This Is Not Goodbye - Page 2

Molt, for the last time. He's writting a novel. Not trying to take down Nino Brown.

The same principals apply.

I don't remember novel writting have a cracked out Chris Rock but whatever makes the process work ya know.

Novels educate, making the masses smarter. And, ultimately, it is only through education that the public will defeat individuals like Nino Brown. Well, that or vengeance-driven shooters.

See you around, Nordling, best of luck to you.

I think maybe you should have quoted Lean on Me, considering your broken spellcheck ...

See ya on Myspace!

Oh, wait....

Vader, If I am a girl which I am not...Then I will refer to you as Ella Vader. If you want a response from me there it is.

If you're reading this, Nordling, that means you're not writing your novel. GET TO IT!

(also, best of luck, sincerely)

Best pieces of advice! Artificial deadlines and become an alcoholic (all the best writers are!)


Best of Luck

Hang tough, and stay in touch.

Good luck Alan, takes a lot of discipline, and disconnect your Net if you really want to get anything done!

I'm actually not going to be posting much either. I just started working at Universal Music for some strange reason, and am exhausted everyday. Have to admit its distressing logging into Chud to see 6 pages of threads that have been updated since I last was here.

Seems like this is as good a place as any.

So, for at the very least a week but knowing myself, probably way longer until I finally settle in, I'll be pretty scarce on the boards, on account of my complete and utter removal from the weird and wild shores of Jersey to Rochester, NY, where my continuing education, a unfathomably cheap apartment, and the love of my life await.

This is the biggest move of my life so far. It's the first time I've left the state to live someplace long-term, let alone with another person, and it's been too long in the making. While I gladly offer the entirety of my natural black ass for all of Jersey to kiss while I leave, I will greatly miss the loving insanity of NYC. On the upside, when this country is irrevocably fucked up by terrorism/economic instability/Republicans/Carl's Jr., my proximity to Canada will come in quite handy.

Internet gets hooked up next Thursday, but never minding the fact that I'll have to get my computer shipped upstate after Labor Day, Lord knows when I'll have time to use it between classes, looking for a new job, adjusting to having a human female put up with my shit on a day to day basis, vice versa, and the endless hours spent at Target shopping for Pop-Tarts and bedsheets, choking down the ne'er-uttered words "We could probably find it cheaper at Wal-Mart."

Things will settle eventually, I'll get my life back into something resembling a normal rhythm, and I'll be back. But for now, I take my leave.

Best of luck with the move, man.

And Nordling... less reading, more writing!
*cracks whip*

Who are you, again?

Sorry to hear that Alan, hope you're feeling better and it's nice to hear from you.

Remember though, today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten.

Jesus, Nordling... it sounds like you should be writing about trying to leave CHUD. I'm sure you could at least sell a screenplay about a cursed website to the Asian marketplace.

Seriously though, hope you're feeling better.

Alan, I'm really sorry to hear about your setback. Sure, take a breather, but then pick it back up again after you've rested. Be well.

That sucks *so* bad, I'm sorry.

Noting that you seem to be your own worst critic, Christopher Priest wrote: "I noticed that the sentences were largely unpunctuated, that my spelling was erratic, that I used the same words over and over, and even the judgements and observations, on which I had so prided myself, seemed obvious and irrelevant."
Don't know if that'll make it any better, but I can't help but note that a lot of writers probably reach that point at some time. I hope you'll be able to push through and get the writing going again. Best of luck to you

There's your problem.

Six pages a day, Alan. Six.

Have you learned a lot, in your absence?

Feedback, feedback, redraft, redraft, feedback, feedback, redraft, redraft. Until you think its not shit anymore.

Good look on the recovery too.

Best of luck. You will be missed. looking forward already to your triumphant return.

Finish it even if it sucks.

Yeah, Nordling...



"Finish it".

In all seriousness, man, it's a terrific accomplishment to complete such an undertaking, even if you think it sucks. And as they say, you can't edit an empty page.

Don't go back and read what you've already written. Ever. Until you're finished. It's always going to suck to you, and you'll use it as an excuse to quit. Trust me, I'm an expert at finding excuses to quit.

Get back on that horse, cowboy. And ride the fuck out of here.

Nordling, could you send me a copy of what you've written so far? I'm out of toilet paper.


Maybe he should try opening up a dirty window.

Good luck, man, and don't pull a Grady Tripp on us...

And now for those who care on a Nordling-themed thread, I can perfectly understand the man. My own personal story is that I'm also an amateur screenwriter with a few of them under my belt and a job that, with the right connections, could get me into the market (which is why I applied for it after working at the exact opposite side of the line). Problem is I also write on impulse, or better yet states of mood, so sometimes I do it for many days straight (like in my past Internet deprived two week-vacation) and sometimes I just put it aside until I get back with my batteries recharged.

So yes, this is the reason I've been lurking this site for five years before finally signing in -cause I know writing IS addictive to me- and also of my post count being so low despite me being here for many hours a day (that also includes having it minimized at work, but I can assure I'm on CHUD daily). Problem is I'm hitting a rough patch lately, having finished nothing for the past year and a half, and everytime I go back to one of my scripts is either for rewrites or to go back to CHUD shortly thereafter.

The endline advice? Full dedication, a great force of will, and don't let it go over your head if sometimes you think it all adds up to nothing. Remember Louis Armstrong, you have all the time in the world (unless you're Chev Chelios, that is) and nobody breaks even as soon as they'd hoped.

...But if in the end we find out this was only to write "The Further Adventures of Dora the Explorer", you're gonna hear from us chewers.


PS: Now that Vader mentions it way above, one of my unfinished masterpieces DOES include many Chewer-named characters and references. It's called Negative Return(tm), is about a just married, maverick park ranger and a crashed down, traumatized (not amnesiac, mind you) astronaut on the run thru the Louisiana bayous from some evil NSA & Delta Force types, and I really hope to see it included in CHUD's Other Guilty Pleasures List come 2035. "Nordling", BTW, is the radio op for the mean Deltas.