I tried carrying around like a writing journal and whatnot.
It did nothing for me and I found myself turned away from writing. I would have all these awesome ideas while traveling on the bus/train or out and about and I've lost a lot of them to the winds of time now because I either didn't have something to write with on hand, or I couldn't be fucked to actually write my complicated series of ideas out by hand and by the time I got home or to where I was going, I'd forgotten either the construction of the idea that I liked, or the idea itself.
Now that I have a personal word processing device on hand at all times, I am much, much more productive.
Now, perhaps that is because I find more inspiration while I am away from home. I actually find myself writing much more outside of my home than inside of my home. But even then, I couldn't even imagine choosing pen and paper over my desktop computer. That would be like cramming four people in your car and choosing the non-carpool lane just because.
I've written entire first drafts on my iPhone while on the bus. The CeltX iPhone/iPad app has a wonderful little feature that lets you sync scripts with your PC or Mac, so when I'd get home I'd just transfer the script to the PC, fix the typos, and keep going.
In fact, back when I had my netbook, "writing" was my #1 reason for justifying the purchase to myself. The #2 reason was programming, but even then, I was mainly writing text adventures.
In fact, back when I had my netbook, "writing" was my #1 reason for justifying the purchase to myself. The #2 reason was programming, but even then, I was mainly writing text adventures.
That's a good reason to own a netbook. I miss my laptop for much the same reason, and my goal of getting an ipad has been scuppered indefinitely after having lost my job.
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I'm worried that attitudes like this will be the death of long posts
Seriously, Hamlet is my favorite play from any author. It's a fantastic play.
But five hours worth of play to read is quite different from five hours of play to watch.
Nobody wants to watch a five hour play. Fuck that.
Bollocks. I've watched five different versions of Hamlet on stage and most of them were upwards of four hours. Me and everyone else was happy to sit through it and loved pretty much every minute. Some bits are often cut, which is fine, but none of them were cut so much that the running time came close to three hours. Four and a little bit is average. Never seen one that took five.
So we get stiff once in a while. So we have a little fun. What’s wrong with that? This is a free country, isn’t it? I can take my panda any place I want to. And if I wanna buy it a drink, that’s my business.
I never understood the obsession with reading plays. The works of Shake'n'spear are not great as books.
Well, they aren't "books." They are "plays." Just like a short story isn't a book, a poem isn't a book, a novella isn't a book (though it is book-like). And so on.
A play is text, but it isn't a book.
This may sound like semantics, but I posit that if you approach reading the text of a play like it's a book you are doing it wrong.
Seriously, Hamlet is my favorite play from any author. It's a fantastic play.
But five hours worth of play to read is quite different from five hours of play to watch.
Nobody wants to watch a five hour play. Fuck that.
Bollocks. I've watched five different versions of Hamlet on stage and most of them were upwards of four hours. Me and everyone else was happy to sit through it and loved pretty much every minute. Some bits are often cut, which is fine, but none of them were cut so much that the running time came close to three hours. Four and a little bit is average. Never seen one that took five.
Lear's about four hours as well.
Four hours is also too long for a play.
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In fact, back when I had my netbook, "writing" was my #1 reason for justifying the purchase to myself. The #2 reason was programming, but even then, I was mainly writing text adventures.
Because Shakespeare's Hamlet is also an hour too long.
scott pilgrim is 112 minutes too long
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That's a good reason to own a netbook. I miss my laptop for much the same reason, and my goal of getting an ipad has been scuppered indefinitely after having lost my job.
edit: Poor taste. Just like Organichu's butt.
Lets be height buddies
I'm worried that attitudes like this will be the death of long posts
i wish i were 6'2" but i don't think i am
which means there's six inches of chu you actually want
and I gotta say drez
that's awfully generous
Hey.
Hey, listen.
i guess i ought to have lunch now
Like all men, you are actually 5'11". You think you can get away with two inches because the shoes add one and the next is an honest mistake.
No like, organized military to my knowledge. Dunno. Axes are kinda bad weapons. They look super rad though.
6'4", sucka.
But five hours worth of play to read is quite different from five hours of play to watch.
Nobody wants to watch a five hour play. Fuck that.
i am actually 6'1"! i stood in socks at my doctor's office next to the thing!
Bollocks. I've watched five different versions of Hamlet on stage and most of them were upwards of four hours. Me and everyone else was happy to sit through it and loved pretty much every minute. Some bits are often cut, which is fine, but none of them were cut so much that the running time came close to three hours. Four and a little bit is average. Never seen one that took five.
Lear's about four hours as well.
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I also do not understand DK's statements.
Organichu is 4 inches too short
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Well, they aren't "books." They are "plays." Just like a short story isn't a book, a poem isn't a book, a novella isn't a book (though it is book-like). And so on.
A play is text, but it isn't a book.
This may sound like semantics, but I posit that if you approach reading the text of a play like it's a book you are doing it wrong.
I'm pretty sure most modern stagings of the longer Shakespeare plays edit the text down a bit.
Also, hearing Shakespeare acted aloud is a much different experience than reading it on the page.
Edit: Even reading Shakespeare aloud makes the flow and rhythm of the words more obvious than they are when just reading them silently.
Four hours is also too long for a play.
See, I cop to 5'11 because I get the feeling I'd be pretty embarrassed telling people I'm six feet and them figuring out it's a lie.
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