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number13
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My creative writing tutor (as part of my degree course) suggested we let friends and family read our work and give feedback. My immediate response was "!!!" followed by "No way am I letting my mum read this story! It's got sex in it!"
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stephenmatlock
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I can't remember who said this (I have her book...somewhere...), but it was "You can't really write until your mother dies." Meaning not that we should wait until the literal parents die, but that the voice of the mother (or sometimes father) in our head has to die before we're free. I generally write long-form where I just write, whatever comes out. No barriers or censoring. All sorts of wild stuff. What I'm thinking, what I think my characters are thinking, fantastic interactions and dubious morals. That's all the id coming out. Then in editing I clean it up so that it makes a story, but if the character is amoral and that is necessary for the character's development, it stays that way. I put in all the worst language at the beginning and then edit it out as it fits. Otherwise IMO I'm not really writing and creating. I have to be unbounded by the voices telling me "shame!" Not saying what results is good, but it is, as far as I can make it, authentic. Ex: my first short screenplay for the contest contains several characters who swear naturally. I myself don't, at least not at all that often. My next short screenplay contains characters who don't swear. In both cases, it is what fit the scene/characters/need. My mom might have been appalled at some of my writing and might have giggled at other examples, but she's not my target audience. |
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Pithy sayings are for the apt. For a longer message, you need a condo.
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Suave
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I can hook you up with someone to work on your issues. |
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stephenmatlock
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Oh, but I like my issues! |
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Pithy sayings are for the apt. For a longer message, you need a condo.
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Émile
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Yep. Once killed 20+ kids in 900 words. It wasn't horror though. |
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jftrent
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That seems like a weird way to write a Romantic Comedy, but you do you!
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Émile
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Sorry for the late reply. Not romantic comedy, just some Halloween comedy piece. |
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jbspencer
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This was my first time! Stupid me, I only had less than 24 hours because I didn't remember when it started.... So I started around 10pm friday night and finished 2pm on saturday. It was fun and exhilarating. I connected with my genre immediately. I thought of a premise for my story and kept getting stuck and feeling like it was an obvious choice. Feeling uninspired, I scrapped the whole thing and that's when I came up with my final idea. I am proud of myself for being a first timer. What fun! I can't wait to read everyone else's stories. Best of luck everyone and way to go to all us first timers we have jumped into the pool without a toe test and we floated!!
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