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Make Venus plausible by changing it to an unknown planet.
Anything is possible, i.e. plexiglass!
Image it now and it is true tomorrow.
Marketability is the book publisher's role.
Yeah I guess so.
I'm ditching that idea anyway, but maybe I should have a go at the other one. It's quite random. If you see "Derek Something and the Ostrich" on the shelves in 10 years time you can all give yourselves a pat on the back.
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I'd like to invite you writers to come have a bit of fun with us on the Other Topics Forum, where we are working on a book, cooperatively and collaboratively.
AksarbeN started a work entitled From Flatrock, the story begins. . . I cannot recall having so much fun, or laughing so hard, with this laptop. The story takes strange little twists and turns, and is sort of a mystery/romance/horror/historical fiction/you-name-it novel.
Come help us write this. AksarbeN intends to shares the proceeds from the sale of the book with all who contribute, BTW.
I'd like to invite you writers to come have a bit of fun with us on the Other Topics Forum, where we are working on a book, cooperatively and collaboratively.
AksarbeN started a work entitled From Flatrock, the story begins. . . I cannot recall having so much fun, or laughing so hard, with this laptop. The story takes strange little twists and turns, and is sort of a mystery/romance/horror/historical fiction/you-name-it novel.
Come help us write this. AksarbeN intends to shares the proceeds from the sale of the book with all who contribute, BTW.
Oooh it's tempting but I can see the risk of having no life ever again... Maybe I could just look in... just for a moment...
Hi there, other writers! I'm glad to know there are others here on the forum that can't help themselves but to write. I have written two plays, and am very close to finishing my first novel. Poetry comes easiest, and I post it in the Gamer's Creative Corner.
I don't read any books about writing, or about how to write better. I just follow my head and my heart, and hope the content holds up. To me, the most important part of my writing process is research. I would be lost without the library and internet!!
poconoproud, how exciting that you write plays! Are they comedies, dramas - ? That's my favorite form of expression and I dearly admire people who can make something so fragile come alive.
RDSLOTS mentions upthread the Flatrock continuing story - yes, everyone please come and add along, give it some new twists and turns! It's great practice
How cool, poconoproud. I have written plays -- for the puppet theater -- and absolutely loved it. I seem to think in "play format" a lot of time. There's big money to be made in screenwriting, isn't there?
How cool, poconoproud. I have written plays -- for the puppet theater -- and absolutely loved it. I seem to think in "play format" a lot of time. There's big money to be made in screenwriting, isn't there?
Did someone say puppet theater?
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[quote=delusianne;3586967]poconoproud, how exciting that you write plays! Are they comedies, dramas - ? That's my favorite form of expression and I dearly admire people who can make something so fragile come alive.
Yes, I enjoy it! I have written two plays, both dramatic. The first I wrote is called Twist of Fate, and is written from the perspective of The Fates, from mythology. The Fates are the narrators, and all of the other characters lines are written in iambic pentameter. I would truly love to see it performed on stage someday. The other I wrote is titled God, Man & The Devil, and looks at the creation of man through the eyes of Lucifer, the fallen angel.
How cool, poconoproud. I have written plays -- for the puppet theater -- and absolutely loved it. I seem to think in "play format" a lot of time. There's big money to be made in screenwriting, isn't there?
If anyone know's how to make that happen, let me know, too. I have always dreamed of being paid for my work! I just do not know how to go about that as easily as I go about writing!
I am going to look up puppet theater, I haven't heard of it!
Years and years ago, right at about 30 now, I think, I was director of a small puppeteering group that was funded through the area's Parks & Rec Department. It was great fun.
We had a theater, a large wooden box on wheels, roughly the size of a side-by-side refrigerator, and we generally staged our shows on Saturday and Sunday afternoons in one of the larger classrooms at the local Community Arts Center. The group designed, and made, the puppets -- all sorts from hand to stick to shadow, but we were a bit lean when it came to marionettes. There was one fellow who had some rather large marionettes, and he would stand outside the little theater, and work one of the marionettes as pre-show entertainment, or as part of the show, on occasion.
Of course, we performed the traditional Punch & Judy routine, but that is geared more towards older children, really, and adults. We wrote a lot of our scripts, sometimes adapting favorite children's stories, but I much preferred writing many of our scripts.
In your search, see if you come across the puppeteer, Bil Baird, or the Puppeteers of America organization. Jim Henson studied under Baird, as best I recall.
I have been reading this thread with great interest over the past week or so. It is exciting to see that we have so many talented writers on this homey little book forum. Sometimes, our greatest treasures are right before our eyes, unrecognized.
Poconoproud, I do hope that novel gets written and published one day. I hope to be in a standing room only audience for one of your play's debuts, also.
Rh1 and ontheroad, I hope that we are all curled up in front of a warm fire with your novels and poetry collections in the not too distant future. What wonderful endeavors.
RDSLOTS, I find it very ironic to hear of your foray into puppetland. I, too, once wrote, created all sorts of puppets (including marionettes), and presented puppet shows. I started first with a group of interested children at a school that I was teaching at, and then later, a the public library. It was wonderful fun. We even did "The Pirates of Penzance" with the children loving the Gilbert and Sullivan tunes that we included.
As a child I was absolutely sure that I would grow to become a celebrated author of mind-boggling fiction. I churned out several wonderful stories a year (wonderful only to me). They were all in hardcover (you remember the black and white composition books), and they all strangely resembled Heidi, Black Stallion and Nancy Drew stories.
I finally realized my dream by writing ad copy for a small town newspaper!
I did learn from my own experience, however, to appreciate good literature myself and what a valuable teaching tool story and poetry writing can be for children. Often those who make the least impact and "noise" within a classroom have the most marvelous stories bouncing around in their heads just waiting for someone to show them the door out.
I found that many non-readers quickly attained reading skills by daily writing a little bit in their "stories". Some of these stories developed into lovely mini-tomes and their young writers gained a confidence that they probably would not have realized before. I hope some of them are continuing to write, if only for their own pleasure.
I am very impressed with the number of genuine writers that are represented here and wish you all great success and satisfaction with your wonderful talent.
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