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Posted: Thu Aug 14th, 2008 12:29 pm |
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PaulK wrote: I'm not a professional writer, I just seem to have a knack for telling stories.
So you need to get PAID to do it then. What's the point in being good at something if you can't get a little spending money with it?
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Posted: Fri Sep 19th, 2008 01:02 am |
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I read your story, and I have to say well done. Couldn't Stop reading until the end.
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Posted: Fri Sep 19th, 2008 01:51 am |
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Some people say it's one of my best stories. I can't say, it's too close to home. I can say that I was pretty satisfied with it. I think I did what I set out to do as well as I could.
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Posted: Fri Sep 19th, 2008 08:49 am |
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PaulK wrote: Thank you all.
The emotional depth comes from putting myself in the position of the first person narrator. If I were the manager of a woman processing plant and I took one of the heifers out for a quick fuck because I was on the outs from my GF and got involved with the doomed but loveable chick, how would I feel?
It took a lot more than a few days to write it. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I make no apologies for the drug bits. I've smoked cannabis myself and thoroughly enjoyed it and yes, I did inhale. I don't do political correctness. I just write what's real for me.
Cheers,
Paul
Nothing wrong with partaking of the magical herb every now and then.
But seriously, that was one of the most powerful, emotional, and all around beautiful stories I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Have you ever considered becoming a published writer? This story read more like a book than just a post on a website.
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Posted: Fri Sep 19th, 2008 11:20 pm |
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I don't think I'd make it as a pro writer. I only write when I feel like it and only about what I want to write. I never set any targets for how long a story is or what to put in it. I get an idea and see where it takes me. That's about it. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.
'Priya' apparently did. Quite a few people liked it rather a lot. It's just a romance with an unusual milieu. The 'action' is mainly in the heads of the characters, so that made up most of the work involved. In a romance, if the reader doesn't care about the main characters, the story means nothing. I speak here with all the authority of somebody who doesn't read romances. 
I've read 'Priya' a few times and I always enjoy it. Odd, considering I wrote it myself. I've read quite a lot so when I write I suppose I'm just making up the stories that I'd want to read that don't exist yet.
Paul
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