Hey, if you see this and are normally a Wandering Shop user:
Yes, the Shop is down. No, I don’t know when it will be back up other than “today sometime”. I’m far from my computer, and there are no backup admins, it’s just me.
Sorry about that, hope to see you all on the Shop soon.
Well that was interesting. I’ve just completed a short introductory course to screenwriting. And it was useful despite my not having any intent to take it further, at least not at the moment.
The sparseness of the product and the discipline of the process were eye opening. And being part of a team. Knowing that the director and actors are your immediate audience, so not telling them how to do their jobs but stimulating their vision and leaving lots of space for their interpretation.
Worth it.
I should post more here. Maybe. I do post elsewhere, on another instance, quite a lot. Perhaps I’ve seen this instance as quieter and more work related, and I’m a notorious slacker.
But I haven’t been slacking. I threw out all my old work in May. I now write every day: poems and prose vignettes. I’ve been doing literary study courses, which I’ve found immensely useful, even dabbling in screenwriting (just to see). And writing for an art group, publishing in a virtual world.
So I’ll be here. 📝
#introductions redux
My profile's a pretty good summary. What else can I say by way of #introduction?
I'm retired and quirky. A transplant from Old World to New. A half-awake writer trying to wake the other half. I often write in complete darkness with only pencil and paper.
"I draw from the Absurd three consequences:
my revolt, my liberty, my passion."
~ Albert Camus
Tagbag:
#writer #poet #storyteller #bohemian #virtualworlds
#absurd #absurdist #absurdism
#amwriting every day
Does anyone have experience with the free creative writing courses offered at futurelearn.com ? I've a friend in N. Ireland who suggested their 8 week "Start Writing Fiction" and they also do a short 3 week "How To Make A Poem". I wonder if they're worth the investment of time.
(The same friend suggested Creative Writing by Linda Anderson that was a course book for an Open University course he did. That's turning out to be pretty good.)
#introduction #introductions
(Note to self: please update this if ever self-discovery sets in.)
Bearded old man.
Wanderer of the world.
#writer #poet #storyteller #bohemian #virtualworlds #humor #curry
Here to learn, enjoy, and help.
Here in this instance to do that too.
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phildini @ xoxo