Tips on becoming a great writer?
I love to write, I am currently a college student trying to decide between being a journalist or a lawyer. I eventually want to be a full time fiction writer. Any advice?
How long does it take you to drink a beer?
Depends on the situation in which the beer is being consumed. With a meal, a beer may be nursed over the course of 20-30 minutes. At a ball game cold, cheap, expensive beer will go down fast like 5-10 minutes. A high-0ctane IPA (8-9%) will be sipped and enjoyed over a 25-40 minute period. A session IPA (4-5%) ill be consumed in 12-15 minutes. If at a good brew pub consuming high quality crafts I usually order a water with each pint and alternate between the two cleansing the palette between sips and stretching out consumption time to 34-45 minutes per order. This helps keep from dehydrating and from getting sauced allowing one to enjoy 2-3 good beers in a 2-3 hour drinking session.
Why is Machiavelli important to the Renaissance and history?
In his book, The prince,Machiavelli describes the proper orientation towards the volatility of the world, or Fortune, by comparing Fortune to a lady: "la fortuna é donna," or "Fortune is a Lady." Machiavelli is referring to the courtly love tradition, where the lady that constitutes the object of desire is approached and entreated and begged. The ideal Prince, however, for Machiavelli does not entreat or beg Lady Fortune, but rather physically grabs her and takes whatever he wants. This was a scandalous passage and still is today, but it represents a powerful translation of the Renaissance idea of human potential to the area of politics
Movie About guy that changed his identity do go to space?
There is this movie that this guy, cant join a space program. So his does everything he can to change his apperance. Last mintue and the last one to enter, one of this things he did to his apperance made him get caught by the security guy. Yet he lets him get in. It is an odd moive but if anyone has an idea of what movie I'm talking about please answer. THANK YOU.
Is drawing a natural talent? Is it true that I must be a painter since childhood in order to draw well later?
With every skill there are a number of internal factors which can help one succeed. In sports, academics, the arts, etc. it is helpful to have raw talent, and most of the time more raw talent is better. But, beyond some baseline level of natural ability it probably isn't even the most important factor. Things like interest, good training, practice, dedication, persistence, patience are more important in determining whether one will be successful.As a kid I used to draw regularly, and most people who saw my art said I was talented. But, that talent really got me nowhere in becoming a good artist. Why is this? I lost interest in drawing at around ten or eleven years old, and without the interest I didn't really draw much for another 15 years. Just recently though, I have picked it back up again. Within a few months time I have gone to my current work in progress... from this...At best I started with the talent of an above average ten or eleven year old, and I wasn't able to do much. Over the course of a few months I practiced consistently, read lots of tutorials, watched youtube videos, learned as much as I could from my own work, and just kept drawing. I am an obsessive person, so when I get into something it's hard for me to do or think about anything else. What this amounts to is persistence and dedication, not really much raw talent. All of this is what it takes to get good at something. The amount of raw talent one has really just determines where they start. Along with drawing female faces I love to draw eyes. My first attempt since being back was...Not bad, but after going through a few tutorials and videos, and spending a lot more time on the drawing, I produced... This was only a couple weeks after the first drawing, but its quite a bit better. No change in raw talent, but with persistence, some training, practice, and patience, I improved enormously. More of the same, and after another week...After not much progress for about 15 years, and then improving drastically in just a few months, it seems clear to me that raw talent is of relatively minor importance.