Writing is the only magic I still believe in: Jarred McGinnis at TEDxEaling
Jarred McGinnis will share his passion for stories and demonstrate the power of words from Speech Act Theory to the genius that is the children's book 'That's Not My Pirate'. Jarred is an American living in London, and the co-founder of the literary variety night, The Special Relationship. His fiction has been commissioned for BBC Radio 4, and appeared in journals in the UK, USA and Ireland. He is wickedtomocktheafflicted.com. In addition to writing fiction, he holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence.
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"The curse of mortality is that we get one life, one point of view, at a single point in time at most. If we are lucky, we know a few languages to access the world and understand it. But writing cheats that" Marvelous!
Swear I’ve never seen or heard a classier man
@ShivaniSingh-mm4zn
3 жыл бұрын
Agree. He’s cool.
Ludwig Wittgenstein said, “To imagine a language is to imagine a form of life."
I must offer my thanks to Jarred McGinnis. If it hadn't been for his words in this video i might have been stuck in one spot in my story for mounths if not years. Again i thank you sir.
His psychology told a story all of its own. Deep.
writing is magic
He deserves his own TED talk, editing is the greatest enemies to a writer. How do you know when you're done yet? What dictates the characters reactions is by the previous 10 or 20,000 words. It's interesting how a fictional character can become real in the fictional setting.
Good God I am in love with this man!
Very humbling. But society dictates. Writing is magic n live. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.
What a terrific talk! It made me want to keep writing more than before. I'm a wheelchair user too and aspirant from Argentina.
A beautiful human being!
This is so good, and so underrated
FANTASTICO!!! BRAVO, Jared McGinnis!
He had Stephen King as a child. I had Sidney Sheldon. Master of the Game. If Tomorrow Comes. Windmills of the Gods... Man, I miss him! He wrote some great stuff.
Beautiful !
Yes! "Writing is magic." It allows us to, indeed, hold in view gems from our lives--history included: livestream.com/uclive/events/4694764 Blessings!
1:37 - Nice...
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is it me or is kaz brekker grown up
@writes9517
4 жыл бұрын
I was WAITING for a comment like this XD
That’s not my pirate 🤣
2.845 million subscribers 11,44k views, lmao.
@GR_BackingTracks
6 жыл бұрын
Link link:42 subscribers... They have a lot to choose from. Dozens and dozens of talks on writing.
that stank
@SmellyBones
6 жыл бұрын
Yo mamma stank
Writing is not magic...
@LlewellynvonHellen
8 жыл бұрын
Then what is magic?
@screamingstephenhawking9245
8 жыл бұрын
+Solomon Sampson Friendship is magic.
@lariatlarge8721
8 жыл бұрын
+Mdriver1981 You're not a writer, are you? Or a reader, either, I'd wager...
@Mdriver1981
8 жыл бұрын
Look up the word "writing" in any dictionary or encyclopedia, none will say magic has anything to do with it.
@lariatlarge8721
8 жыл бұрын
+Mdriver1981 Yes, because magic is all about dictionary definitions.