Comments | curiouselliot: I AM A TORTURED ARTIST

curiouselliot

I AM A TORTURED ARTIST

Jul 23, 2005 14:30

Everytime I scan through my friends page, I think about how I should be writing in my journal. Thus, my relationship to Livejournal reflects my relationship to most any creative endeavors at this point in my life. Lots of aspiration, but little action. This is because I have turned the idea of inaction into an addiction. The idea of taking ( Read more... )

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curiouselliot July 24 2005, 02:43:05 UTC

Not a bad idea......but I wonder if fucking boys on video for money might hurt my credibility as a serious writer?

anonymous July 23 2005, 20:12:02 UTC

if you've set the bar. that must mean you can reach it also.

curiouselliot July 24 2005, 02:47:47 UTC

good point

togartgreen July 24 2005, 04:53:45 UTC

t5hat was my post. some reason it didn't come up

wolfpup76 July 23 2005, 23:56:47 UTC

Season 4 was awesome for the cock...Beecher, Keller, Keller's old partner in crime and of course...Jaz OMFG

curiouselliot July 24 2005, 02:44:46 UTC

Yea, for some reason Hoyt is the one I want to fuck the most, and his dick looks kinda big I think....he actually has starred in a porn with his porn star girlfriend under the name Spyder Jonez.

runnerup July 24 2005, 02:16:52 UTC

Your thoughts echo those I have been having for the past few weeks. Well, not the Oz thing, but that's because I don't have cable.

Speaking to you as a man to a man, I hope you'll let me talk to you over a Fat Darrell sometime.

curiouselliot July 24 2005, 02:47:02 UTC

Sounds good to me! I actually just had my first Fat Darrell a few weeks ago and I must say the first few bites were good but it was all downhill from there and i couldnt finish it. Not really my thing, but there are plenty other variations of the "Fat" sandwiches to try.

runnerup July 24 2005, 02:55:29 UTC

well, personally, I don't go to the grease trucks myself, but it was the best excuse I could think of to go to NB. That town has been on my mind for a number of reasons, so you've been on my mind anyway. This post just reinforces my desire to speak with you again. You know where to find me, and it should be even easier to do so because I think I'm about to quit my job in order to do some writing.

From one writer to another toast3r July 24 2005, 04:26:12 UTC

It is up to you if you want to determine the writing process as the technical equivalent of a high jump.

But one thing I've found recently is that I've learned to write and let go of writing. I know we've had that talk about how I've been "hitting the zone" lately and everything I've been writing is turning out well.

Instead of feeling the pressure that *I* have to write the incredible story, I've changed the focus from myself to the story. The story has to write itself out for me and I let myself ride to whatever is written down. This way, I never measure one piece of writing to any other as a standard; all the stories are their own thing.

I don't know how much that idea can be taught or learned or even used. But it gets me out of the idea that "this story must be or should be better than anything else I've ever written." Because if it is the best you've ever written, then what?

Just enjoy what you write and write often.

~Ryan

Re: From one writer to another curiouselliot July 28 2005, 11:48:38 UTC

thanks for the help yesterday Ryan....I think this is good advice and it helped me write in a more relaxed fashion