Like Mom taught me
Exercising my nice manners, just like my mother taught me.
Hello all.
Let's see, if this were a support group, I'd tell you I'm addicted to... clams. Damn, them bastards are mushy good.
Well, truth be told, I'm here because I'm a selfish git. Figured out years ago that if you follow just 1/10 of Chuck's advice, people on all those other writing forums Jizz their pants at the sight of your work. You follow 1/4 of it and they'll Jizz and tell you your the best they've ever had.
So I figured I'd come here for the for real deal.
I am continually amazed at how many writers are writing the poems they believe the person they wish they were would have written.
--Ron Silliman
hahaha welcome to the cult. and i guess the workshop, too. good, we are need of some new blood in there. it is the most comprehensive workshop i've come across and the essays are killer. there are a few free ones by chuck and friends, found here:
http://chuckpalahniuk.net/features/essays
chuck's other thirty-five essays on the craft can be found via the workshop proper
if you need any help navigating, feel free to send me a pm (private message)
-kabol
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play hard, like it's work to be done.
Any of em.
Balls-clanging swagger aside, I'm not saying my stuff's any good, it just seems that the basic tools of minimalism cut a voice that's compelling to the modern ear.
Go to any of em, like I have, and you'll see stories that use choruses, say stuff wrong, use poppy "imagist" description instead of mechanical listing and get on the body are always the best reviewed pieces.
It seems you can write about anything, washing your willie in the sink and dressing it up like barbie and if you do that stuff, it'll sound pretty good.
So yeah, I look forward to seeing more of what Chuck has to say....
I am continually amazed at how many writers are writing the poems they believe the person they wish they were would have written.
--Ron Silliman
[Insert random clever welcome]
So...We are still going to die. Right?
please don't leave. you are God to us. we love you.
No one's God to me and I'm God to no one.
Seems everyone's perfectly happy that way.
My mom never taught me any manners, only empathy.
My dad taught me how to break someone's nose and not to take any crap.
Some of us are really spoiled I guess.
Welcome by the way, me being as new as you but still feeling I should say that word - welcome.
Yo man! Next time, I kick your ass! That'll be that!
What are some of these other forums? I'll go there and be a God to them!