मैंने देखा कि मैं शब्दों को तुकबंदी में पिरो सकता हूँ। यह मेरे लिए बहुत सहज था। पर मैंने कुछ इतने घटिया गाने लिखे थे जिनके कैसेट आज भी मेरे पास हैं।

I saw I could rhyme words. It came simply to me. But I wrote some pretty horrible songs that I still have on tape.

I saw I could rhyme words. It came simply to me. But I wrote some pretty horrible songs that I still have on tape.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 95%

मैं मुख्य रूप से एक निर्देशक के तौर पर लिखती हूँ। यही वजह है कि मेरी पटकथाएँ बहुत विस्तार से लिखी होती हैं। इसलिए मैं उन दृश्यों में उतर जाती हूँ जिन्हें मैं अपनी आँखों से देखती हूँ। मुझे यह बहुत पसंद है।

I write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I like that.

I write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I like that.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

जॉस विडॉन की एक बहुत अच्छी बात है: "इसे गहरा बनाओ, इसे गंभीर बनाओ, इसे कठिन बनाओ, लेकिन फिर, भगवान के लिए, एक चुटकुला जरूर सुनाओ।" एक पाठक के तौर पर भी, वे सिर्फ एक सीमा तक ही तनाव या प्रताड़ना सहन कर सकते हैं। आपको उन्हें बीच-बीच में थोड़ी राहत देनी ही होगी।

There's a great line by Joss Whedon: "Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke." Even for a reader, there's only so much punishment they can take. You've got to give them a break here and there.

There's a great line by Joss Whedon: "Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke." Even for a reader, there's only so much punishment they can take. You've got to give them a break here and there.

Tone: Witty Sentiment: Positive Type: Advice 95%

कॉमिक्स बनाते समय आपको इसी बात को ध्यान में रखना होता है। कहानी कहने का ढंग (द स्टोरीटेलिंग)। एक्शन और उपलब्ध स्पेस पर गौर करें, यही चीजें इसे एक बेहतरीन कॉमिक्स पेज बनाएंगी। एक बार आप यह समझ जाएं, तो अपनी कहानी के फैसलों को सही ठहराने के लिए आप हमेशा कोई न कोई संदर्भ (रेफरेंस) ढूंढ या बना सकते हैं। इसलिए बेशक फिल्मों का अध्ययन कीजिए, लेकिन किसी भी रेफरेंस की तरह, परिणाम तभी बेहतर होते हैं जब वे आपकी कला को निखारें, न कि उस पर हावी हो जाएं।

That's the type of thing you need to keep in mind when drawing comics. The storytelling. Consider the action and the space available to you, that's what will make it a great comics page. Once you've figured that out, you can always find/make the reference to support your storytelling decisions. So by all means, study film, but as with any reference, the results are better when they inform the craft and not dictate it.

That's the type of thing you need to keep in mind when drawing comics. The storytelling. Consider the action and the space available to you, that's what will make it a great comics page. Once you've figured that out, you can always find/make the reference to support your storytelling decisions. So by all means, study film, but as with any reference, the results are better when they inform the craft and not dictate it.

Tone: Wise Sentiment: Positive Type: Life Advice 95%

रचनात्मक लेखन (क्रिएटिव राइटिंग) को ग्रेड देना हमेशा से एक नैतिक दुविधा रहा है। लेकिन व्यक्तिगत कहानियों को ग्रेड देने बनाम रिसर्च पेपर को ग्रेड देने का जो मुद्दा आपने उठाया है, वह संस्मरण (मेमॉयर) या व्यक्तिगत निबंध पढ़ाने में यकीनन एक बहुत संवेदनशील विषय है, क्योंकि इसमें यह दिखावा नहीं होता कि कहानी कहने वाला कोई और (काल्पनिक) पात्र है।

Grading creative writing is always an ethical dilemma. But what you brought up about grading personal stories versus the research paper is of course a truly volatile issue in teaching memoir or the personal essay, because there's no pretense that the narrator is a character.

Grading creative writing is always an ethical dilemma. But what you brought up about grading personal stories versus the research paper is of course a truly volatile issue in teaching memoir or the personal essay, because there's no pretense that the narrator is a character.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Education
Themes #Authenticity
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 95%

दुनिया में आज भी लैंगिक भेदभाव (सेक्सिज़्म) मौजूद है, इसलिए पब्लिशिंग और ग्रेजुएट स्कूलों में भी यह अब भी है। लेकिन अब इसका रूप बदल गया है। अब यह ज्यादा छिपे हुए तरीके से होता है और इसे पकड़ना मुश्किल होता है। मेरे विद्यार्थी जीवन में यह बहुत खुलकर सामने आता था। तब पुरुष प्रोफेसरों द्वारा महिला छात्राओं को डेट के लिए पूछने पर कोई रोक-टोक नहीं थी। इसका उल्टा होना तो मुमकिन ही नहीं था क्योंकि महिला प्रोफेसर या तो थीं ही नहीं या बहुत कम थीं। बाहर से आने वाले लेखक, जिनमें से 90% पुरुष होते थे, उनमें से कुछ यह उम्मीद करते थे कि कोई न कोई छात्रा खुद-ब-खुद उनकी विजिट के दौरान उनकी डेट बन जाएगी।

There's still sexism in the world, so there's still sexism in publishing and in graduate school. But it is different. Now, it's more coded and harder to detect. It was more explicit when I was in school. There were no rules against male professors asking out female students. The reverse didn't happen since female professors were rare or nonexistent. Visiting writers came, 90% of them male, and some expected that a female student would materialize as his date for the visit.

There's still sexism in the world, so there's still sexism in publishing and in graduate school. But it is different. Now, it's more coded and harder to detect. It was more explicit when I was in school. There were no rules against male professors asking out female students. The reverse didn't happen since female professors were rare or nonexistent. Visiting writers came, 90% of them male, and some expected that a female student would materialize as his date for the visit.

Topic Society & World Justice
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Observation 95%

मैंने जो कुछ भी पढ़ा था, उसके बारे में अपने विचारों को मिटने से पहले दर्ज करने के एक जरिया के रूप में किताब की समीक्षाएँ लिखना शुरू किया था।

I started to write book reviews as a means of recording my thoughts about what I'd read before all memory of them vanished.

I started to write book reviews as a means of recording my thoughts about what I'd read before all memory of them vanished.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Reading
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 95%

साहित्यिक एजेंटों की तलाश करते समय मैंने वही किया जो किताबें करने के लिए कहती हैं: मैंने अपनी जैसी ही किसी किताब के आभार पृष्ठ (acknowledgments) को देखा। सौभाग्य से, उस लेखक ने अपने एजेंट को धन्यवाद दिया था। मैंने उस एजेंट को इंटरनेट पर खोजा और पाया कि वह न केवल मेरी जैसी किताबें लिखने वाले लेखकों का प्रतिनिधित्व करते थे, बल्कि मैं उनके कुछ ग्राहकों को भी जानता था! इसलिए, मैंने पांडुलिपि (manuscript) भेज दी, और उन्होंने उसका प्रतिनिधित्व करना तय कर लिया।

In researching literary agents I did what the books tell you to do: I looked at the acknowledgments page of a book that was similar to mine. Happily, that author thanked his agent. I looked up the agent on the web and found out that he not only represented authors writing books similar to mine, but I knew some of his clients! So, I sent in the manuscript, and they decided to represent it.

In researching literary agents I did what the books tell you to do: I looked at the acknowledgments page of a book that was similar to mine. Happily, that author thanked his agent. I looked up the agent on the web and found out that he not only represented authors writing books similar to mine, but I knew some of his clients! So, I sent in the manuscript, and they decided to represent it.

Topic Achievement & Work Opportunity
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

हम जिस ज़मीन से प्यार करते हैं उसे सटीक रूप से कैसे बयां करें? जिस दुनिया में हम चलते और गाड़ी चलाते हैं, उसे हमें वास्तव में क्या कहना चाहिए—नज़ारा, भूदृश्य?

How do we accurately evoke land we love? What should we even call the world we walk and drive through-scenery, landscape?

How do we accurately evoke land we love? What should we even call the world we walk and drive through-scenery, landscape?

Topic Nature & Universe Nature
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Question 95%

मेरा हर दिन उस काम से भरा होता है जिससे मुझे प्यार है—कविताएँ पढ़ना, कविताएँ लिखना, कविताओं पर लोगों से बात करना, पढ़ाना, एक राइटिंग प्रोग्राम चलाना, काव्य-पाठ आयोजित करना, आदि।

My days are filled with work I love - reading poems, writing poems, talking with people about poems, teaching, directing a writing program, hosting readings, etc.

My days are filled with work I love - reading poems, writing poems, talking with people about poems, teaching, directing a writing program, hosting readings, etc.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

मैं कोई खास मक़सद सामने रखकर कविताएँ नहीं लिखती, लेकिन मैं उम्मीद करती हूँ कि कुछ पाठकों को इनमें उनके अपने अनुभव झलकाते हुए या व्यक्त होते हुए दिखेंगे—और यह भाषा उन्हें जीवंत लगेगी। ऐसी जीवंतता, जो सार्थक और आनंददायक हो।

I don't write poems with a purpose in mind, but I'd hope that some readers would find their experiences mirrored or articulated here - and that the language would feel alive to them. Alive, in a way that is meaningful and pleasurable.

I don't write poems with a purpose in mind, but I'd hope that some readers would find their experiences mirrored or articulated here - and that the language would feel alive to them. Alive, in a way that is meaningful and pleasurable.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

मुझे लगता है कि मेरी कविता का मकसद एक साथ कई चीजें होने की चाहत से जुड़ा है—ऐसी चीजें जो कभी-कभी आपस में टकराती हैं। जहाँ तक रोजमर्रा की जिंदगी को रचनाओं में शामिल करने की बात है, तो एक तरह से यह सब कुछ है। जैसे, जब मैं कविताएँ लिखती हूँ, तो बस अपने आस-पास घट रही हर छोटी-बड़ी चीज के टुकड़े समेट रही होती हूँ—कोई भौगोलिक जगह, कोई अधूरा प्रेम प्रसंग, वह दिन जब हवा किसी रस्सी जैसी महसूस हो रही थी।

I think the occupation of my poetry is akin to this desire to be many things at once - things that sometimes conflict. Regarding how the quotidian makes its way into the work, it's all of it, in a way. Like, when I'm writing poems, I'm just picking up scraps of whatever is happening around me - a geographical location, a love affair failed, the day the air felt like rope.

I think the occupation of my poetry is akin to this desire to be many things at once - things that sometimes conflict. Regarding how the quotidian makes its way into the work, it's all of it, in a way. Like, when I'm writing poems, I'm just picking up scraps of whatever is happening around me - a geographical location, a love affair failed, the day the air felt like rope.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 95%

मैंने एक बार म्युंग मी किम से पूछा था कि उनकी रचनाओं में जेंडर (लिंग) कहाँ बसता है, तो उन्होंने बस इतना कहा, "यह हर जगह है," और इस बात को खारिज कर दिया कि जेंडर को किसी संदेश के साथ कविता में जबरदस्ती ठूंसने की जरूरत है। उनकी रचनाओं का मेरी कविता लिखने के ढंग पर सबसे गहरा प्रभाव पड़ा है—यह विचार कि हमें जेंडर या नस्ल जैसी चीजों को किसी दायरे में बांधने या उस पर मुहर लगाने की जरूरत नहीं है।

I once asked Myung Mi Kim where gender is located in her work, and she said simply, "it's everywhere," resisting the notion that gender needs to be overly inscribed into the text with some kind of message. Hers is the kind of work that has most influenced how I make poetry - the idea that we don't need to enclose or nail down gender or race, for that matter.

I once asked Myung Mi Kim where gender is located in her work, and she said simply, "it's everywhere," resisting the notion that gender needs to be overly inscribed into the text with some kind of message. Hers is the kind of work that has most influenced how I make poetry - the idea that we don't need to enclose or nail down gender or race, for that matter.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

इस तरह के काम का एक स्पष्ट प्रभाव इसके वायरल प्रचार-प्रसार में देखा जा सकता है। उदाहरण के लिए कैथी एकर को ही ले लीजिए: उनका काम मुख्य रूप से शैक्षणिक माध्यमों से ही जीवित है। छात्र उनके उपन्यासों से रूबरू होते हैं, कुछ उन्हें खुद पढ़ते हैं, लेकिन कुछ लोग ग्रेजुएट स्कूल भी जाते हैं: उन्हें पढ़ाते हैं, उनके बारे में लिखते हैं, और उन्हें ज़िंदा रखते हैं।

One demonstrable effect this type of work can have is in its viral promulgation. Take Kathy Acker for example: her work exists mainly through academic channels. Students are exposed to her novels, and some read her, then, on their own, but some also go to grad school: teach her, write about her, keep her going.

One demonstrable effect this type of work can have is in its viral promulgation. Take Kathy Acker for example: her work exists mainly through academic channels. Students are exposed to her novels, and some read her, then, on their own, but some also go to grad school: teach her, write about her, keep her going.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Education
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 95%

एक बार जब हमें ऐसे वीडियो गेम मिलने लगेंगे जिनके किरदार ज़्यादा यादगार हों, तो फिल्मों के बेहतर रूपांतरण भी देखने को मिलेंगे।

Once we start seeing video games that have more memorable characters, you'll see better movie adaptations.

Once we start seeing video games that have more memorable characters, you'll see better movie adaptations.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 95%

मुझे एक वाक्य, एक विचार, या एक छवि मिलती है, और मैं शुरुआत कर देता हूँ। मैं उससे आगे कुछ नहीं जानता। बस उसके पीछे-पीछे चलता जाता हूँ।

I get a sentence, an idea, an image, and I start. I don't know anything beyond it. I follow it.

I get a sentence, an idea, an image, and I start. I don't know anything beyond it. I follow it.

Topic Creativity & Expression Creativity
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

कविता लिखने और कविता के खुद-ब-खुद लिखे जाने के बीच एक बहुत बारीक रेखा होती है। आपको वहां मौजूद भी रहना होता है और नहीं भी।

There's a fine line between writing the poem and the poem writing itself. You have to be there and not be there, too.

There's a fine line between writing the poem and the poem writing itself. You have to be there and not be there, too.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Paradox 95%

यह एक अजीब पेशा है क्योंकि संगीत बनाना या गाना लिखना एक बहुत ही निजी चीज़ है... और इसे होना भी चाहिए। आप तुरंत भाप लेते हैं कि कौन दिखावा कर रहा है।

It's a weird job because making music or writing a song is a personal thing... and it kind of has to be. You can always tell when people are faking.

It's a weird job because making music or writing a song is a personal thing... and it kind of has to be. You can always tell when people are faking.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Observation 95%

अस्पष्ट भाषा में एक अलग ही ताकत होती है, लेकिन मैंने गानों के बोलों में कोई ठोस विचार रखने और ऐसे गाने बनाने की कोशिश करना शुरू किया जिनका कोई मतलब हो—ताकि चीज़ों को ज़्यादा स्पष्ट और सार्थक बनाया जा सके।

There's a certain power in vague language, but I started to get more into the idea of really trying to have a discrete thought in the lyrics and to have songs that were about stuff - to try to make things more coherent.

There's a certain power in vague language, but I started to get more into the idea of really trying to have a discrete thought in the lyrics and to have songs that were about stuff - to try to make things more coherent.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

आप जो फिल्में बना रहे हैं, वे मूल सामग्री के प्रति वफादार होनी चाहिए।

The films you're making have to be faithful to the material.

The films you're making have to be faithful to the material.

Tone: Serious Sentiment: Neutral Type: Advice 95%
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