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#1 Feb 19 2004 at 12:45 AM Rating: Good
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Argh, the frustration. Spent the better part of tonight working on a couple of writing projects I have going. I started my first novel earlier this month and tonight was the first bout of writer's block I have had. I simply couldn't write anything that isn't ****** I have a new respect for writers, especially the good ones. Would anyone be willing to read excerpts of my book and give me feedback?

Which brings me to Eragon. Anyone finish it? Love it? Loathe it? What else are you reading right now? I am reading the biography of Chuck Barris (famed gameshow creator and alleged CIA operative) as well as Eragon, as well as learning Italian for my trip to Rome next month. What's on your bedside table? Skeeter, have you found your love for reading yet?

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#2 Feb 19 2004 at 1:26 AM Rating: Decent
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Well Tare, if it makes you feel any better, I was beating my head against the wall tonight trying to start on my computer science project. Friggin MATLAB must die!!!

I'd love to read some of the stuff you've written!! Post it!!
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#3 Feb 19 2004 at 2:55 AM Rating: Decent
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I just got around to reading Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz. I can't read non-fiction for enjoyment, just seems like to much work.
#4 Feb 19 2004 at 4:59 AM Rating: Excellent
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TwiztidSamurai wrote:
Friggin MATLAB must die!!!


Heh. no argument there! although I alwasy found Maple to be more annoying than Matlab.
#5 Feb 19 2004 at 5:41 AM Rating: Good
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I've recently broken through a bout of writer's block, and one thing I've found is that it just happens.

If you try too hard, nothing will seem right. Put it down, walk away from it for a while, and come back to it when the time is right.

I currently have two projects going, excluding a message board, and stories I've been working on for months.

I'm *always* writing.

Shoot me an email if you're not comfortable posting it : amaranthine_dalliance@yahoo.com

I'm horrible at replying, so it might be a bit (hangs head in shame thinking of Merri and Angua) but I promise I will eventually get to it.

Music and other forms of distraction are excellent diversions and cures for writer's block.
#6 Feb 19 2004 at 6:43 AM Rating: Decent
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Jeez Mrens I made the mistake of following your sig link...you know that time at night when you sleep so you don't suck all day at work??? I missed that thanks to Gord. On a brighter note I lost 2 pounds off my *** laughing.

Edited, Thu Feb 19 06:44:00 2004 by plick
#7 Feb 19 2004 at 9:11 AM Rating: Good
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<<off off topic>>

Hey, didja get your tattoo yet?
#8 Feb 19 2004 at 11:13 AM Rating: Good
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Hey thanks, Dalliance. I will e-mail something to you. Not sure when I'll be ready for that...but good to know that I can! And yeah, did you get that tattoo yet?

Tell all!

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#9 Feb 19 2004 at 1:13 PM Rating: Good
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No, not yet. My birthday isn't til May.

I won't be going to the TattooFest as I have company coming in the beginning of March and I'm starting a new job right after he leaves.

I'm half tempted to get one last piercing, but wanted the "bigness" of a tattoo instead.

Haven't quite gotten over my fear of needles. I just had some somewhat serious dentist stuff done, and I'm a bit put off by them at the moment.

Besides, I still haven't found the place I want it yet.
#10 Feb 19 2004 at 1:18 PM Rating: Good
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I miss PM's.

Tare, shoot me an email anyway.

I want to send you a link.
#11 Feb 19 2004 at 2:42 PM Rating: Excellent
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The PM system still works in the old forum boards, which are still up.
#12 Feb 19 2004 at 3:13 PM Rating: Decent
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I've had writers' block for, oh, fifteen years or so now. Meaning that I've never written anything that hasn't been complete crap and discarded. At this point I'm giving up the fantasy that I'm in any way a writer. In which case, I have several books on writing (mostly screenplays) that I won't need anymore.
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#13 Feb 19 2004 at 11:01 PM Rating: Decent
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I dont get writers block so much as i get Writers Distraction. I can up with little exerpts (sp?) of stories, sometimes in the form of emotions for images (im primarily an artist, but i write my own stories, more of a graphic novel than a comic book). the main problem is these fragments are so diverse, putting them in a story that would work (let alone make sense) would require an act of god. And since only epic tales that span the ages of the characters will do, i cant settle for short stories.
#14 Feb 19 2004 at 11:53 PM Rating: Decent
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You should be familiar with Neil Gaiman's work Smiley: smile
#15 Feb 19 2004 at 11:57 PM Rating: Good
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Create three points randomly on a piece of paper. A circle can be transcribed so that each of the three points you just created are located somewhere on its circumference.

The same is true of writing. When you get stuck, create mindless tangents and then connect the dots. It's easier than you think. Don't believe me? Then how do you explain the success of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon?

I'm inclined to think that tangents don't actually exist, except in the strictest geometric sense of the word. Take advantage.

#16 Feb 20 2004 at 12:02 AM Rating: Decent
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Welcome back Thundra, nice to see some intelligent posting is going on (glances scornfully in Skeeter's direction).

But I thought the six degrees of separation was a deal with Brad Pitt?
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#17 Feb 20 2004 at 12:28 AM Rating: Default
She never left..... Smiley: rolleyes
#18 Feb 20 2004 at 12:37 AM Rating: Good
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I'm not sure I understand the underlying meaning behind your choice of emoticon, Ms. Katie. Care to explain?
#19 Feb 20 2004 at 12:43 AM Rating: Good
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TwiztidSamurai wrote:
nice to see some intelligent posting is going on (glances scornfully in Skeeter's direction)


Unfair poke at Skeeter. Just sayin'. Smiley: grin
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#20 Feb 20 2004 at 12:49 AM Rating: Good
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Overlord Thundra wrote:
When you get stuck, create mindless tangents and then connect the dots. It's easier than you think.


My problem is that I am too bogged down in the process - or at least the eventual outcome. It's like I'm so overwhelmed that I'm actully writing a novel that my mind is going in all directions. Perhaps you are right, Thundra. Perhaps I just need to write randomly and see if it all fits together. I think tangents may be exactly what I need. What kind of stuff do you write, Thundra, apart from the entertaining stories you post here, of course.

Write some more!!
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#21 Feb 20 2004 at 12:58 AM Rating: Good
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Tangets work, really. What's the worst that can happen as a result of trying my approach? You end up wasting a hour of time that would have been wasted trying, unsuccessfully, to overcome your writer's block. It's much like Edison's witticism: I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work.

I don't write in a professional capacity, and it's very unlikely that you've ever read anything I've written. I don't suffer from writer's block, I suffer from fear of rejection.
#22 Feb 20 2004 at 1:10 AM Rating: Good
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Overlord Thundra wrote:
I don't suffer from writer's block, I suffer from fear of rejection.


Ditto.

Thanks, Thundra. I will give it a try. I can remember a few small anecdotes and stories you posted here, and they were always quite entertaining and great reads...albeit disturbing and scary. Smiley: wink2
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#23 Feb 20 2004 at 1:15 AM Rating: Good
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I can remember a few small anecdotes and stories you posted here, and they were always quite entertaining and great reads


So when are you going to return the favor and show me what ya got?

I promise I'll be gentle and keep my criticisms constructive... unless, of course, your writing is better than my own. And in that case, I'll be forced to throw down, bit[i]ch!
#24 Feb 20 2004 at 12:12 PM Rating: Excellent
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Welcome back Thundra, nice to see some intelligent posting is going on (glances scornfully in Skeeter's direction).


My my, it all comes back to me doesn't it?

Ok TwiSted, you want to jump ship and and make due with a dingy, fine by me, but don't blame me for the lack of intelligent posts here.

I'd have more time to make intelligent posts if I wasn't so preoccupied with lubing myself up and cybering with posts and pictures of Tare(figuratively speaking of course)... Oh wait, that's you.

Well, if I wasn't so busy trying to name my Nuts.... wait.. damn, that's you again.

Go on, mock the lack of intelligent posts here, pretend you don't contribute to it, but don't "scornfully glance" at me bud, there's a Lion eyeing my territory and I have no time to deal with second rate quips from second rate posters.


#25 Feb 20 2004 at 12:56 PM Rating: Good
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LOL, "Name My Nuts." Sounds like an idea for a new game show on Fox.

Totem
#26 Feb 20 2004 at 1:05 PM Rating: Excellent
Totem...

Are you avoiding me? Just curious dawg.

It seems like you'll write 3 paragraphs about any Joe Schmoe that posts here, but since my attempt to surpass the d1ck and fart writing style I can't get more than one sentence out of you, and those sentences rarely have anything to do with the subject of my post.

I'm calling you out dawg, what's the deal?

More than one sentence this time, ok?


Edit: Just sayin' :)

Edited, Fri Feb 20 13:05:26 2004 by Skeeter
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