We're reading our work out loud?
Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.
'Shindig'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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Allyson - Sep 04, 2007 9:45:10 am PDT #9336 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Atropa - Sep 04, 2007 9:49:08 am PDT #9337 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
We're reading our work out loud?
Didn't the email say to be prepared to read excerpts? Am I crazy?
Allyson - Sep 04, 2007 9:56:31 am PDT #9338 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
oh crap.
Atropa - Sep 04, 2007 10:02:36 am PDT #9339 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I can't check, because I apparently cleverly moved the email with the details into a separate folder on my home computer, and thus can't check it via webmail.
Beverly - Sep 04, 2007 10:03:01 am PDT #9340 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I've got a couple of things.
First thing, slow down. You'll be nervous, and when you're nervous you tend to speed up, and your pitch goes up. Chipmunks on speed. Okay, maybe not that bad. But reminding yourself to slow down, even if you think you sound like a stretched audiotape? Is good.
Second thing, try to remember to hit your consonants. Again, when you're nervous you tend to swallow your consonants, particularly ones at the ends of words. In fact, the syllable at the end of sentences is in severe jeopardy. So slow down, and make sure you have enough breath behind your last syllable to actually get it out, and be aware of your consonants.
Other than that? You're all vibrant, articulate people. Go, talk, be brilliant!
dcp - Sep 04, 2007 10:17:25 am PDT #9341 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Rehearsing is good -- especially if you can find a way to record it for review. Slow down -- you will almost certainly be reading faster than you think you are. Remember to breathe.
Beverly - Sep 04, 2007 10:19:32 am PDT #9342 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
See, dcp said it so much more eloquently than I--listen to him.
dcp - Sep 04, 2007 10:23:37 am PDT #9343 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
X-post! Hah! That's what I get for trying to post from my dinky little phone. Too slow.
dcp - Sep 04, 2007 10:25:31 am PDT #9344 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Toddson - Sep 04, 2007 10:27:10 am PDT #9345 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
And enunciate. Makes me crazy when I'm listening to something and they don't speak clearly.