So I was hanging out at the Mindstorm office, leafing through an old issue of Time Magazine... It's weird but everything I do now has to be related to China somehow. I couldn't help but leaf through Time and see if I could find anything on China that I might be able to use some time in the future. It feels like I learned so much about China these past two and a half months than at any time in my life.
But that's not really the point of this entry. I got sidetracked as early as the second sentence. So going back, I was leafing through Time and I saw a blurb about Miranda July's book. I didn't even know she has a book. I greatly enjoyed two films that I saw by her so that got me excited. Plus the blurb said, "The lives of misfits told in quirky, almost unbearably intense short stories." And then I suddenly missed writing.
Following that was a conversation with Artie how we also want to write intense stories. Unbearable ones, too. Sigh.
So I'm gonna try and write a short story this weekend. Hopefully, an unbearably intense one. I owe myself that much.
Good luck with your writing. =)
ReplyDeletehi joni...should have been..."Following that, was a conversation with Artie 'and' how we also 'WANTED' to write intense stories...though you could use another word for 'following that'...'AFTER WHICH' would have been an appropriate word...ryt???? wrong???...hehehe..and yet, you still write good...keep on, joni...
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks Budi. Yeah, I agree with the "wanted" part. It would have been more consistent and correct except that I wanted to emphasize how we want to write intense stories, now. In the present. But yes, grammatical rules dictate that it should've been in the past tense. Regarding "after which" and "following that," I would just have to use the "writing style" excuse. Hehehe!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karl! Let's hope something comes out of this.
uhmmm...ok...different strokes for different folks...hehehe..:P
ReplyDeleteNuNi pabasa =) pinakain naman kita eh.hehehehehehehe
ReplyDeleteKailangan muna siyang masulat. Ang sarap ng Tapa Queen. :D
ReplyDeleteThe blank paper scared me. Instead of writing a short story, I worked. :(
ReplyDeletehala! writer's block. na-pressure ka to write an intense story. relax! :)
ReplyDeleteWork seemed so much safer... I'm doing a special report on China's social unrest. That could be intense...
ReplyDeletewala, wala.
ReplyDeleteWala nga!
ReplyDeleteSigh! tsk tsk tsk
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