I have no mouth...

Post #229,693 by cforde 10/16/05 12:22:27 AM Reply	I have no mouth... and I must scream. Title of a [link\|http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/ellison/ellison1.html\|short story] by [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_Ellison\|Harlan Ellison]. An amazing writer (note, not an author, he said so). I think you'd enjoy his work. He writes with passion, insight and intensity. You seem to have some potential as a writer. Practice. Put your demons on paper. Give them names, give them circumstances, give them things to do. Everything but control. You retain that... and see what happens. Have fun, Carl Forde
Post #229,698 by Nightowl 10/16/05 1:09:23 AM Reply	Re: I have no mouth... and I must scream. Title of a [link\|http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/ellison/ellison1.html\|short story] by [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_Ellison\|Harlan Ellison]. An amazing writer (note, not an author, he said so). I think you'd enjoy his work. He writes with passion, insight and intensity. You seem to have some potential as a writer. Practice. Put your demons on paper. Give them names, give them circumstances, give them things to do. Everything but control. You retain that... and see what happens. I think I've heard of that. :) I would hope I have some potential as a writer, hehee. My Associates' Degree is in Creative Writing. I just haven't allowed that part of me out to play very often lately, I guess. Not trying to sound egotistical though. I used to write like that all the time, especially when I was depressed, suicidal and downtrodden... But when I'm upbeat and happy, I don't seem to need it as much, I seem to only resort to it when things are grim. I already decided some time ago, that I didn't want the stresses (deadlines, editing, rewrites), of being a novelist, not sure where else it could lead though. I wrote novels though, unpublished, and I wrote short stories, but all were... rather dark side... to say the least. I still have them all, and one was actually published, one poem, one of the more bizarre things I ever wrote, and someone bought it... a sci fi magazine. I appreciate everyone's comments. I finally told both Katie and mom how bad I'm feeling, and they seem to be planning to step up to the plate and stop Ria from her behavior if I stay on the committee. Katie already confronted her once today about it, and they gave me control back of my Yahoo group for the committee, and said I can handle her however I see fit. Light glows at the end of what seemed like an endless tunnel. I can't say it will work, or that another tunnel doesn't lie ahead, but it's a start, and that's more than I had yesterday. Sorry I'm not up for saying much else more tonight, I'm just so emotionally drained, I just want to find a way to sleep. Brenda "I'll rock the darn boat all I want to, and if it's meant to stay afloat, then it will. If not, then we'll just all go down with the bloody ship!"
Post #229,700 by ben_tilly 10/16/05 1:32:22 AM Reply	I'm boycotting Harlan Ellison He and I do not exactly see eye to eye on copyright. If he wishes to think that his fans are to be distrusted, then I'm willing to not be a fan of his. There are other good authors whom I don't have such disagreements with. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #229,709 by Nightowl 10/16/05 9:08:16 AM 10/16/05 9:10:47 AM Reply	I used to have that feeling about George Lucas I submitted a short story to a contest at Lucasfilm, and in it I explored the background of Han Solo. This was long before the books about Han Solo had come out (even the earlier series). Imagine my surprise when two of the names I had created for one of my characters suddenly became part of the Star Wars saga, and the backstory became almost parallel to mine. Did he know this first? Did he get inspired to the same concept? I suppose he could have. I never explored the concept of who had earliest dated material with those names, scenarios. But I had also failed to realize that "all submissions became the property of Lucasfilm." Aha. Now I knew I had willingly "given" Lucas my ideas, just hadn't grasped what it meant when I did. such was a naive teenager writing in the 80's Now instead of being bitter, I'm pleased that we had both found satisfaction with the same names and ideas... It's nice to be on that level with such greatness. I don't know if I was ever a "good" writer, I just know I am a writer, I who am one, as Ashton would say. ;) Brenda "I'll rock the darn boat all I want to, and if it's meant to stay afloat, then it will. If not, then we'll just all go down with the bloody ship!" Edited by Nightowl Oct. 16, 2005, 09:10:47 AM EDT Expand All History

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