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Why can't I write?

Progressive story-telling (free form, free style) is more difficult than formulative story-telling.
If you have multiple stories to deal with, you may want to switch to a more formulative approach - for the sake of the finish line.
So, get a good idea of what the beginning, middle and end is going to be like - even if the ending seems totally unrelated to the beginning.
Then start filling in the gaps. Connect the dots, build the bridges, etc - you get the point. Then, you get a complete frame to hang your story on.
Also, don't revise (or edit) before its time. That comes after you have a completed story - making an adjustment in the story is one thing, but you're wearing yourself out with revision.
Hope this helps.

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Sherlock has published a novel.

Do you expect to publish it through a Millhouse?
I wrote two novels decades ago. The only library they're sitting in is the Library of Congress. Never could get 'em properly published - Madison Avenue is like the Hollywood of the publishing industry. You're somebody or you're not. If not, your submission is returned unopened.

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Cannibalism.

twosocks wrote:

PepperJ wrote:
As far as eating criminals and yucky ppl.... I know this is nonsense and sort of insane.... but I wouldn't want to ingest their spirit of evil-ness. I know: weirdly superstitious....

same, bad vibes...

But what of things like beef, pork or chicken? How do we know for sure that the chicken we ate wasn't an evil chicken? Like...sitting in the corner looking at all the other chickens, going, ("I'm gonna get me some fine tail feathers tonight - oh yeaah!")
What if I ate that evil chicken and suddenly...I find myself at a KFC drive thru on the way to some chicken ranch? What do I do if the fence is electric? I mean, it's a max-slam joint for chickens - they're all guilty of something, otherwise they wouldn't be there, right?
What if I sat in the very same corner that the evil chicken sat in and started to eat chicken in front of the other chickens, looking at them dead straight in their moon struck eyes, can you imagine the trauma? Does the USDA OR FFA offer out-patient programs for chickens that have suffered this kind of psychological terror? What....what if I become a chicken psychopath?!
So many possibilities, so many questions.

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Every time I try to find myself, I end up getting lost...again...and again.

Maybe....a tracking collar with GPS installed?

https://youtu.be/clxIVE1YJms

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Well, it's a good thing you found your way here!
Merry Christmas, friend!
Just bear in mind that Christmas is really about one person only...HIM. The Christ. God bless.

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Your favorite horror movies?

soco wrote:
Perhaps anon meant,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286153/

That's likely the one.
So many movies with the same name at times.

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Your favorite horror movies?

Anonymous wrote:
I can't find any information on that film at all :(

Same said. One title is a Disney film and the other, a 1994 Hallmark romance with Kirk Cameron.

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I get overwhelmed with feelings of failure

J.N-Bucking wrote:
I've prob saved my parents a lot of shame by the rest of the family not knowing my screw ups.

Sometimes removing yourself is the only way to avoid the shame and judgement.

Isn't there a difference between sibling rivalry and the view of expectations a parent may have?

I would like to think beyond the views of success your parents may have envisioned for you, they would be more concerned for your happiness and well-being.
If you've cut all ties with mom and dad, you've put them in a position of worry...
Are you certain that alienating yourself from them is the best solution?
My experience with parents is; regardless of the up's and downs and differing views, you get them only for a very short time in life.

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