tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post7584203567872752006..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: In Other WordsAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-6306283286965925322016-02-25T15:44:43.991-05:002016-02-25T15:44:43.991-05:00Congrats on the plays! I'm really happy you...Congrats on the plays! I'm really happy you're having a gratifying creative experience in that venue.Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-41940012820757111732016-02-20T11:36:36.377-05:002016-02-20T11:36:36.377-05:00Hi Sacchi!
yes, that is scary how written stories...Hi Sacchi!<br /><br />yes, that is scary how written stories seem to be declining. I don;t think they;re declining in appeal, I think they;re declining in profitability. Alessia Brio recently posted on Facebook that in spite of high sales on the Coming Together anthologies on Amazon she only made $2.50 to offer to the charities. How can a writer make a living that way?<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-20783185828122082902016-02-20T11:34:34.652-05:002016-02-20T11:34:34.652-05:00Hi Lisabet!
And thank you for reading them. I ha...Hi Lisabet!<br /><br />And thank you for reading them. I have high hopes for these two plays. Maybe I can post them here sometimes.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-2567632355155180042016-02-20T11:33:26.666-05:002016-02-20T11:33:26.666-05:00Hi Jean!
I might be able to do that in the future...Hi Jean!<br /><br />I might be able to do that in the future. I notice from last year that the theater makes videos of the final performances and posts them online. When these things run their course I may have a chance to do that.<br /><br />And its thrill, as you say, seeing somebody do your stuff. I wish that for everybody.<br /><br />Garce<br />Garceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-6408429913113790332016-02-20T11:31:17.913-05:002016-02-20T11:31:17.913-05:00Hi Daddy X!
My ways are definitely not anyone els...Hi Daddy X!<br /><br />My ways are definitely not anyone else's ways. I trust my ideas because I think they were arrived at the hard way over a long period of time, and also because many of these ideas don't necessarily make me happy. They just seem to match reality and then some a more probably but unprovable reality.<br /><br />But even these ideas permeate a lot of my writing. I don;t preach or let my characters preach unless they want to. But the influence is there.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-15186641247104116742016-02-17T23:56:52.365-05:002016-02-17T23:56:52.365-05:00Seeing your work in performance, and discovering w...Seeing your work in performance, and discovering within yourself the talent to write plays worthy of performance, must be a great feeling. Performance art may be the oldest form of story-telling, and it may also be the future of storytelling, as the written word alone declines in appeal. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-76786575389464058862016-02-17T23:51:53.071-05:002016-02-17T23:51:53.071-05:00This is a beautiful meta-piece, Garce--the way you...This is a beautiful meta-piece, Garce--the way you use the persistent Frankenstein references. I'm so pleased you are gaining an audience for your brilliance. And don't blush or dispute me. You *are* brilliant, in the way you plumb the depths then bring jewels to the surface and polish them for us to admire.<br /> Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-68129328904270291652016-02-17T13:22:19.868-05:002016-02-17T13:22:19.868-05:00Garce, if you ever have a video of a performance o...Garce, if you ever have a video of a performance of something you wrote, we would love to see it here! I know what you mean about the immediate response of an audience. Sometimes I even get an unexpectedly positive response to a classroom lecture. In 2004, I had the thrill of watching 2 professional actors perform a one-act play I had written. Skilled professionals (as distinct from friends/acquaintances reading lines) can work magic. <br />Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-43353896479062173372016-02-17T11:48:16.933-05:002016-02-17T11:48:16.933-05:00Live stage is different. There are actual human be...Live stage is different. There are actual human beings, in the flesh, performing for us. I actually feel very privileged when attending a play. Feels like the writers, director. stage crew and performers have all given a part of their lives just entertain us.<br /><br />As far as sermons go, I don't know if I'd be the guy for that. My tack is to allow people to choose their own fairy tale to follow. There is no religion that works for everybody. Truth differs among us because we travel paths others may not have trod. <br /><br />Take the Animist belief systems. I'll bet those beliefs are more suited to their geography and living conditions-- when they take into account how the mountains, rocks, earth, water, wind and rain provide for their lives. Certainly more than some ill-humored white guy with a beard sitting in the clouds.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.com