[spaceghost22]

Originally Posted by basscadet

Great idea spaceghost22,

I'm a screenwriter from Australia... actually I found this site through procrastination during a tough writing session.

Your story is so well written i didn't notice any mistakes, always the sign of good writing when the story surpasses the words.

This thread idea helped me alot too, i found it and started writing something about depths of disparity, the first decent thing I'd written during a holiday writers block. After a few rewrites I'll have it up for all to read.

Sign me up!

Basscadet.

Excellent, our first working writer! I'm glad you found your way to our little corner! To be honest this idea in fact wasn't mine. That credit is due to kmk420kali. He has a post further up if you all would like to read another piece on the topic. I recommend it. Just put yourself in his shoes once....

Basscadet, thank you for the compliments, it feels really good to have those words directed to me. I've had dreams for a couple years now of becoming an author eventually. I would like to write at least one good book before I die. It seems to me that most likely I'll have to wait until I'm old and grey, I'm not as creative as I used to be and can use all the life's experience that I can get.

Originally Posted by barletta

Space - That is an intense read, and props to you for every day that you don't use. LOL, I think that you were referencing the movie, 'Groundhog Day', not Caddyshack As far as syntax goes, just pay 2 or 3 friends to edit a finished copy. Looks pretty good. The writing is intense. I started reading, then stopped, thinking, ""I don't have the energy to put into this", but then I plowed through 2 paragraphs, next thing I know MY hands hurt a lil...

Yo, I'm in! Weed makes you do crazy things, so why not? LOL, in school I always hated writing (thank the nuns for CRUSHING my handwriting, and desire to write at all), but since I started growing, I have written an essay, a song and a haiku about weed. I'll leave the bio out, but here are the poem and song (verse, lol)

(both orig posted at the MrNice website)

Twas the day before Christmas, and all through the buildin'
All the mammals were chilly, but the plants - they were chillin.

Under a spectrum of light
some yellow, some blue,
Sweet buds slowly ripen
for me and for you

Of lemon, of pine, of skunk they stank
they cannot be rushed to give up the dank

Some for the night, the evening, the morning;
This Super Sillver Haze should come with a warning!

As I load up this bowl of summertime Spice,
I wish good vibes to the members, and to you MrNice!

Happy Holidays

And this:
Coated with silver resin
Purple white and green
She teaches patience

barletta, big thanks go to you as well and yes you're right, it was Caddy-shack. On hiring friends; I guess I should say that I would like to consider all who post here as my friends. I don't expect to use anything I post here in any manuscript I may or may not submit for publishing but I do understand what you're saying. This sounds plausible for me as I have many professional friends despite my low station in life. It is my intention for this group to simply write and get better at doing so.

With all of the + vibrations going around I don't foresee any problems in accomplishing higher caliber writing. Most people I know who can write professionally do not have the creative mojo to get a book done. If that isn't what stops them it most usually is also an issue of time. I like to think that for all good things in life we have to make time for them.

I really did enjoy your poem, it's a very nice spin. It had me laughing out loud! And that bud, oh my god THAT BUD LOOKS NIIIIIIICE!

Thank you goes out to kmk420kali for the topic pick as everyone seems to enjoy it. Thanks also go out to any who consider themselves new members of our humble little group. Again, I hope that we can make something of ourselves beyond what we imagine.

I wish to recap with the old saying, "The pen is mightier than the sword..." I do not consider this any less applicable now than it was when the quote was first coined. If anything it is much more true now.

In closing let me say again that it would be of a great contribution for our new members to link this thread in your sig areas. This will help to enrich our environment here... and I think that it is a way for us who write to feel as part of a legion. If you have any questions as to how this is done, please reference the following box;

1) Click the 'User Menu' selection from the green bar at almost the topmost part of the page.

2) A drop-down box will appear, right-click the 'Edit Signature' and select 'Open in New Tab'. A new window will open with the signature editing box open for you.

3) Highlight everything below and then hit 'Ctrl+C' then select the window with the sig. editing box. Click the box to make sure it's selected (you should see a blinking cursor). Now hit 'Ctrl+V' to paste it into your editing box. MAKE SURE TO ADD A [ TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SELECTION AND A ] TO THE END. BEFORE THE URL=, AND AFTER THE /URL.


URL=https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?p=2053511#post2 053511]The ICMag Writers Group/Circle[/URL

4) Click the 'Save Signature' button and we're all done!

[kmk420kali]

Originally Posted by spaceghost22

Just put yourself in his shoes once....

Brings to mind a quote from a truly great writer...

I wish that for just one time / you could stand inside my shoes / and just for that one moment / I could be you. / Yes, I wish that for just one time / You could stand inside my shoes / You'd know what a drag it is / to see you.

--Bob Dylan

Thank you for the kind words, and looking forward to more discussion...I am pressed for time right now, as I have a 10 year old daughter that reqires much of my attention tonight...but I will be joining in again tomorrow--
Peace--Jim

[NiteTiger]

I'm going to tag this one myself. It'll be a fun place to drop the little stories that crowd my head when the smoke picks the lock of my creative side.

[spaceghost22]

Originally Posted by NiteTiger

I'm going to tag this one myself. It'll be a fun place to drop the little stories that crowd my head when the smoke picks the lock of my creative side.

Oh yeah, ain't that the truth!? I have another month before I harvest and at LEAST a week or two of curing to go, until then, it's writers block for me. Well that isn't entirely true, I'm working on a neat little sci-fi short story. I think the crowd will enjoy this. I'll be putting the better part of a week into it. I drew the idea from an episode of Survivor Man, believe it or not.

Thank's for popping in Tiger, join us, link us in your sig and post to your hearts content! It's a pleasure having you here!

There was another person who wanted to post on the Deepest Depths topic, so if I may please ask all who wish to post your stories, please allow JustAnotherBozo to post his piece first if your piece is off topic, or if you're on topic please post!

It's January the 2nd and I'd like to keep this topic alive for at least another 5 days (more if people request it). After this, we owe a Sci-Fi topic to hunt4genetics. He technically requested the topic before the group was even started.

So one more time, 5 DAYS REMAINING ON THE CURRENT TOPIC and PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC. That's all from me, keep the good stuff rolling everyone! Stay safe

[NiteTiger]

I heard a great quote about aspiring authors the other day:

Originally Posted by Nite's too stoned to remember

If your an aspiring writer, you must make time each day to write at least one page. One single page. After a year you'll have a book. If you can't write one page a day, perhaps writing isn't for you.

[spaceghost22]

Originally Posted by NiteTiger

I heard a great quote about aspiring authors the other day:

NiteTiger, thank you for the quote, I think it's a laugh myself.

Let's all take a moment to realize that the task of writing a book is not really that easy, no. But let's also realize that there will always be the nay sayers of the world and we should always read between the lines with them. Take only what you can gain from negative words. Lemons to lemonade. Granted, it is not easy to write and that it can indeed be done in a year by writing one page a day. Nite's too stoned to remember did have a point, but did not convey a sense of wanting to help when he said what he did;

Originally Posted by Nite's too stoned to remember
If your an aspiring writer, you must make time each day to write at least one page. One single page. After a year you'll have a book. If you can't write one page a day, perhaps writing isn't for you.

First off I'd like to say that we DO NOT have to do anything we don't want to, you can't put rules on how someone goes about writing a book. Nite's too stoned to remember may be surprised by how some really eccentric authors go about doing what they do. If as a writer I chose to write a chapter a month by writing non-stop for 5 days, so be it. If I wanted to write my book all at once while hanging upside down over a vat of jello, so be it. There is no logic and very little thought to be found in saying, "...you must make time each day to write at least one page...", as this simply is not the case. It CAN be true, but it is not law, sorry to disappoint the "author".

Let's look at a case study on people who do great things with something that they are not good at;

Einstein had his cousin, his wife, do the equations that he himself constructed because he was not that good at math, just the logic required. Somehow he was lost on the math, whatever. What I'm trying to say is if Einstein can do it, so can you. I know, not the best example, is it? We're not Einstein but neither is he us! Just because you're not good at something does not mean that you should not do it, or that you won't EVENTUALLY be good at it. If you give up because you cannot write one page a day, Nite's too stoned to remember and his ilk have won and you have been defeated. Don't take some two-bit philosopher ruin your day/life, it isn't worth it.

Thank you NiteTiger for the quote, I hope you found it as amusing as I have. Really, we were able to build from what this person said despite his angle, it really will do more good that was intended no thanks to Nite's too stoned to remember. I, an aspiring writer, will now commence to having a fine, fine morning. Thank-you.

[NiteTiger]

Yeah, the quote just makes me chuckle. It makes a good point. I'm sure we all realize there is a lot more that goes into writing than just sitting down and banging out words on a page. But, the mentality shift recommended subtly in that quote should not be overlooked.

If you're planning on being a published writer, you have to apply yourself to it, just like any other task. Just like anything else, if you want to get it done, you have to make it a priority to yourself.

If you set aside one hour each day, with the goal of writing at least one page, then you're at least in the proper frame of mind. If you can't make that commitment, then perhaps now is not the time for you to pursue this dream. Not give up on it, no, of course not.

But getting a book published is work, and should be treated as such. If you're not in that frame of mind, then you're really going to be between a rock and a hard place when you do get published. You're going to have agent meetings, editor meetings, promo tours, and, last but not least, contracts. That's right, if you've gotten a book published, they often want you to write another, and they're not going to wait 5 years for it

It's a good quote to keep in mind, and very helpful in making that mental switch from 'Aspiring Writer' to 'Writer'.

But certainly, nothing should steal your dreams, I agree 100%, especially not some silly amusing quote.

[spaceghost22]

NiteTiger, I want to say that you have some really nice links in your sig! Very nice indeed!

[DoobieDuck]

Friends this is my first post with-in your group, although I have been lurking awhile. I am enjoying, for the first time, my story being published internationally. My images have been, and still get published almost weekly in various outlets of print media but this is a real treat. I'd like to thank Marco and the staff at Treating Yourself magazine for making this possible. The story is in the Winter issue #14 just released...DD

[spaceghost22]

Originally Posted by doobieduck

Friends this is my first post with-in your group, although I have been lurking awhile. I am enjoying, for the first time, my story being published internationally. My images have been, and still get published almost weekly in various outlets of print media but this is a real treat. I'd like to thank Marco and the staff at Treating Yourself magazine for making this possible. The story is in the Winter issue #14 just released...DD

Wonderful, our second working writer! Thank you for posting doobieduck! I don't have access to that magazine so I hope you don't mind if I ask you a couple questions? How did the editing process treat you? Are you completely work at home now, or were you already? I noticed you say that you're disabled in your sig, may I inquire about this as well? Please, if you can, would you post your story for us to read here (In a couple days, after the current topic expires of course)?