Writing Stuff
“Writing is a privileged and awe-inspiring craft, enabling us to pour our heart and soul into the open, and to give life to our wildest fantasies. But it’s not just about inspiration or imagination. Writing is a process. It means you write, and you fail, and you fail, and you fail before succeeding. “
This book is the compilation of 46 texts written over the years by award-winning author Bruno Martins Soares. They cover many different aspects of the craft of Writing, from the dilemmas that come to bear as you move on this path of meaning and self-fulfillment, to developing characters and structure, to choices about dialogue, scene layout, rhythm, emotional intensity and energy, description, and others.
The book leans on the author’s own experience grappling with these themes – and finding the solutions – to help increase other writers’ options, and their set of tools, so that “when you are facing the reality of the writing world you have more alternatives to overcome the hurdles and become closer to your true self and what you desire.”
Vamos Falar de Depressão
“Depressão” is a documentary on Depression, written by Bruno Martins Soares for the “Vamos Falar” campaign. A thought provoking and conversation enticing piece, it means to nourish debate, to share personal experiences and to provide specialized information in an acessible way.
Developed by the Psicology and Community Development Association (APDC – Associação de Psicologia e Desenvolvimento Comunitário) the campaign “Vamos Falar” is a program of promotion and prevention in mental health, supported by the Health General Bureau (Direcção Geral de Saúde), within the larger World Health Organization (WHO) campaign. It aims to reduce the stigma, and contribute to the scientific literacy around mental health, among the general public, focusing on the underlying conditions of mental health and on the equity of access to care.
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