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codenamewanderlust) wrote2014-03-17 05:39 pm
codenamewanderlust) wrote2014-03-17 05:39 pm
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So I'm doing this thing...
Dear Friends and Family,
As most of you know on my good days I like to think I'm a writer.
Except lately I've been having a sort of writer's block or more like writer's blah. Even though I have plenty of time and the space and a pretty perfect environment in which to write these days I couldn't bring myself to actually do it. (Binge watching episodes of That 70's Show is so much easier....)
So what have I done? Signed up to participate in a writing competition of course! I mean prompts and deadlines are the perfect cure for being unmotivated and uninspired right? Right?
Anyway, It's Season 9 of LJ Idol (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
therealljidol ) and each week the host will post a topic and each contestant will post an entry based on that topic to their journal. Then there is a vote and contestants will be eliminated until there is only one person left. (You know, like that show with the singing.)
This was Week 1 and The Topic this week was Jayus an Indonesian word meaning a joke so poorly told and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh
Here is my entry
I wanted to encourage people to follow along and read some of the entries. Here are a few that have stuck with me so far in no particular order:
Witchwife a brilliant take on the topic
Swirlsofblue a darker interpretation but perfectly written
alephz This one is most excellent, hilarious and slightly terrifying
I'm still working my way through this week's entries.
You can click on the link below to read more and vote for the ones you like.
http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/716621.html
I have no idea what will come next or how long I will get to stay in the game but for me it's about stretching my creative muscles and stepping outside the box I've built around myself in terms of my own self expression. I look forward to taking risks and enjoying amazing new art and connecting with other artists.
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I am cross posting this to FB for friends and family not on LJ (read:my grandmother) but who will be excited to hear that I am up to something crazy. (I will be posting my entries from this journal so anyone can check back here if you just want to peek at what I'm writing.)
As most of you know on my good days I like to think I'm a writer.
Except lately I've been having a sort of writer's block or more like writer's blah. Even though I have plenty of time and the space and a pretty perfect environment in which to write these days I couldn't bring myself to actually do it. (Binge watching episodes of That 70's Show is so much easier....)
So what have I done? Signed up to participate in a writing competition of course! I mean prompts and deadlines are the perfect cure for being unmotivated and uninspired right? Right?
Anyway, It's Season 9 of LJ Idol (
therealljidol ) and each week the host will post a topic and each contestant will post an entry based on that topic to their journal. Then there is a vote and contestants will be eliminated until there is only one person left. (You know, like that show with the singing.)This was Week 1 and The Topic this week was Jayus an Indonesian word meaning a joke so poorly told and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh
Here is my entry
I wanted to encourage people to follow along and read some of the entries. Here are a few that have stuck with me so far in no particular order:
Witchwife a brilliant take on the topic
Swirlsofblue a darker interpretation but perfectly written
alephz This one is most excellent, hilarious and slightly terrifying
I'm still working my way through this week's entries.
You can click on the link below to read more and vote for the ones you like.
http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/716621.html
I have no idea what will come next or how long I will get to stay in the game but for me it's about stretching my creative muscles and stepping outside the box I've built around myself in terms of my own self expression. I look forward to taking risks and enjoying amazing new art and connecting with other artists.
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I am cross posting this to FB for friends and family not on LJ (read:my grandmother) but who will be excited to hear that I am up to something crazy. (I will be posting my entries from this journal so anyone can check back here if you just want to peek at what I'm writing.)