days	194	(2)
Bob Toogood
Blue	196	(2)
Gary Schertzer
Caught	198	(2)
Jeff Fylling
Dreams	200	(2)
Craig Arthur
Were Their Legs Too Long or Their Skirts Too Short?	202	(2)
Barb Pates
One Man's Dream	204	(2)
Jeff Hauge
The King and I	206	(2)
Sergio Garcia
Christmas on My Driveway	208	(2)
Roger L. Burke
For Sale	210	(2)
Bob Lonowski
101 Ways Pemmican Can Rid the World of Boy Bands	212	(2)
Rex Williams
Ghost of Mckinnley	214	(2)
Ross Huguet
The Waiting	216	(2)
John White
Beau's Near Ripe 'n' Ready Conical Conundrum	218	(2)
Bob Brandson
Dating	220	(2)
Patricia E. Garcia
The Lesson	222	(2)
Bill Montgomery
Survivor	224	(2)
Mike Webb
When Dad First Learned to Speak	226	(2)
Ed Duarte
The Sure Thing	228	(2)
Bart Todd
Just What I Needed	230	(2)
Tom Walters
Contributors	232	(4)
About Guatemala	236	(3)
About the Academy	239