THE WORD
As an actor in the up and coming made-for-television film, the “Static” movie (https://kspllc.media/the-static-movie), I’ve recently become more aware that it’s all about “the scene,” something upon which the entire cast, crew and staff are tightly focused, working together to perfect. Authoring, on the other hand, is all about one lonely person’s word-craft, something that can only be learned in the Hard Knocks College of Out-There-Before-the-Public Writing and Authoring.
Words today are to many just that. Words. But in ancient times, when the idea of recording ideas for prosperity first rose, written words had supernatural, even occult power. Suddenly what one said endured. One had to be even more careful about what one wrote than what was said, as the written word in many cultures and societies had the power to bind even the Gods and Goddesses unto eternity. Life suddenly became more complex and writers, obligatory experts at word choice.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God -John 1:1
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality -Edgar Allan Poe
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. -Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The author’s version of word choice is word play, something I tried to elevate to that of an independent form of entertainment in THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je6CC...
The Edge of Madness
Kindle version on sale for $1.99 through May 2021.
Soon to be an audiobook read by the incomparable Peter Pollock; purchased for manga, animation and cinematic treatment by K. Simmons Productions
Words today are to many just that. Words. But in ancient times, when the idea of recording ideas for prosperity first rose, written words had supernatural, even occult power. Suddenly what one said endured. One had to be even more careful about what one wrote than what was said, as the written word in many cultures and societies had the power to bind even the Gods and Goddesses unto eternity. Life suddenly became more complex and writers, obligatory experts at word choice.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God -John 1:1
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality -Edgar Allan Poe
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. -Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The author’s version of word choice is word play, something I tried to elevate to that of an independent form of entertainment in THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je6CC...
The Edge of Madness
Kindle version on sale for $1.99 through May 2021.
Soon to be an audiobook read by the incomparable Peter Pollock; purchased for manga, animation and cinematic treatment by K. Simmons Productions
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