Back in the day - Page 3

Urbane Guerrilla · 03-31-2007, 01:05 AM

I wanted to write science fiction or fantasy, and be the next Roger Zelazny. It wasn't 'til some time later that it occurred to me that trying to be the next Heinlein or Zelazny would be foredoomed -- I should concentrate instead on being literarily my own self.

Now I quite wonder if the urge to write is being gratified by posting on Internet forums.

Well, there's always the idea of trying to write and draw my very own comic book. If Dave Sim can do it... though the first inspiration was Wendy and Richard Pini...

DanaC · 03-31-2007, 05:39 AM

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Now I quite wonder if the urge to write is being gratified by posting on Internet forums.

I've thought that before now. I always wanted to be a writer. I always thought I was rather good at it and I figured I had a lot to say.....trouble is when I was much younger I was waaaay more interested in being a writer than actually writing:P I became quite self-conscious in what I wrote because I always had in the back of my mind the idea of what kind of writer I wanted/was trying to be.

These days I write when the urge takes me (not so often whilst doing an essay based degree :P) and I have no intention of it ever going anywhere but the net. or MyDocs. I would say I am a better writer now than before.

TheMercenary · 03-31-2007, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

I've thought that before now. I always wanted to be a writer. I always thought I was rather good at it and I figured I had a lot to say.....trouble is when I was much younger I was waaaay more interested in being a writer than actually writing:P I became quite self-conscious in what I wrote because I always had in the back of my mind the idea of what kind of writer I wanted/was trying to be.

These days I write when the urge takes me (not so often whilst doing an essay based degree :P) and I have no intention of it ever going anywhere but the net. or MyDocs. I would say I am a better writer now than before.

After publishing some research papers and doing a dissertation I lost the desire to write anything that long that had to be reviewed by someone else. I have an online friend who is a popular mystery writer, http://annefrasier.blogspot.com/ , her stories about the publisher have been brutal. No thanks.

elSicomoro · 03-31-2007, 10:30 AM

I'm a published poet...supposedly.

Weird Harold · 04-03-2007, 06:57 PM

Rock star, movie star, rock star, movie star... I just couldn't decide, so I becamer the next best thing, a carpet installer.

Aliantha · 04-03-2007, 07:02 PM

Back in the day I was shy and quiet and never stood up for myself. Now I don't know when to shut up and I go to battle over things I really shouldn't be concerned about.

I'm hoping that in future days I'll become a bit more moderate in my approach.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-06-2007, 07:14 AM

Chicken.

Hyoi · 04-06-2007, 08:25 AM

I had seriously intended to grow up. Now, I'm left with wondering, "Why?".

tissy_uk · 04-10-2007, 10:39 AM

Back in the day, I intended to go to uni and do something really clever!!
Instead I had my 1st child, lost a few brain cells, had my second child, by then the scientists had decided that pregnancy causes a womans brain to shrink. Then thought about going to uni, but with my shrunken brain?? Instead I cook revolting food for revolting children then go home & dream of taking a magic carpet ride

DanaC · 04-10-2007, 05:00 PM

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Instead I cook revolting food for revolting children then go home & dream of taking a magic carpet ride

Where does the magic carpet take you?

I also dreamed of going to uni ad doing something terribly clever. I kind of imagined I'd either be a lecturer or a windswept and interesting writer by now.....At 34 I finally decided I needed to at least do the uni part of that plan:P

kerosene · 04-10-2007, 08:06 PM

I always wanted to be an artist of some sort: When I was really young I wanted to design clothing, but not sew it...I just wanted to draw fashions. I have always wanted to paint. I still want to paint for a living. Workin on it.

piercehawkeye45 · 04-11-2007, 12:03 AM

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Back in the day, I intended to go to uni and do something really clever!!

Quick question. Does everyone in Europe call college "uni"? I only hear it from people in Europe.

Aliantha · 04-11-2007, 12:41 AM

In Australia we call it uni also.

tissy_uk · 04-11-2007, 04:11 AM

The magic carpet takes me where ever i want to go...usually somewhere hot & sandy...& far away from here, maybe even to uni somewhere.
We always call it university, college is where you go instead of uni or before. My son is just about to take his gcse's, with the hope of getting into 6th form, then on to uni. If he doesn't get his a levels then he'll go to college instead.

DanaC · 04-11-2007, 04:34 AM

Pierce, we call University 'uni'...we also have colleges, but they tend to be either at a lower level than uni (e.g. people go to college and take a-level courses as a route to going to university, or do other lower level academic courses etc) or they offer equivalent non-degree courses.

03-31-2007, 01:05 AM	#31
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	I wanted to write science fiction or fantasy, and be the next Roger Zelazny. It wasn't 'til some time later that it occurred to me that trying to be the next Heinlein or Zelazny would be foredoomed -- I should concentrate instead on being literarily my own self. Now I quite wonder if the urge to write is being gratified by posting on Internet forums. Well, there's always the idea of trying to write and draw my very own comic book. If Dave Sim can do it... though the first inspiration was Wendy and Richard Pini... __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

04-03-2007, 06:57 PM	#35
Weird Harold Vice-President of Resentment Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 199	Rock star, movie star, rock star, movie star... I just couldn't decide, so I becamer the next best thing, a carpet installer. __________________ I don't need a whole lottsa money. I don't need a big fine car.

04-03-2007, 07:02 PM	#36
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Back in the day I was shy and quiet and never stood up for myself. Now I don't know when to shut up and I go to battle over things I really shouldn't be concerned about. I'm hoping that in future days I'll become a bit more moderate in my approach. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-06-2007, 07:14 AM	#37
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Chicken. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-06-2007, 08:25 AM	#38
Hyoi Faithful Companion Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 188	I had seriously intended to grow up. Now, I'm left with wondering, "Why?". __________________ When you stop trying to make sense of it all, it all begins to make sense.

03-31-2007, 10:30 AM	#34
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I'm a published poet...supposedly.

04-10-2007, 10:39 AM	#39
tissy_uk Cantankerous Incantonator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Leicester, UK Posts: 57	Back in the day, I intended to go to uni and do something really clever!! Instead I had my 1st child, lost a few brain cells, had my second child, by then the scientists had decided that pregnancy causes a womans brain to shrink. Then thought about going to uni, but with my shrunken brain?? Instead I cook revolting food for revolting children then go home & dream of taking a magic carpet ride __________________ "Some people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience" Doug Larson

04-10-2007, 08:06 PM	#41
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I always wanted to be an artist of some sort: When I was really young I wanted to design clothing, but not sew it...I just wanted to draw fashions. I have always wanted to paint. I still want to paint for a living. Workin on it.

04-11-2007, 12:41 AM	#43
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	In Australia we call it uni also. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-11-2007, 04:11 AM	#44
tissy_uk Cantankerous Incantonator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Leicester, UK Posts: 57	The magic carpet takes me where ever i want to go...usually somewhere hot & sandy...& far away from here, maybe even to uni somewhere. We always call it university, college is where you go instead of uni or before. My son is just about to take his gcse's, with the hope of getting into 6th form, then on to uni. If he doesn't get his a levels then he'll go to college instead. __________________ "Some people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience" Doug Larson

04-11-2007, 04:34 AM	#45
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Pierce, we call University 'uni'...we also have colleges, but they tend to be either at a lower level than uni (e.g. people go to college and take a-level courses as a route to going to university, or do other lower level academic courses etc) or they offer equivalent non-degree courses.

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