Howdy.
Hello everyone. I'm Tyler Knight, the pornstar. I've lurked here since October and this is my second post.
My goal is singular. It's to improve my skill as a writer. In the course of Google searching and reading about the craft of writing, I came across an article Chuck wrote about Amy Hempel, "She Breaks Your Heart." That kicked my ass! I joined the Writer's Workshop and consumed every essay several times over in a day. Best thirty or forty dollars I've spent in a long time.
My brain has been in an eight years long torpor during my tenure in adult film. I'm learning how to use it all over again. Learning to read with a critical eye, and reverse engineering why an author's turn of phrase worked is exhilarating. After reading several of the essays, I'll never be able to read fiction the same way again.
I'd like to thank whomever put together and run this site. It's an excellent resource. Thanks for letting me visit, and I hope to be able to do my share of giving back.
-Tyler
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yeah, beware. perseverance in the face of blind hatred... or at least posting smart things will get people off your back... eventually. but really, its good to see new people here, no matter what you hear from anyone else.
www.triplebeard.com
http://darkroomreview.blogspot.com
“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
Thanks for the welcome and the warning. I'm a lightning rod for trolls on many forums I'm a member of, regardless of the board's focus. I've got a thick skin and choose to not dignify attacks with responses.
Excellent.
Now, choose wisely. What kind of lobster makes the best sammich?
- Maine
- Pacific
- Grilled
- Cujo
Your future at the cult is at stake.
Also, what out for that cunt Ritt.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Welcome.
Congrats on your 2009 Good For Her Feminist Porn Award.
Google has taught me many things, but this may be the crowning achievement: I think you are the first Cultie to ever have a blow-up doll made in their likeness. Your blog looks really interesting!
Are women using blow up dolls these days?
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
I have an inflate valve.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Welcome Tyler,
Dennis Widmyer is the guy who put this together.
Happy to hear you'll be in workshop. We'll see you in there. I'll have to check out your blog more...looks interesting. Hopefully, we'll be getting some of your perspective in the form of a few stories in WS.
I'm one of the mods in workshop so feel free to holler if you have any questions about how we do things.
Cheers,
-BT
Congrats on landing the Tiger's Wood role 
Hahahahaha....that should get some press.
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
Tyler, being in the industry, do you get down to Tampa for the awards? We should hang...no pun intended. Just keep your dick out of my wife 
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
Hello and Welcome, just keep your massive weapon away from my Cujo!
I could never make it as a porn star, but I think I have a good shot at becoming a porn character actor.
This is why we can't have nice things.
I have a script called "Aqua Teen Hunger Whores" that I wrote kind of as a joke, but if I could make some money off of it, I wouldn't mind selling it just to see the outcome.
is the porn industry really scared of tube sites?
www.triplebeard.com
http://darkroomreview.blogspot.com
“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
They should be. It's free content.
right, and i understand that, BUT aside from the amateur hour, is the content on tube sites any more legal than the content of original napster?
www.triplebeard.com
http://darkroomreview.blogspot.com
“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
The title sells itself. I like it already.
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
I believe so. I did some poking around and couldn't find anything that claimed it was anything other than on the up and up. Red Tube, I believe, is just clips and whatnot. An entire movie would be something illegal, which I don't think they have.
It's totally an apples and oranges comparison, though. The copyright laws between adult film and music are worlds apart.
Cujo lobster sandwiches?
Grilled lobster tails are delicious, but don't tell that to my three pet hermit crabs. They'll rip my heart out with the big claw, and that will ruin my Easter.
Grilled lobster tails are delicious, but don't tell that to my three pet hermit crabs. They'll rip my heart out with the big claw, and that will ruin my Easter.
LOL....Tyler, you're tripping me out man. A Pornstar with a blow up doll and 3 pet hermit crabs....paint on brother....paint more for us...cause I gotta hear more.
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
is this for real? is he really a porn star and is he really posting on this site?
Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
Smartazboy wrote, "Welcome.
Congrats on your 2009 Good For Her Feminist Porn Award."
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Te-he-he, lesbians dig me.
That award meant than the other ones because there were no politics involved. Just group of women in Canada, far outside of the Los Angeles porn bubble that watch smut. I'm like a yeti--a black guy that loves to perform cunnilingus. That was my edge.
monkeywright wrote, "Google has taught me many things, but this may be the crowning achievement: I think you are the first Cultie to ever have a blow-up doll made in their likeness. Your blog looks really interesting!"
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Perhaps I'll use it to make a cover photo for a book like "Snuff", ha ha.
I get so much grief from my professional peers over that thing. That and the emails from people complaining that the inflatable penis is kinda floppy. I'm all, "Hey, I had no input in the R&D process. If it were up to me the low up valve would be in the choad!"
Did you notice the creepy screen-print on my face?
The Gooch wrote, "Are women using blow up dolls these days?"
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You'd be amazed. Women way out of my league that if they saw me in a Walmart wouldn't give me a second glance. Those are the ones that write to complain how terrible the doll is.
Tuffy wrote, "I have an inflate valve."
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You're lucky. I have to chug Viagra.
the quote function is a cool tool.
Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
brandon.tietz wrote, "Welcome Tyler,
Dennis Widmyer is the guy who put this together.
Happy to hear you'll be in workshop. We'll see you in there. I'll have to check out your blog more...looks interesting. Hopefully, we'll be getting some of your perspective in the form of a few stories in WS.
I'm one of the mods in workshop so feel free to holler if you have any questions about how we do things.
Cheers,
-BT"
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Thanks Brandon. I've noticed when critiquing others work the criticizer gets just as much out of it too. It serves to internalize the good, and can also show you something that isn't effective in your own writing.
That said, when I earn the privilege by reviewing enough work of others the plan is to have my shit ripped apart so I can improve. Ego's are silly. Mine was beaten out of me in the fourth grade by bullies when I won a spelling bee.
The earlier posts on my blog are laughably bad, but I keep them up for all to see as a reminder of humility. They're also a way of keeping track of my progression.
Oops! Thanks. Fixing now.
That said, when I earn the privilege by reviewing enough work of others the plan is to have my shit ripped apart so I can improve. Ego's are silly. Mine was beaten out of me in the fourth grade by bullies when I won a spelling bee.
The earlier posts on my blog are laughably bad, but I keep them up for all to see as a reminder of humility. They're also a way of keeping track of my progression.
Yes, doing critiques gets you to start looking at writing on a more technical level. You'll really start to see what works and what doesn't, and with practice, how to apply what you've learned to your own work. It's a great system.
Tyler, did you need a little tutorial on how to use the quote function?
Hahahahaha....that should get some press.
And death threats. Pissing off some Tiger Woods zealots and those against me having sex with various white women on-camera in general. An unexpected effect.
In eight years, that was the most amount of press for anything I've done. From TMZ, Esquire and Huffington Post to Japanese sites.
I'm a shy introvert by nature so being anonymous is better.
It's funny when I'm on the street and a dude will be staring at me, working out where he's seen me before. When the look of recognition creeps onto his face it's funny. Unless I'm with my mom and he decides to talk about my work. Not funny. Mom does not approve.
Can I ask a bit of a work question? No worries if you don't want to talk about that here, completely understandable.
"...you want to be truly unselfish? Love someone or die for someone. Those are the only good deeds you can perform without any hope of personal gain."
Found it, thank you. Sorry, was distracted by Twitter during those four posts. I went back and fixed them as best I could.
So do you have a pre-sex scene ritual the way that basketball players do when they shoot free throws?
I'm kind of a recluse. I play Warcraft, write and read in my cave. Actually, recluse is an understatement because my friends suspect agoraphobia.
There's the big AVN awards show in Vegas every January. I was nominated for Best Supporting Actor *snicker*. The day of the show I texted the producer from the airport telling him I'm not getting on the plane, and if I win please accept for me.
Either way, no need to be concerned about the wifey because I have zero game. Think of the lion in the zoo used to getting all his meals catered to him for a decade, then all of the sudden he's released back into the Serengeti. He'd starve.
*Edit*
That pic of me socializing in my avatar--that night I had to get so liquored up on martinis that I peed my pants.
Perhaps I'll use it to make a cover photo for a book like "Snuff", ha ha.
Your blog posts are better than Snuff. I hated that book, but I wonder what you, an industry insider, thought of it?
Yep. The property value at The Cult has just plummeted. Sell!
no!! it's cool!
Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
It's actually kinda small. I keep it close to the camera lens. Forced perspective.
Ask me anything.
Welcome to my world. Most of the roles I get are some variation of "The Token Black Guy", but it's cool. I just finished playing Mr. T in a porn A-Team. They put a ridiculous amount of fake gold chains around my neck. My neck was green for a week, which is cool because it was just in time to match the Shamrock Shakes at McDonald's.
I didn't think I was going to like you....but damnit. It's hard not to. Also, It's nice to see that you are quenching your thirst for knowledge and quenching it well. Cheers.
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
Careful with words like 'quench' and 'thirst' around a porn star. There might be some confusion... if you know what I mean.
You won't get rich. The going rate for porn scripts is between $500 and $1,000. The trend these days is parodies of TV shows and movies, so it just may sell.
I should write a script in iambic pentameter with a soliloquy and shit. Maybe a couplet about vaginae and rainbows, just to hear porn actors do it. Hmmm... *opens Final Draft*
They should be. It's free content.
Correct. It's killing us. Professional porn is dead inside of two years short of government intervention, which we know will never happen. The rise of torrent was the Rubicon. I could go into it more if anyone cares.
Gonna watch my jiu jitsu team mate Dan Hardy fight for the UFC WW title with the boys. I'll be back later. Thanks for the welcome!
Okay guys, I don't know about you, but I'm sold on Tyler. Nice guy, polite, interesting, and a writer...I hope this guy sticks around.
Should somebody bump the dress down thread for him or is it too soon??
Tyler's not our first star. Our first male porn star maybe.
Assuming our Tyler Knight is the Tyler Knight. He might be. He might not. I hope he is; that would be neat.
Tyler, are you familiar with Eva Lux?
This is why we can't have nice things.
Yo Tuff, who were some of the others?
I'm still in my rookie season here so I missed it.
Nice to meet you. Beware the random attacks to "Noobies". People can be real asshole's here. Glad to have you.
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308