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Failure to Launch  

CynicusMaximus 52M
399 posts
12/21/2018 5:34 am
Failure to Launch


Yesterday, i wrote a post about a conversation that i had with a fellow artist and his intolerance for a joke made about the show, BJ and the Bear. I only shared the story here because during our debate, i wrote a punchline.

BJ and/or The Bear are the peanut butter and chocolate in Ted Cruz's Porn Hubb search history.

But the joke is that, there is no joke with out the context.

The story connected to this was also pretty flat. Just another guy and his inability to acknowledge that there are gay people out there and they are not boogey men just waiting to bite you and turn you into a gay vampire. How does a gay man upsell you on the notion unless there is already some interest involved at the ego/id level?

Anyway

The punchline is supposed to be the staccato on a story that crescendos right to the end. As a writer these turn into those unbearable moments of writing things over and over to get to the desired chiseled result.

I try to work off the cuff and allow the story to evolve on its own. I just try to keep the destination in mind and telling this story just kind of felt like A + B = C.

Anyway, kiddos.

Do you ever get stumped on a story? Do you ever look back and think that you should have used the word, moist, instead of, dripping?

Naughtypursuit 56F  
2766 posts
12/21/2018 5:50 am

We are our own worse critics at times.

They are teaching the sandwich theory for story writing in school. To me I think it should flow the way you want, not be cookie cutter.


CynicusMaximus replies on 12/21/2018 6:38 am:
Oh, if it's a full blown story, i would use that method. Not quite the William S. Burroughs method, but that involves heroin.

lonlyforlove2 81M  
32704 posts
12/21/2018 12:57 pm

Young Man, Yes a wrong choice of words is a bad thing, even when you read the context and it makes sense but pulled out by their self , they can start a WAR!!!!!

Have a good day, cold rain and windy here in the south..

Stop by at lonlyforlove2
also see Lunch with Lonly , we get snow tomorrow
Check my blog on New Community, "A photo of my big Pecker"
also, " My Sunday afternoon with the kids'


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