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Lauren
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Jul 17, 2009 10:23AM
Ok so I just saw this utterly confusing video online and it set off an idea in my brain, so probably sometimes in the next few weeks in a complete fit of creative insanity I will be writing a mockumentary about the making of the film "The Ascention" a fictional christian film, to scare people into believers.
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I'd read/watch it. Sounds like tons of possibility there.
right, its also dangerous, not that that's ever stopped me before, she says as she takes a break from writing mary vs. jesus... i've taken a lot more liberties with this one, a lot.
I just finished a timed writing and posted it in my writing, if you are bored or so inclined you can find it here.http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/4...
i didn't write this weekend but i recorded four songs for the musical i wrote, so i was creative in a totally different way. i think thats good.
I wrote, but I forgot to write down word counts and such. I did write Friday's, not Saturday or Sunday, so I'll have to combine those with todays. Silly me.
any bets on how big it is for the weekend? I bet it's over 6000.
What? Mine? Umm..that's possible. I'll wait until tonight, when I'm finished writing, I haven't quite got back to it since this morning. How much are we betting?
You have to give a pedicure if you lose Renee.
**shudders** Okay, you're on. I'm pretty sure I'm over 6000, it has been three days. Are we counting Friday? I guess not, since I recorded those words. Let me go tally the numbers and we'll meet in my cubi. You have to read part of a horror story if I'm over. A really good part. Doesn't have to be mine, but someone's here so we can check that you read it.
OH! Oh! I know, never mind the horror story, you have to read a piece of B's writing. I'm so darn crafty. Deal?
we decided that jeff likes the way i write because i somehow manage to mix romantic comedy with murder and he thinks they should go hand in hand.
I can see where he might see that. I totally get it.
Earth calling all Venus creatures. What language are you all speaking?
Yeah Andy, you're a married man. You should know a little womanese. Haven't you picked any of it up along the way?
i was gong to start writing a short story about a really awesome stuffed mouse that i got for my birthday, i saw it at my parents house and my mom asked who i thought she should give it to. she bought it at an auction to benefit cambodian artists and i was like um my birthday is next week, mine. and she gave it to my for my birthday its freaking awesome, anyway, i was going to write a story about the mouse, because i was stuck with mary and jesus and the vampire story, so i sat down to write about the mouse and said well let me give it one more go and i ended up finishing mary and jesus. so yeah, i finished it finally, just three weeks later than i expected, and now i have to do a quick edit and it will be up on here probably tomorrow. hope you enjoy it once it's up.
I'm sure we will, we've only been waiting forever!!
Renee wrote: "Yeah Andy, you're a married man. You should know a little womanese. Haven't you picked any of it up along the way?"I take it that, it's the language that Karen and friends talk, then my eyes glaze over and their voices become distant clucking, I zone out totally and sit in the corner of the room like a zombie on valium?
Lauren wrote: "i was gong to start writing a short story about a really awesome stuffed mouse that i got for my birthday, i saw it at my parents house and my mom asked who i thought she should give it to. she bou..."Maybe the vamps could have a wee mouse in their pocket, just for when they get the nibbles on the street. If vamps played cricket, would they always want to bat?
I need to go.
I need to go.
Andy wrote: "Lauren wrote: "i was gong to start writing a short story about a really awesome stuffed mouse that i got for my birthday, i saw it at my parents house and my mom asked who i thought she should give..."thats fun.
so i printed out mary vs jesus to take to work with me to edit, and i left it on my nightstand. i am so lame. whatever. it will be up tomorrow.
That sucks Lauren. I bet you really wanted to dive into that editing didn't you. I can't wait to read it.
Oh I'm a dangerous bitch whose gonna piss a bunch of people off right now. Mary vs. Jesus is up on my writing, the second installment or the what if Jesus was a vampire prompt. If anyone is offended by me turning Jesus essentially into a kidnapper and rapist, know that its all done in good fun? exploration, exploration is a better word, it's all just an exploration of my subconscious adversion to christianity being sent to christian school while being raised by a recovering catholic father, former presbytarian mother, who raised me with christian, buddhist, shinto, native american and pagan traditions. i wasn't confused about religion at all.
I just finished a timed writing i had started about a month ago. i had most of it done, but had to stop before the story was complete. it was in my brain but it never made it to the page, until now. i just posted it.http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/4...
if you're in the mood for some bad parenting self-hatred prose, it's there. for the record, i don't have kids yet. So it's not autobiographical.
i'm thinking of editing mary vs. moses and turning the first part into a prologue and possibly extending the story, or just beefing it up, i'm not quite sure which, but i will have four hours of nothing to do at work later so hopefully i will figure it out.
I like that idea Lauren. I think there is huge potential for a novel with your story. Add in some more scenes where you originally glossed over incidents. Make a few chapters out of each 'miracle' you could do that. As I read it I was imagining what they would say, do, or think. You could go really big with this.
i feel like that is so dangerous... in a good way
Dangerous is good. I worried the entire time that I wrote Jack, that I was a complete loon, and no one would like it. I was sure that it would be received as offensive garbage and not fit for reading. Crazy thoughts I tell you.But after a few wonderful people read it here, I was informed it wasn't all in my head, it really was a great idea.
I think your Mary vs Jesus is an amazing idea, it has huge potential. You've made it so far very nonoffensive. It's fiction, and that's clear. Only die hard fanatics are going to be upset, and they wouldn't pick up a horror novel anyway. If you can't make someone feel strongly either way, what's the point?
OK so I feel like a jerk, and this is totally going to sound narcasistic, but i don't know how else to say it. Mary vs. Jesus is so much better than Mary vs. Moses, that I kind of want to throw it out and start over. and Mary vs. Moses is good on its own, but Mary vs. Jesus is just so much better and in like a totally different league or voice or tone or something, that it makes Mary vs. Moses look infintile. Um... yeah, I might just be crazy and hyper critical, but what ever. i was doing an edit at work and it's just like line cross out after cross out with new lines its almost like i need to start over and just use the original as an outline of plot points. whatever, i'm going to bed and i'll worry about it in the morning.
It's your work and if you aren't liking it, then you need to change it. I personally loved both, Mary vs Jesus being my favorite though. I don't think the writing was bad or worse. I think it was two different pieces. Maybe because you 'know' Mary better now, the second seems better. If you've crossed out and rewritten and driven yourself crazy already, go for the rewrite.It's all there anyway, now make it so you can be as proud as Moses as you are of Jesus.
You know, they don't like it when you pick favorites. Your characters I mean. They're going to strike back at you, Moses is trying to make you insane.
there is a sentence you don't hear everday. Now make it so you can be as proud of Moses as you are of Jesus.
I know, I'm good at that aren't I? I didn't even realize it when I wrote it. Like Moses was the underachieving child or something.
right. although logistically i think he performed more impressive miracles and his life definitely spanned a longer period of history. i don't know why everyone has to be a martyr. that's just another side note about the bible that drives me crazy, like how women are villianous temptresses who will lead to the down fall of man.
eve, dehlila? for example.
ok moving on, been a bad person this weekend and didn't write anything because i was too busy trying to fix technical issues at work. which stemmed onto today and are hopefully finally fixed since i am not the tech person i am the ticket booth girl. i'm just supposed to smile and sell tickets and keep gay men from getting angry when a show sells out. i am going ot try and get some writing done today while at work. oh and i am filling in for the fulltime person and working 40 hours this week with about 15 hours of commuting and trying to be a good person and start working out again, so yeah, i hate juggling but it should be a good week of that.i think i just made myself tired. which is lame as it is only 235pm.
you should have a nap. naps are the best.
i decided on coffee and reese's peanut butter cups.
Yes, that's much better than a nap. In lieu of my nap(it's 7pm so I'm trying to stay awake) I'm having coffee as well. I don't have any peanut butter cups. That makes me sad. I have Joe Louis, mmm...cake with mystery cream filling. Oh ya and smokes.
Seriously? You don't know what a Joe Louis is? Half moon? How about a Passion Flake? They're made by Vachon. Oh wait, maybe that's Canadian. They are chocolate cake coated in a chocolate shell. Round and flat with a vanilla(or something white) cream filling. Yum. Half Moons are the vanilla version of it. Passion Flakes are just awesome. They are flakey pastry layered with jam and cream. MMmmmm...okay I need to go get one.
i don't know what any of those are but a Joe Louis sounds like a moon pie. and i don't think we have vanilla/white ones. but i may be mistaken.
Yes, they are like moon pies, but I've had both and maybe it's because Joe Louis got my tastebuds first, but I prefer them. No vanilla ones? Oh you are missing out.
sounds like, i don't know why that made me think of pickle chips. when i went to england when i was 16 i had pickle flavored potato chips and they were the best thing ever, and i have never seen them since. it's kind of depressing actually, i would eat them all the time.
You guys don't have Dill Pickle chips?? Are you joking? you must be joking. They are my favorite. I suppose Hostess and Lays are Canadian too? I should get your address and I could ship you a case of dill pickle chips. Lays are the best but there are other brands just as flavorful.My new favorite is Ruffles Sour Cream and Dill. MMMMMMM!!!!
we have hostess and lays but i think they have regional stuff, and don't bring them to california.
i would never stop you from sending me a case of pickle chips, i would however wonder if we would get arrested for smuggling.
They'd never know. i could say it's anything. Can't you send chips to a friend? Maybe I should send you just a few each month. Like chips of the month club. You tell me what you don't have and I'll see what I can find. You know what's a really good flavor? Roasted Chicken. I've only found them by No Name Brand, which is a grocery chain's generic brand. They are to die for. Any time you want chips, I'm your girl. Smuggling, nah!
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