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wildsweetone said:
the only way to improve on your typo rating is to write lots and lots more. :D
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You're one of the few who I don't mind telling me what to do. :rose:

Was one glaring A at the end of one line. Thing is, if it'd been a small a it would've sort of worked out.
 
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hmmnmm said:
You're one of the few who I don't mind telling me what to do. :rose:
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:kiss:

as an aside... i try to be sure to just offer suggestions. it's always up to the writer whether they want to take notice, or whether something i says feels right for them to try to do. i'm not always right by any stretch of the imagination, but sometimes a different perspective can shed a little light on a shadowed corner.

it was a little joke (as i know you probably know) to improve on your typos by writing more... partly because i'm very much enjoying reading your writing (as always) and want to read more and partly because i feel it means as much to you to be able to create as it does to me. i will always encourage creativity in others, especially when i know just how enjoyable it is. and too, there's another side... (doesn't life have lots of sides? :) ) when one person writes there's always going to be a reader (even if it is just 'self'), and always that reader will find some word/phrase/line/verse/lyric/story/event/etc to understand and when that happens, the writing has come to life. it would be a shame to shortchange others of that ability to understand. after all, it is a gift and are gifts not best loved when shared? *smile*

(i need to go make dindins. soup i think. soup and fresh baked bread. mmmm enjoy your night friend. :rose: )
 
hmmnmm said:
You're one of the few who I don't mind telling me what to do. :rose:

Was one glaring A at the end of one line. Thing is, if it'd been a small a it would've sort of worked out.
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i saw it. it caught my attention for a fleeting moment before the next line called for my attention. for all the prose/poetry quandary, i'm really enjoying your line breaks. there are some that are quite startling and give me much food for thought.

see, in your sharing, i am learning. thank you for that. :rose:
 
Well the whole difference is doing it the way that feels most comfortable rather than how you think you should according to fragmented understandings of what others say. If I was doing it in hopes of skillfully pleasing the expectation of a certain crowd or league, the pleasure of reading of your enjoyment would not be as rich and warm as it is in this case, which is a case of writing in the ways and voices that are most comfortable. Which again, has generally not garnered much enthusiasm from the general story/fiction reader on Lit. But I like the lengthier rambly fiction too... but you're giving me new courage to maybe try a few. Unless you think it's just as well keeping it in shorter sections... could fix up a lengthier fiction thing and see how it goes.
 
wildsweetone said:
i saw it. it caught my attention for a fleeting moment before the next line called for my attention. for all the prose/poetry quandary, i'm really enjoying your line breaks. there are some that are quite startling and give me much food for thought.

see, in your sharing, i am learning. thank you for that. :rose:
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It's actually a good lesson. Because today I added a few more but an hour or so later decided to double check. Wouldn't be too hard to fix it by submitting an Edit... but not tonight.

And yes, at last check there are four in the wings. Only one could be considered even close to 'poetry' and the others were just sections I yanked and tinkered with. I hesitate to give too much away in the spoiler department but there is a shift, which I've also been interested in. If the shift works... then a lot can happen. Could go on all winter. Or summer down there.
 
waffle warning *smile*

(only here a moment again and then off until my tomorrow).


hmmnmm said:
Well the whole difference is doing it the way that feels most comfortable rather than how you think you should according to fragmented understandings of what others say. If I was doing it in hopes of skillfully pleasing the expectation of a certain crowd or league, the pleasure of reading of your enjoyment would not be as rich and warm as it is in this case, which is a case of writing in the ways and voices that are most comfortable. Which again, has generally not garnered much enthusiasm from the general story/fiction reader on Lit. But I like the lengthier rambly fiction too ...but you're giving me new courage to maybe try a few. Unless you think it's just as well keeping it in shorter sections... could fix up a lengthier fiction thing and see how it goes.
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i think if we write how we ourself feel right to write -the most natural way for us to write - then that is where our gift lays. i call it a gift for many reasons. but one is because if we write for our own self, and then we share it, chances are another person will take something of good use from it. gee it's hard to explain what i mean. let me try again.

i feel that when i write my most heartfelt writing (whether it be poetry or prose) that everything of my feelings, thoughts, emotions etc goes into that piece of writing.

when i share it, i often get people telling me that i have helped them. it doesn't seem to matter what i write. but when i write it with all of my being, then somehow it seems to reach out and help another person. so i call it a gift. i don't always consciously write to help others. but when i write with no other intent other than to help my self to understand a situation better, then it seems to spin off and help elsewhere.

this is why i pass on to others to write the way that feels most right, most comfortable, for them. in order to do that, they may need to write in many different ways, using many different forms, before they find the way that most suits them.

i have lots of different areas of creativity. when i want to play music on my guitar, i don't ignore that feeling and stick solely to writing poetry, i pick up my guitar and i play it. if i feel the urge to paint, then i paint. i go with whatever my mind or body feels most comfortable. i'm a bit of a jack of all trades and often feel i'm not a master of many. *smile*

i feel that being true to my self, is the most important thing for me. it just happens that an offshoot of caring about myself, is that in doing so i also care about others, consciously and subconsciously. *smile*

perhaps for some, i.e. some bestseller novel writers, it is their comfort zone to write for money. i just know that for me, money isn't why i write. i also don't write for a pat on the back. i write mainly to grow, spiritually and mentally.

so, what i am trying to say is be openminded. try all manner of ways of writing. feel your way around words and forms and no forms and short and long lengths etc and see where you feel most comfy. and even when you are most comfortable, still try and keep an open mind... you never know what you can learn that may in turn help you 'grow'. and you may never know what particular piece of writing may shine in which specific form. you have to be open to trying one or several. whatever is most comfortable. i am a 'young' poet. but i've learnt that i don't feel comfortable writing iambic pentameter poetry so i don't write it, but i do occasionally read it because i know full well that form poetry can force words together in different phrases which can sound poetic. now that is interesting. i don't want to close my mind to that part as i may learn something.

just don't ever ever stop doing something you enjoy or you would like to try just because another person tells you. take what they say onto your palm, look at it, turn it over in your hand, check out every scratch nook and cranny it hides and only then decide if it is suitable advice for you to follow or to put aside.

see, we agree. *smile* do it for your own self and you will see one day that there are others who gain more than you ever conceived possible from what you've shared.

a gift. how lucky are we? *smile* oh but then i have a belief that every single person has the ability to be creative. there's just not too many who are able to allow that creativity out.

so... if you feel like trying a lengthier piece, go for it. see how it fits you, comfortable or not? you lose nothing from trying it on, you learn a great deal. even if it only confirms what you already know.

i am sorry for my waffle. you gave me much to think about. and i am still learning, thank you. :rose:
 
hmmnmm said:
It's actually a good lesson. Because today I added a few more but an hour or so later decided to double check. Wouldn't be too hard to fix it by submitting an Edit... but not tonight.

And yes, at last check there are four in the wings. Only one could be considered even close to 'poetry' and the others were just sections I yanked and tinkered with. I hesitate to give too much away in the spoiler department but there is a shift, which I've also been interested in. If the shift works... then a lot can happen. Could go on all winter. Or summer down there.
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a digression - when i first came to Lit i wrote prose. i had it published on the site for all and sundry to read. was heaped with praise from readers and received firesticks from some too. *smile* a couple of years ago i thought about removing it all, editing it and resubmitting and then i realised... those stories are a clear measure of my progress as a writer. i left them there.

having a measure of progress is important to me. a few years ago i worked with special needs children. at one point i worked with a child who had cerebral palsy. he was a fun loving full of life five year old. i was his main teacher as others did not know how to work with him. he could not speak - his communication was via body language, both look and touch and via specific photos. he unexpectedly passed away after only being with me for eight weeks. it devastated me. it was not until a few weeks after his death that i realised he and i had never sat down and looked at his progress. and he had progressed such a lot. he had become independent and was using far more appropriate ways to catch my attention when he needed something. it was a huge progression in a very short span of time. i learnt then just how important it was to take the time to look back at achievements.

so your 'A' caught my attention, held it for a moment, allowed me to remember and smile and to move on to the next 'challenge' - your next line. *smile*

if you never go back to edit it out then sobeit. if you do because that's how you feel most comfortable, then sobeit. *smile* win/win for you as it is your choice.


to the other... enjoy the shift or not *smile* whatever the case may be. i know that i'll be enjoying whatever you choose to share.
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Actually the A reminded me of a quote I read somewhere, attributed to Chet Atkins. Something about if you make a mistake try to do it again and it'll look like it was intentional. So some new ideas began to cook about that for sure. Might mess with that today.

I also began with the prose, here. Lost count of the times I've deleted everything to start over. End up regretting it, vow not to do it again, whatever is there, leave it, so be it... in fact it's been a whispering temptation to do it again, for the purpose of setting up the world, and then return everything but under the umbrella of a general title, under which lots can happen and shoot off in all kinds of directions. Had that been the plan at the outset... I don't know. Pretty sure Lit's not the place for it, except maybe in the poetry department, but Lit's got a friendly setup and does have allowance for the marginal stuff. Well I'm just getting going this morning... not really thinking clear.

Come back later with more.
 
Well this is disheartening.
Was pissing a minute ago and happened to glance at a packet of my wife's personal hygiene stuff and saw evidence that porn or the language of porn has finally gained mainstream acceptance.

On the packet it says:

OLAY

daily facials



that sucks
 
which strengthens the notion that when the once-unacceptable becomes acceptable (mainstream) there comes a significant drop in the level of intrigue.
 
The puritanical hermit becomes a more attractive exploratory vein and removes the nagging burden of hassling with plot-driven sex stories. So it's a good development after all, mainstream hygienic products so blatantly promoting facials.
 
facials ? There is a sexual usage, but I think the cosmetic treatment is more common. Might also refer to a foul in some sports.
 
hmmnmm said:
Well this is disheartening.
Was pissing a minute ago and happened to glance at a packet of my wife's personal hygiene stuff and saw evidence that porn or the language of porn has finally gained mainstream acceptance.

On the packet it says:

OLAY

daily facials



that sucks
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Only a twisted minded sex crazed lothario could put that sort of conotation on an innocent packet ....... but that's why we luvs ya :D
 
Oh but I felt the erotica vibes just pouring off that pink packet. Whoever had the hands that used those fingers to type that message were thinking the naughty meaning of facial, and it somehow is transmitted off the pink packet. Not just any packet: Olay's pink packet. But think of the millions of innocent minds that subliminal message has already entered. It won't be long before you go into a restaurant and a waitress comes to the table, order pad in hand, but also a freshly made facial, not the traditional facial but the pornographic facial. She'll inquire if you'll have a menu as if there's nothing out of the ordinary. Just wait and see.

And re: EO: Cosmetic. That's the word. Not hygienic. Cosmetic. Thank you.
 
Okay, if it was just one incident, like Daily Facial, maybe I'd believe you. But I found another. Except this is no packet. This is a little jar. Right? Small jar you undress and dip your fingers in? And what are the fingers dipped in? Says it right there, though they try to hide with smaller font: all day moisture cream. And take a wild guess the party responsible for spreading their cleverly dressed messages: yep. Olay. Pornography has obviously seduced Olay. Surely they engage in all night orgies, and get ideas for their next products. Probably still wear the perfumes of uncountable orgasms when they gather together at their offices, where certainly another orgy begins. Oh but it's really just one Olay orgy that goes on and on. Wonder if they're hiring.
 
lol you've got me looking at packets and pots now. ...i knew there had to be a reason.
 
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Well I sure don't mean to screw your day up.

Besides, I'm sure it's not very realistic to suppose I could get hired on to the Olay daily orgy ship. But maybe... maybe a choreography internship... maybe. But Olay's probably already all full with accomplished porn writers.

Hey, been pecking at a fiction section. It's tough for many reasons. But I do enjoy doing it, very much. As much as the poems and faux-poems.
 
see?
truly a worldwide plot
which is enough reason
to not participate
which is sad because
I've always so loved sex,

but what's a guy to do?
 
hmmnmm said:
Well I sure don't mean to screw your day up.

Besides, I'm sure it's not very realistic to suppose I could get hired on to the Olay daily orgy ship. But maybe... maybe a choreography internship... maybe. But Olay's probably already all full with accomplished porn writers.

Hey, been pecking at a fiction section. It's tough for many reasons. But I do enjoy doing it, very much. As much as the poems and faux-poems.
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screwing my day up is a good thing at the moment. gives me something else to think about. the city of Olay... hmmm now you've got me pondering.

good for you pecking at fiction. i'd love to read it. and i'm very glad to hear you're enjoying it. you're making me itch to write again right now.


UnderYourSpell said:
OMG They are all at it ....... seen on toothpaste tube 'ooze control tip'!
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:D okay i give up. i'm just going to watch what y'all come up with. i daren't go 'round my house looking for stuff or i'll end up being permanently on edge.
 
well like I said I do like it all, and like you, having a love of many passions limits the available time to spend on each, so therein is the Jack-of-Several. The idea of picking one and sticking with it and delving deep and mastering it, is a very attractive idea. If I see someone who has mastered something, I start to wish I'd done the same thing. Like if I see a really really great jaw-dropping guitar player, I'll get all excited, because besides putting out wonderful sounds they're demonstrating things on it that may be elusive to me and always will be, but sparks an inspiration to buckle down. Which doesn't usually last more than two days. Because something always comes along.

I forgot the point of this... come back when it comes back.
 
hmmnmm said:
well like I said I do like it all, and like you, having a love of many passions limits the available time to spend on each, so therein is the Jack-of-Several. The idea of picking one and sticking with it and delving deep and mastering it, is a very attractive idea. If I see someone who has mastered something, I start to wish I'd done the same thing. Like if I see a really really great jaw-dropping guitar player, I'll get all excited, because besides putting out wonderful sounds they're demonstrating things on it that may be elusive to me and always will be, but sparks an inspiration to buckle down. Which doesn't usually last more than two days. Because something always comes along.

I forgot the point of this... come back when it comes back.
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LOL. I love the way you scatter your thoughts about. It makes me smile imagining you immersed in concentrated authorship and suddenly, a flash of light flicks through the window. It strikes your eyes and all earlier studiousness is dropped as you run to look out and pursue the next shiny object.

Wonderful!

Please, everyone, write on and don't forget to share what you make.
 
champagne1982 said:
LOL. I love the way you scatter your thoughts about. It makes me smile imagining you immersed in concentrated authorship and suddenly, a flash of light flicks through the window. It strikes your eyes and all earlier studiousness is dropped as you run to look out and pursue the next shiny object.

Wonderful!

Please, everyone, write on and don't forget to share what you make.
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Aw:kiss::kiss:

Part of the original point came and I see your lovely expression here...

Discipline. That was it. It's easy to neglect to keep in mind that jaw-dropping guitar player likely spent hours and hours and hours of practice practice practice, work work work, study study study, on the guitar and all things pertaining to guitar.

The idea is attractive. But I ain't got that discipline. Ain't gonna happen.

Because every field or subject or whatever to call it, has many branches, and they all lead to other fields, so it's really hard to put those distant possibilities out of the mind and focus with stern discipline upon the originally chosen field.

So many disparate fields are equally attractive.
 
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