tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post6504532899402434491..comments2024-03-10T10:34:02.181+02:00Comments on The Alliterative Allomorph: Primal Scream Blog Fest - Plus a little piece of "me"Jessica Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-9924232447952228722010-05-09T11:00:47.280+03:002010-05-09T11:00:47.280+03:00A tense read, thanks for sharing.
I could visualis...A tense read, thanks for sharing.<br />I could visualise the woman smeared in blood, so well.<br /><br />(I had visions of the women in the village beating their evening meal)*smile*Glynis Peters https://www.blogger.com/profile/01175378917872403609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-71223546754433354552010-05-08T16:29:04.561+03:002010-05-08T16:29:04.561+03:00I think out of all the entries I read, this piece ...I think out of all the entries I read, this piece should win something hands down! You are soooo good at capturing authentic feelings and transferring them to such eloquent and powerful words! Damn you! Just kidding! Have a great weekend :)angelarenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13639436719051155045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-7288748843972058152010-05-06T16:03:17.542+03:002010-05-06T16:03:17.542+03:00Yes, sorry.
I'm healthy and twisted that way...Yes, sorry. <br /><br />I'm healthy and twisted that way... You know at the movie theater, the creepy person who laughs at the oddest times? That me! I try to be discrete about it... but sometimes it just bursts out.<br /><br />I guess tenderizing octopus didn't convey (for me) the violence it was meant to. I was stuck with the image of blue skies, turquoise waters, and an old lady slamming an octopus against the rocks because her grandma did the same... It was an incongruous image, which produced hilarity in me. : þ<br /><br />To answer your question about writing... On one level or another, I pretty much always draw from personal experience when I write. Unless of course it's academic/nonfiction/professional stuff.Avohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-42705552768874726352010-05-06T14:12:37.448+03:002010-05-06T14:12:37.448+03:00I draw on my own experiences all the time, whether...I draw on my own experiences all the time, whether it's places I've been, strangers I've observed.. I think all of us do that!<br /><br />Great piece, btw!India Drummondhttp://www.indiadrummond.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-7150625262992151092010-05-06T13:34:09.022+03:002010-05-06T13:34:09.022+03:00Whoops! Falen, I missed you. Thanks! :)Whoops! Falen, I missed you. Thanks! :)Jessica Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-4796391238709918452010-05-06T13:30:21.319+03:002010-05-06T13:30:21.319+03:00Jen: Thanks :)
Alesa: LOL. that so was not suppos...Jen: Thanks :)<br /><br />Alesa: LOL. that so was not supposed to make you laugh. LOL<br /><br />Candyland: Right back atcha!<br /><br />Mary: I thought it might. So that's why I said so. I wonder if I'd have gotten a different reaction if I hadn't said so?<br /><br />Indigo: Thank you so much. I'm always tapping into my own experiences when I write - even if it's just an emotion played out in an entirely differnt scenario.<br /><br />Matthew: Thanks matey!<br /><br />Rebecca: Thanks!<br /><br />A.GRey: Yes, I was quite proud of that when I came up with it! ;)<br /><br />Laurel: I think it took me quite a long time to come to terms with everything. My mother wasn't bipolar - in real life she was a drug addict but it affected her in a very similar way to how bipolar does - especially when she was withdrawing. I used to get extremely blocked, until one day I started writing about it in 'fiction' style, rather than reiterating what really happened to the T. Now I CAN write what really happened, but only after tapping into my ability to write without technically writing the truth. I think it's just a psychological thing in the beginning. It's like there's so so much you want to say and can't get it all out without stumbling over it and experienceing the feelings again - which is scary. Good luck with it!<br /><br />Mia: thank you :)<br /><br />Eric: Huh? LOL<br /><br />Stephen: nope, last line from my own head :)<br /><br />Raquel: thanks! I'll be round to yours shortly!<br /><br />Shannon: I'll give you more eventually! :)<br /><br />Angie: Thanks!<br /><br />Hart: It used to make me quite depressed, but I've got past that now. My mother and I have a really great relationship now (most of the time), and we've made amends. I'm so sorry to make you cry :(<br /><br />Catherine: Thanks!<br /><br />Milton: more to come, more to come :)<br /><br />Sarahjayne: Thank you!<br /><br />Jaydee: Thanks :)<br /><br />VR: Not brave enough? Ah pfft - I bet you are!Jessica Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-83578140076409912872010-05-06T04:59:48.407+03:002010-05-06T04:59:48.407+03:00Frightening. Intense. Horrifying. Real. Powerful w...Frightening. Intense. Horrifying. Real. Powerful work. I don't know what else to say.<br /><br />In my writing I set up scenarios that require emotions with which I'm intimately familiar, but the scenarios are not from my life - I'm not brave enough for that.VR Barkowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927993233682731113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-71480927370945297822010-05-06T03:48:37.904+03:002010-05-06T03:48:37.904+03:00This was very good - some serious emotions here (f...This was very good - some serious emotions here (from the writing and from the reader). Great job!Jaydee Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069805915071090479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-79230488586918181552010-05-06T02:23:46.222+03:002010-05-06T02:23:46.222+03:00Wow. That was incredible. And deeply disturbing, a...Wow. That was incredible. And deeply disturbing, as I suspect it was meant to be. Great job.sarahjayne smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589820347348973092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-3892418189333182942010-05-05T21:47:46.809+03:002010-05-05T21:47:46.809+03:00Very, very powerful. I wanted more too.
Milt xVery, very powerful. I wanted more too.<br /><br />Milt xMiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225081986524585443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-20669109268461452252010-05-05T21:47:42.749+03:002010-05-05T21:47:42.749+03:00Very, very powerful. I wanted more too.
Milt xVery, very powerful. I wanted more too.<br /><br />Milt xMiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225081986524585443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-61433849464515634042010-05-05T21:40:02.832+03:002010-05-05T21:40:02.832+03:00I know what they mean now when they say "Writ...I know what they mean now when they say "Write what you know." Wow, the personal experience is so clear and makes this piece of work even more chilling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-89142503661557363122010-05-05T19:56:03.999+03:002010-05-05T19:56:03.999+03:00Jessica-I want to take your kid self into my house...Jessica-I want to take your kid self into my house and protect you. I've had addicts in my life, but NOTHING like what you experienced with your mom. Powerful, TERRIFYING stuff. I'm so glad you have a channel to make it productive, because I think a less strong kid could have drowned in it. I'm crying. I mean I KNOW you said it isn't exact, but if ANY of it was accurate, you shouldn't have had to go through it, and I suspect an awful lot of it was.<br /><br />I use a lot of real settings and personalities, but not many real experiences. I mostly write suspense/conspiracy stuff, and my life just hasn't been THAT KIND of interesting.Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-90502060523291766212010-05-05T19:33:12.469+03:002010-05-05T19:33:12.469+03:00Really well written! Nothing quite so terrifying a...Really well written! Nothing quite so terrifying as the unreasoning rage of a bipolar person and you captured that here. Good job.Angie Paxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16858564760009040975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-20342348466212824102010-05-05T19:28:21.232+03:002010-05-05T19:28:21.232+03:00That was awesome. You drew me in. More please!
As...That was awesome. You drew me in. More please!<br /><br />As far as drawing from my own experiences, yep. It's hard not to do so.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11640509596922335617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-18015634915297361402010-05-05T18:50:25.787+03:002010-05-05T18:50:25.787+03:00You are amazingly talented. I love your similies.....You are amazingly talented. I love your similies...like tenderizing an octopus. Yikes! The incongruous rage at a mundane task is so intense and rings quite true.<br /><br />Thank you so much for participating...as always, you delivered!Raquel Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12870113745683162915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-46595557104101352072010-05-05T18:48:37.131+03:002010-05-05T18:48:37.131+03:00ooh. nicely intenseooh. nicely intenseSarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-11381122514198326212010-05-05T18:40:13.268+03:002010-05-05T18:40:13.268+03:00"I need to retouch my make-up.”
AlliAllo ~
W...<i><b>"I need to retouch my make-up.”</b></i><br /><br />AlliAllo ~<br />Was that spoken in real life? Or did that come out of your own head?<br /><br />And, did you receive an Email I sent a couple of days ago? (No need to rush a reply. I just want to make sure you got it and don't mistakenly think I've ignored ya.)<br /><br />~ "Lonesome Dogg" McMeStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-23736061485466111822010-05-05T18:15:35.762+03:002010-05-05T18:15:35.762+03:00Johnny Depp in the latest rendition of Charlie and...Johnny Depp in the latest rendition of <i>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</i>:<br /><br />"Mommy. Mommy."<br /><br />Seriously. That's why I spent so much time in therapy. Thanks for reminding me!<br /><br />It's only 10:15AM here in Dallas, and I may need to step out for lunch and self-medicate, me and my brother.<br /><br />Get it?<br /><br />Well done. Exactly the quality I expect from AA.<br /><br /> - EricEric W. Tranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842968931062056407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-25453969594491870292010-05-05T18:14:45.552+03:002010-05-05T18:14:45.552+03:00Wow! That last line was so perfect too. Very well ...Wow! That last line was so perfect too. Very well played. All the entried are so impressive I may be very jumpy tonight...Mia Haysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01041441666482084762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-22615327645772612972010-05-05T18:08:01.412+03:002010-05-05T18:08:01.412+03:00Intense and amazing writing without being over-the...Intense and amazing writing without being over-the-top. It's that last, calm line that totally took my breath away. Chilling.<br /><br />I grew up with a bi-polar parent and I know it shapes the kind of stories that fall out of me. But when I've attempted to write directly about it, I get incredibly blocked. How do you sort out in any coherent way "I adored my crazy parent yet often resented and detested him"? I need to mature more as a writer to do justice to the complexity of the emotions, I guess.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-90910731790310560732010-05-05T16:44:48.828+03:002010-05-05T16:44:48.828+03:00That was very well done. Totally captured me! I ...That was very well done. Totally captured me! I think the last line really drives it home, that casual remark about retouching make-up that's what I'd call maniacal brilliance.Artemis Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849091563671031929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-51645526516589047452010-05-05T16:37:29.695+03:002010-05-05T16:37:29.695+03:00Oh my goodness. That was crazy. I was holding my b...Oh my goodness. That was crazy. I was holding my breath along with her. Intense.Rebecca T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11994380364321336824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-65251681134250643612010-05-05T16:28:02.722+03:002010-05-05T16:28:02.722+03:00Wow what a crazy scene, very well written though. ...Wow what a crazy scene, very well written though. Your descriptions are just right, very sensory, but not too long.<br /><br />In my own writing I base things on my real life more than I care to admit. It does make it easier to get away with having less imagination than some though.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-30699776517149576922010-05-05T16:24:37.253+03:002010-05-05T16:24:37.253+03:00I would say that ended up being a close contender ...I would say that ended up being a close contender for horror. I think humans are the more horrifying monsters. <br /><br />I keep thinking back to the lines you wrote before this glance into your writing, 'Although this scene is in my novel, it is based on a personal experience.'<br /><br />Those kind of personal experiences are fountains of endless supply, to keep the muse writing. I should know I tap into them quite often. <br /><br />Excellent piece of writing, I lived every word as I read. (Hugs)IndigoSage Ravenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143502548162174269noreply@blogger.com