Writers Do you ever get ridiculed for being a writer?
if ridiculed is too strong a word..how about others thinking it is stupid or a waste of time?
Lets just say Im not encouraged by my family. brMy brother has now one more thing to make fun of me about. brbrBQbrSo, so.brBut not that much. Im very clumsy though, lol. I knocked over a whole counter of perfume today at a store in the mall with my grandmother.
Writers Does your story have these things?
Following on in Joss question vein...
Religion Check. Its about learning to understand God, while sharing information with God in this religion God is mostly inactive, and would not be prayed to for assistance. The entire goal of the religion is to fully understand the intentions of God, and carry them out. Many sects are still squabbling about whether they have the answers yet or not.brbrLanguage Halfcheck. Its an ongoing project, and wont play much of a role in the completed work. Its not yet big enough to have a whole conversation in. However, it has plenty of interesting stuff, some of which isnt found in any language Ive heard of. Im sure any serious linguist would call it stupid, though.brbrMagic nope. I dont use magic in my stories.brbrRaces Yes, three. Two are more heavily developed, though. They are alien in nature, and the language I mentioned belongs to one of them.brbrSpecies Aside from the sentient ones above, Ive been too lazy to create flora and fauna so far. Theyd be nice, but overall irrelevant to the story.brbr Any closeknit, loving, fully supportive families? Nobr Any children under the age of ? Nobr Any characters with a fanatical obsessionfixation? What is it? Nobr Any characters with diagnosed depressionsocial disorderpersonality disorders? Semi almost everyones a few screws lose from their circumstances, but probably not medically.br Characters who feel as though they belong in gender to the opposite sex? Nobr Characters other than antagonists who have an extremely different world view to you? Yes My characters arent me, and none of them share an overall worldview with me. Two of them view things drastically differently, in regards to human nature, religion, and political views. I wont bore you with details here.br Female characters that require saving i.e. Archetypal damsel in distress? Once, but Im convinced it was justified. Being held captive was a horrible experience of the character from the beginning of the story, and alters the way she behaves the whole time. She is literally strong enough to take care of herself and these were pretty unusual circumstances. Her capture was also relevant to the overall story as well as characterwise.brbrOn a related gender note, one of my races is femaledominated only as much as we are maledominated which is portrayed neutrally. I tried to make gender largely irrelevant to the story.brbr Characters with extremely boring backgrounds that they cannot angst about? Yep. I wont bore you with the details.br Any characters with more than one mindspiritsoulconsciousness? Nobr Characters with extremely bad luck in loverelationships? A bit. One character no longer actively looks for love, but its not quite due to bad luck and doesnt come into the story much.br brDo your mainsemimain characters have any of the following traits br Unnatural haireyeskin color i.e. Pinkbright orangepurpleblue Theyre not Sues. br Changing eyecolor? Theyre not Sues. br Tendency to cry at the slightest thing? Theyre not Sues. br HomicidalViolent impulses? Not except one character towards one particular personbr Extreme cowardice? Nobr Being of a racespecies other than human? Yes, I mentioned nonhumans above.br A really low IQ Nobr Compulsive lying Nobr Gets jealousenvious of others really easily Nobr HaughtinessArrogance Nobr A predisposition towards lazinesscomplacencyindifference Nobr brbrSecond half proudly copypasted!
Writers Does your character have time for a quick interview?
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. How do you feel about your full name? brbrTristelle Anne Reece? I like it, its pretty unique. I usually go by Trista though, just because it is easier for most people.brbr. What did you do for your last birthday?brbrUm, I had a quotpartyquot....brbr. Can you curl your tongue?brbrSure?brbr. What is your least favorite word?brbrHallucination... or mental illness, yeah I know thats two words...brbr. Have any pets? If not, why not? If so, tell me a little about them.brbrI had a dog when I was six, but he got hit by a car. Poor Toby. I have not had a pet since.brbr. What is your one greatest fear?brbrBeing in this place forever... Im not crazy!brbr. What are the three quotneversquot of your life?brbra. Never give up, no matter if they believe you or notbrb. Never let them tell you what to do, do what you know is rightbrc. Never get close to anybody, it only leads to painbrbr. It is time for us to part ways. How do you feel about that?brbrUm, bye?brbrBQ What book are you currently reading? Is it interesting so far?brbrI just started this book called Thre, but I am only two chapters into it, so I dont know how I feel about it yet.brbrBQ Twihard or twihater?brbrMeh leaning more towards a twihater, I am mostly just really really really annoyed by it. brbrBQ How do you feel about prologues? Good writing tool, or stay away?brbrI like them, and as a reader, I never skip over them. I dont want to miss something, so I think if you are going to read a book, read the prologue if there is one, because why would the author put it in there if it wasnt important?brbrBQ Strawberries or turtles? brbrBoth? Is that an acceptable answer? D
Write me a sentence or two from your mind?
A sentence or two? How confining.brbrFree writing, and free thought is much different then writing something because someone tells you to, or think that you need to write something. Free thought allows for the mind to open up and for the consciousness to flow. You can try doing it, and make sure not to analyze anything that you are putting down Its a very revealing practice. When I do free write, I touch on the subliminal and the deep meaning that is stored there waiting in the unconsciousness.brbrExamplebrbrFrozen palms, are held out reaching. Colors flow into their reach, but I can not grasp. The fire is the only way I can warm my muscles and dare to grab at what I know is there....brbrMore symbolic.
Would you want to live in a world without suffering?
is suffering necessary to a good life? Im in a philosophy class and I have to write a paper and I want to get other peoples opionions on the subject because I think it is necessary to have suffering and pain in order to apprecitate things. What do you think?
I would have to agree with you on that. Suffering is a form of pain, and pain is an opposite to a number of alternative feelings as pain, in a sense, is a feeling. Opposites could include pleasure, comfort etc etc.brbrA world without suffering could not exist within the following philosophical writeup As if there is no suffering, life would become quite meaningless or even not existent would it not? If there is no strive toward something, then what would be the point of it? If you want to have that shiny new car and you strive to get it and finally achieve it and own that car, then what is there to do next? You will, eventually, become bored of that car and pursue something more advanced in its respective field. Basically to say that if you already own something, in whatever essence that something is, you will no longer pursue that individual element. As Karl Popper, in Open Society and Its Enemies, states, quot...human suffering makes a direct moral appeal for help, while there is no similar call to increase the happiness of a man who is doing well anyway.quotbrbrSo back to the basic question. If the world had no suffering, then humanity would possibly strive to achieve a higherlevel of nonsuffering or a varying alternative of a similar subject I believe it is part of who we are as a species to pursue greater achievements.brbrThe Chinese philosophy of Ying amp Yang states that any phenomena such that of say, suffering must consist of two opposing, yet at the same time, complementary pieces to form and complete a whole concept. So this is to say that without suffering, there can be no life as then there is no opposing factor that creates this entity into a whole piece. This can be true of many fanatical concepts and theories of life such as badgood, lifedeath, happysad, updown, letright, forwardsbackwards all these concepts have opposing sides to give the other meaning and existence. As if there is only up, and no down, then how could one call up up, and how could the concept of moving upwards be considered anything at all? As if we are only moving up, then moving up would not be considered up at all, it would just be considered moving as that was the only form of moving there was.
Would you stoop to the pavement to pick up a lose coin lying there?
I have experience of doing this myself that I found very intense, as I could not help thinking what people think about it? But there is a limit regarding amount of money involved after which everything become ok by everyone. Would you for example pick up a penny from ground, or would you only consider ten or twenty pence coin, or may be not. If not then will a brand new shining mint of a pound will do the magic. Or may be you are into currency notes. Whenever I, if ever, see a precious currency note lying on the ground, I find the glimpse as subtle as the sight of the skin of a snake lying in the grass the only difference being I am more likely jump away from the later and jump at the former.
For pennys, not worth the effort but for anything above ...hmmm..one has to start to wonder at what height does you arroganceego start to show ? At what amount do you still think you are too good and couldnt be seen.A good question , one that makes you ask one or two to your self..thank you, I needed that..
Would you stoop to the pavement to pick up a lose coin lying there?
I have experience of doing this myself that I found very intense, as I could not help thinking what people think about it? But there is a limit regarding amount of money involved after which everything become ok by everyone. Would you for example pick up a penny from ground, or would you only consider ten or twenty pence coin, or may be not. If not then will a brand new shining mint of a pound will do the magic. Or may be you are into currency notes. Whenever I, if ever, see a precious currency note lying on the ground, I find the glimpse as subtle as the sight of the skin of a snake lying in the grass the only difference being I am more likely jump away from the later and jump at the former.
For pennys, not worth the effort but for anything above ...hmmm..one has to start to wonder at what height does you arroganceego start to show ? At what amount do you still think you are too good and couldnt be seen.A good question , one that makes you ask one or two to your self..thank you, I needed that..
Would you sacrifice yourself for love...?
...in what way...?
Sacrificing yourself for love is a misunderstood concept.brbrTo those who are romantics in thought and ideology, the mythical image of one Romeo and Juliet come to mind.brbrTrue sacrifice for love is something entirely different when viewed by the mature eye.brbrWhen you love someone, you dont hide how you feel even when telling the world about your feelings may alienate others.brbrWhen you love someone, you put their needs ahead of your own in order to make them happy. This is not some slavish hours a day lapdog like devotion, but a true desire to see that person who is a part of your heart experience real joy.brbrWhen you love someone, you sacrifice your own agenda in order to meet their needs.brbrWhen you love someone, their goals, in part, become your goals.brbrWhen you love someone, you do not compete with each other. Instead you seek to complement each other.brbrWhen you love someone, you sacrifice popularity for compassion when it comes to keeping the privacy and personal information of the other person quiet. You never trumpet personal issues in order to score points against the one you love.brbrWhen you love someone, you get up with the baby even though you have to go to work the next day because you know they are more tired than you are.brbrWhen you love someone you realize that you are not the center of every waking moment and that other peoples needs sometimes trump yours.brbrTo be truly sacrificing in love means that you place everything you are and have and hope to become into the care and keeping of someone else above self.
Would you rob an extremely rich person to feed poor ones and save them from starvation?
Thanks for the answer.
Read this remarkbrbrquotMany of us know this tale from the author Roger Green about this heroic Robin Hood. He basically stole from the rich and gave to the poor while protecting others from a corrupt government system back in the times where the King was away and a cruel prince took over like a greedy piece of , yada yada, etc.brMy opinion is that stealing is wrong anyway.brMost people want to work, most people want to be productive, there are a few of us that dont, but those are the people that more capable people in the society should help, not everybody can make it on their own...It takes a village to raise a child, and people need help a lot more then they think they do, were not solitary animals, we function in groups, and the only way that we can function to our fullest potential is if we start to look at eachother as part of the overall picture.brbrSome Billionaires decide to give a lot of their money away to charities, organizations, etc. And thats nice, but the thing to consider is that the system that allowed them to make such ridiculous amounts of money in the first place is inherently exploitative in nature, while they are giving their money to charities, it was never their money to begin with, its the Societys as a whole.quotbrArent the high amount of taxes payed in so many coutries, a legalbrstealing?brIn some cases, I agree of sealing the robery for poor.brWould the very rich give away without imposition? brDont think so.brLIGHT BRIGHT!
Would you rob an extremely rich person to feed poor ones and save them from starvation?
Thanks for the answer.
Read this remarkbrbrquotMany of us know this tale from the author Roger Green about this heroic Robin Hood. He basically stole from the rich and gave to the poor while protecting others from a corrupt government system back in the times where the King was away and a cruel prince took over like a greedy piece of , yada yada, etc.brMy opinion is that stealing is wrong anyway.brMost people want to work, most people want to be productive, there are a few of us that dont, but those are the people that more capable people in the society should help, not everybody can make it on their own...It takes a village to raise a child, and people need help a lot more then they think they do, were not solitary animals, we function in groups, and the only way that we can function to our fullest potential is if we start to look at eachother as part of the overall picture.brbrSome Billionaires decide to give a lot of their money away to charities, organizations, etc. And thats nice, but the thing to consider is that the system that allowed them to make such ridiculous amounts of money in the first place is inherently exploitative in nature, while they are giving their money to charities, it was never their money to begin with, its the Societys as a whole.quotbrArent the high amount of taxes payed in so many coutries, a legalbrstealing?brIn some cases, I agree of sealing the robery for poor.brWould the very rich give away without imposition? brDont think so.brLIGHT BRIGHT!
Would you recommend the twlight series to a boy?
I wouldnt recommend it to anyone. But I especially would not recommend it to a boy. I do not think Edwards abuse is a good example for young boys just starting to show interest in girls. I think that it is a shame that young boys are being essentially blackmailed into reading it by their girlfriends. I have heard of many kids breaking up because they prefer Eddie over their boyfriend. How silly. I have also seen several young boys here who seem to question their own sexuality because they enjoyed it. I must say I gave it to my son and asked him to read a few chapters. He gave it back to me and told me it was ... well I wont repeat the word, but it starts with a G. PaxC
Would you rather?
be guaranteed life to the age and then beheaded and die alone with no one ever finding your body...
unique question. I would definitely take the live to the age of a though. years is not long and Im too young to die just yet! of course if the living to is all pain and being unhealthy and suffering then Ill take the years. brbrMy personal experience is its not always best having the family around when a death is involved. It seems to bring out the worst in peopleespecially when moneywill issues are involved. And the beheading is at least quick and from what Ive read painless. I would miss not seeing my friends and family when I die but we go alone anyway. They wont be coming with me when I go.
Would you rather?
be guaranteed life to the age and then beheaded and die alone with no one ever finding your body...
unique question. I would definitely take the live to the age of a though. years is not long and Im too young to die just yet! of course if the living to is all pain and being unhealthy and suffering then Ill take the years. brbrMy personal experience is its not always best having the family around when a death is involved. It seems to bring out the worst in peopleespecially when moneywill issues are involved. And the beheading is at least quick and from what Ive read painless. I would miss not seeing my friends and family when I die but we go alone anyway. They wont be coming with me when I go.
quotIs there anything you would be willing to die for?quot?
quot We die for our homes, not for the stones and walls, we die for our mothers, brothers and sisters, not for the country that is unknown, we die for the happy faces of our children...We die only for the things that are worth living for.quot
quotIs there anything you would be willing to die for?quot?
quot We die for our homes, not for the stones and walls, we die for our mothers, brothers and sisters, not for the country that is unknown, we die for the happy faces of our children...We die only for the things that are worth living for.quot
quotCan you read too many booksquot?
I think myself books are like blueberries food for the brain.
Well I suppose it could be possible.What could be gained in a persons life by merely reading quotHow to do quot books in life and not just going out there, jumping in and getting your feet wet and living life.Books, whether for relaxation or for knowledge, are tools we can use through life.They give us a point of reference.As informative as books can be they can not replace experience for learning.Unfortunately some of the lessons we remember most are the one we learned the hard way.
Prove to me you exist?
Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum.brbrBut how can I know you exist? By mistaking, or by not mistaking referring to you.brbrHow can I know an object exists? Well it is quite easy, if the force of that object is exercised against on you then you will feel that force so this means it exists. This means it is not a hallucination from your own subconscious.
Problems with Twilight?
Please, twilight fans, expalin to me how you can think these things are okay and not insanely weird horrible.
Jacob falls in love with a newborn baby brIts not so much he falls in love with her as he knows that one day they will fall in love because he doesnt age for the time being they just share a connection that makes them like best friends. It helps explain WHY he was so insane over Bella in the first place. brbrTeenage pregnancy Bella gives birth to the Loch Ness Monster.brI think that normally people would think that an undead human couldnt reproduce, therefore whats the point of protection? BUT in either case, I think it was a very creative way to make a twist in most vampire stories.brbrEdward beats Bella up during sex brHe doesnt beat her up, hes just stronger then her Im pretty sure I know plenty of people whove gotten bruises during sex.brbrEdward gives Bella csection with his teeth.brIf he didnt both Renesmee and Bella would have died.brbrRenesmee beats Bella from the inside.brIm months pregnant, I get beat from the inside, not the extent of anything broken, but Renesmee is technically a hybrid.brbrEdward stalks Bella and listens to her while she sleeps. creepy anyone?brEdward cant help it, hes so protective of her and fascinated by her. Its romantic, and regardless, to the watching her while she sleeps that is a little creepy, but still very sweet, I dont know if youve seen anyone sleep its boring.brbrBella hears Edwards voice in her head and this is never really explained well. inasne?brI dont think its insane, its more then likely her subconscious from what she remembered of him, or there connection to one another, being soul mates. I have a friend who has a connection like that to a person threw her dreams.brbrJacobs friend falls in love with a year old. still pedophilia!brThis is the same question as the first one, therefore its my same answer.brbrOver yearold dead sperm somehow impregnates Bella. Does Stephenie Meyer understand how sex works?brSperm dont have hearts. They are not alive therefore its technically possible on some level. brbrBella tells her father the same things her mother told him when her mother left. unnecessary and evil!brShes , frightened year olds will say anything that it takes. br
