Author name: Jarrett

After 13 years of being in education, the desire to write took over. I love writing fiction, screenplays, and technology articles. I hope one day to have a site that you come to on the daily to see what's going on.

Big leak

So…. Pretty much everything that Apple is revealing in regards to the iPhone has leaked on 9to5mac.com but the price. Looks like there will be 3 models as predicted. The iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs max, and the iPhone Xr (the low cost one supposedly) The Xs (and max) will come in 64, 256, and a […]

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Cave Divers: Cold Open

HERO guides the girl through the cave, easy going. We scan through and see Arnold next and Cassie bringing up with rear with the girls mother. The going is slow and dark. The cavern just as narrow as before, but somehow it seems more scary. Everything feels tighter.

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Gather Round

On Wednesday, Apple will be holding its annual iPhone event.  

While I’m not invited, I will be trying to follow along with the news as it’s coming out, since I’m an avid Apple and tech fan.  

Here’s what I’m expecting and excited about, plus some speculation.

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Ed Sheeran’s Songwriter

This month, Apple Music released a documentary called Songwriter. In the documentary, Ed Sheeran’s cousin follows him around with a camera while making his latest album ÷ (Deluxe).

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How I write: Part 4 – Sweet Emotions

Before I start writing, I have one more step, and I think it’s the most important. I go through my scenes to figure out a couple of things in each: emotions and action.

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How I Write: Part 3 – The Structure

Here’s Part 3 of my series on how I write. I’m going to be talking about structure of the story here, and the tool that I usually use: Scrivener. If you are a writer that writes long form, I would highly recommend getting and getting used to Scrivener. However, everyone’s process is different, so you can read what I have and adapt as you need too.

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How I Write: Step 2 – The Characters

So this image has been turned over in my head. I’ve started to figure out some of the character aspects.

If there’s a character in my image, I need to know why (s)he is there. What brought that character here, what makes the character tick.

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How I Write: Step 1

I’ve been asked by friends and former students of mine about my process of writing. So this series will be going over the process I use. While I’m not a published author, I do aspire to be one. So here is my current writing process The idea Most of my writing starts with an idea or

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The Wall Between

The Wall Between By Jarrett S. Smith It was hotter today than it had been in a while. Parith wiped the sweat off his brow as he pedaled the last few feet to his station. The wall loomed in front of him just like it did every day.  Parith had been stationed at the wall

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The Wall Between: Part 3

  Part 3 Parith craned his neck towards the sky.  He froze as the bomb descended.  The cylindrical device headed towards the ground with force.  Despite the impending doom, Parith chuckled at the red tip of the bomb.  He knew that bombs had to be cut so that they whistled as they dropped.  Whoever dropped

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