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About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
 
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Everyday Canvas
"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.
David Whyte
This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.
December 5, 2018 at 11:35pm December 5, 2018 at 11:35pm
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Prompt: What Christmas commercials have touched your heart this year?
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I really don’t watch TV much, and I don’t pay attention to commercials anymore. So, I can't really answer this question fairly, but I can write what I know about how commercials are made for Christmas or for any other thing.
Years ago, an ad-scriptwriter who used to work for an advertisement company told me that the commercials that work the best are the ones that tell a story. So, before anyone tries to put something on the market, they write a story first. In fact, they write several stories, and then, they choose the best story for their project.
Then they all have what they call a “swipe file” in which they accumulate just about anything, all ads, letters, brochures, postcards, flyers, etc. This is to get ideas and inspiration.
The media they’ll advertise it has to be decided upon first. Then, there’s a meeting of manager, assistant manager, marketers, scriptwriters, and artists, photographers, cameramen, etc.
For whoever is writing the script, the most important thing is the first sentence, which has to grab the attention. In other words, the hook has to be in the first sentence or the first visual. Usually, everyone works together on the script and the filming.
In the end, the manager has to approve the script and the video or whatever media is used. Only after that, the commercial goes to the marketer and is aired.
This is what little I know about making a commercial.
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December 5, 2018 at 8:40pm December 5, 2018 at 8:40pm
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Prompt: My Grown Up Christmas List By Kelly Clarkson What was on your Christmas List as a child? What is on your Christmas List as an adult? Do you wish you were a child at Christmas or are you happy with being an adult at Christmas?
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As a child, I wasn’t allowed to make a Christmas list for the simple reason that I was taught that Christmas and all holidays have deeper meanings than desiring material things. If I wanted something at any time, I would ask for it. Then, if my request was doable, the adults would see to it that it was fulfilled.
Not that I didn’t get anything on Christmas, other holidays, and my birthday, but whatever was given to me depended on the gift giver’s capability. To this day, I don’t do wish lists about material things. Maybe some books, once in a while, but as an adult, I can buy my own books, anyway.
Giving gifts is something else. I always liked giving gifts.
I saw this online for Christmas gift suggestions.
“To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.”
~ Oren Arnold
Then, we can always send good wishes to everyone, especially the wish for world peace.
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