I'm only trying to suck up to Ruby because I think she'll introduce me to ita.
Who will introduce me to pie. I hope.
Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.
'Destiny'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Strega - Feb 26, 2006 7:32:27 pm PST #8405 of 10001
Cass - Feb 26, 2006 7:34:23 pm PST #8406 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
You should have her introduce you to Kat. She knows where the best cakes are. The best.
Allyson - Feb 26, 2006 7:35:41 pm PST #8407 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
I can't write this without sounding like a jackhole.
Goddamn it, essay. Be funny.
aurelia - Feb 26, 2006 7:46:47 pm PST #8408 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Allyson go all out jackhole. Let your jackhole flag fly. You can always pull back on edit.
Burrell - Feb 27, 2006 4:15:23 am PST #8409 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Allyson, whenever I've had my students write about themselves, at least half of them are convinced that they must sound like jackholes.
BartlebyFink - Feb 27, 2006 6:43:29 am PST #8410 of 10001
One Hot Burrito!
And then I had pie.
Oooh. Pie. What kind of pie?
Betsy HP - Feb 27, 2006 6:56:15 am PST #8411 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
What Aurelia Said. Tell the truth; it will be a refreshing change for the reader. (Not that you usually lie, but that many memoirists are at pains to put their best, possibly imaginarily best, shoes forward.)
Nilly - Feb 27, 2006 7:01:33 am PST #8412 of 10001
Swouncing
I can't write this without sounding like a jackhole.
Allyson, can you write it the way you see it, and then let a later read (or beta readers or whatever works for you) shine light on the problematic places?
I'm no writer, but even when trying to phrase something to say in face-space, what may sound bad in my head turns out to be actually OK (and some problems occur that sounded completely OK before pronounced out loud). Also, more often than not, we judge ourselves in different eyes than other use to judge us (much in the same way in which we don't really look to other people the way we appear in the mirror).
[Edit: or, what everybody else had already said, only they were shorter.]
Allyson - Feb 27, 2006 7:47:57 am PST #8413 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
What Aurelia Said. Tell the truth; it will be a refreshing change for the reader. (Not that you usually lie, but that many memoirists are at pains to put their best, possibly imaginarily best, shoes forward.)
Nah. I'm okay with admitting my crappy qualities, mostly. In this, I have to talk about my positive qualities a tiny bit, and I have so little experience with that.
I'm also still smarting from the anonymous answers in my LJ, which were helpful and honest, but...
I don't even know what happens after the but...
This really doesn't belong in Minearverse. It has nothing to do with crafts and soaps.
Betsy HP - Feb 27, 2006 7:53:10 am PST #8414 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I unilaterally renamed it Allysonverse when you sold the book. It's all about you now.
An easy trap to fall into is believing your bad reviews more than you believe your good reviews. Don't do it. The anonymous stuff in your blog wasn't, by and large, helpful: it was all "you think you're so special, but you're not."