Comments on: The Book http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/ se wo were fi na wosan kofa a yenki Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:22:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Giulianna Lamanna http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-22272 Giulianna Lamanna Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:03:49 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-22272 Oh, don't give me that, you little whiner. I gave you everything! I spent hours counting out the green M&Ms in your trailer. I spent DAYS trying to track down the obscure European brand of bottled water you demanded, only to get yelled at for taking too long when I finally flew it in from Scandanavia. Not to mention your obsessive religious fundamentalism. NO ONE follows ALL the laws in Leviticus, dammit! You know what? Sometimes you have to wear a poly-cotton blend! And if your author is a woman, you can't take off for a week every month while she sits around in a straw-lined red tent. It doesn't work like that, buddy. One of these days, you're going to have to learn how to act like a professional. Oh, don’t give me that, you little whiner. I gave you everything! I spent hours counting out the green M&Ms in your trailer. I spent DAYS trying to track down the obscure European brand of bottled water you demanded, only to get yelled at for taking too long when I finally flew it in from Scandanavia.

Not to mention your obsessive religious fundamentalism. NO ONE follows ALL the laws in Leviticus, dammit! You know what? Sometimes you have to wear a poly-cotton blend! And if your author is a woman, you can’t take off for a week every month while she sits around in a straw-lined red tent. It doesn’t work like that, buddy. One of these days, you’re going to have to learn how to act like a professional.

]]> By: Jashee Denford http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-22237 Jashee Denford Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:01:32 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-22237 Oh yeah, make <i>me</i> the bad guy in all this. Working with you hasn't exactly been a bowl of cherries, either, missy! Oh yeah, make me the bad guy in all this. Working with you hasn’t exactly been a bowl of cherries, either, missy!

]]> By: Giulianna Lamanna http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-6620 Giulianna Lamanna Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:21:19 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-6620 And anyway, it's a comedy. If you're going to count comedies, "But I'm a Cheerleader" is much more relevant than "Saved." I could have sworn I used the words "seriously treated by Hollywood," but I guess I didn't... And anyway, it’s a comedy. If you’re going to count comedies, “But I’m a Cheerleader” is much more relevant than “Saved.”

I could have sworn I used the words “seriously treated by Hollywood,” but I guess I didn’t…

]]> By: Jason Godesky http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-6615 Jason Godesky Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:43:41 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-6615 <em>Saved</em> is not about a gay Christian teenager, it's about a Christian teenage pregnancy. The gay character is one of the most minor of the supporting cast. Saved is not about a gay Christian teenager, it’s about a Christian teenage pregnancy. The gay character is one of the most minor of the supporting cast.

]]> By: Chuck http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-6612 Chuck Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:01:37 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-6612 "there is a screenplay being written about a gay Christian teenager. Bear in mind that this subject matter is unbelievably timely and yet, miraculously, has remained completely untouched by Hollywood." Saved, with Jena Malone and (of all people) MacAuley Culkin. Sorry, I'm a nitpicker by nature. - Chuck “there is a screenplay being written about a gay Christian teenager. Bear in mind that this subject matter is unbelievably timely and yet, miraculously, has remained completely untouched by Hollywood.”

Saved, with Jena Malone and (of all people) MacAuley Culkin.

Sorry, I’m a nitpicker by nature.

- Chuck

]]> By: Giulianna Lamanna http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-6609 Giulianna Lamanna Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:23:04 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-6609 Late update... the NaNoWriMo book didn't go anywhere. I did come up with a bunch of new ideas, though, and now I'm re-writing the story as a screenplay. God knows why, because it's even harder to sell a screenplay than a novel (and that's saying a lot). I'm just so God damned sick of prose and I think it would work better as a movie anyway. So if anyone reading this just so happens to be a huge Hollywood celebrity or owns a major film production company (or, more realistically, owns a camcorder and has a few thousand bucks to waste), there is a screenplay being written about a gay Christian teenager. Bear in mind that this subject matter is unbelievably timely and yet, miraculously, has remained completely untouched by Hollywood. Also bear in mind that every liberal in America is going to see it. Period. Also, if anyone reading this is more of a theater person and might be interested in making it into a play, same goes, but there's some weird stuff in it that may be difficult to do without special effects. E-mail me and... um... my people (i.e., me) will do (inexpensive) lunch with your people. (Hey, a girl can dream, can't she? How the hell else am I going to get rid of this thing?) Oh, by the way... The Book is now called The Screenplay. It's somewhat less monstrous, but not much. For more information, go see the film <em>Adaptation</em>. Late update… the NaNoWriMo book didn’t go anywhere. I did come up with a bunch of new ideas, though, and now I’m re-writing the story as a screenplay. God knows why, because it’s even harder to sell a screenplay than a novel (and that’s saying a lot). I’m just so God damned sick of prose and I think it would work better as a movie anyway.

So if anyone reading this just so happens to be a huge Hollywood celebrity or owns a major film production company (or, more realistically, owns a camcorder and has a few thousand bucks to waste), there is a screenplay being written about a gay Christian teenager. Bear in mind that this subject matter is unbelievably timely and yet, miraculously, has remained completely untouched by Hollywood. Also bear in mind that every liberal in America is going to see it. Period.

Also, if anyone reading this is more of a theater person and might be interested in making it into a play, same goes, but there’s some weird stuff in it that may be difficult to do without special effects. E-mail me and… um… my people (i.e., me) will do (inexpensive) lunch with your people.

(Hey, a girl can dream, can’t she? How the hell else am I going to get rid of this thing?)

Oh, by the way… The Book is now called The Screenplay. It’s somewhat less monstrous, but not much. For more information, go see the film Adaptation.

]]> By: speedbird http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-6483 speedbird Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:04:36 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-6483 But seriously... (having read a few of your other posts) Good writing comes from somewhere very personal. It's not easy. There are tools available (like a protagonist upon whom you can heap the blame). I wrote a crap book once. Then I wrote a good short story (which hurt). Then I chucked the crap book in the bin and wrote a good book. I return to it now and then and it's still good, to me at least. And about two years ago I took a name that wasn't mine and started posting on these sites. It seemed like the right thing to do. Yours, Swift White Swan But seriously… (having read a few of your other posts)

Good writing comes from somewhere very personal. It’s not easy. There are tools available (like a protagonist upon whom you can heap the blame). I wrote a crap book once. Then I wrote a good short story (which hurt). Then I chucked the crap book in the bin and wrote a good book. I return to it now and then and it’s still good, to me at least.

And about two years ago I took a name that wasn’t mine and started posting on these sites. It seemed like the right thing to do.

Yours,

Swift White Swan

]]> By: speedbird http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-6474 speedbird Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:20:53 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-6474 And that's how you learn to write: 1. Do it. 2. *Burn it* 3. Do it again right. And that’s how you learn to write:

1. Do it.
2. *Burn it*
3. Do it again right.

]]> By: bob http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-5589 bob Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:57:37 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-5589 ur site sucks ass ur site sucks ass

]]> By: Graham Jones http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-2616 Graham Jones Tue, 01 Nov 2005 21:13:10 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2005/10/the-book/#comment-2616 Yes, yes, yes. Totally on your wavelength. If you don't believe me, check out the website above. Yes, yes, yes. Totally on your wavelength. If you don’t believe me, check out the website above.

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