Speculative Vision

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My last two blog-posts: Why do I bother? Date: 12/9/05 at 11:36PM When I write, it comes straight from my soul. No.... When I write, it comes from beyond... Pure instinctive writing, my heart, my soul, my very being is merely the receiver of something. Vague pictures appear before my minds eye, a pi...

You might want to add a link or contact address of some sort. Though this is great info, it's virtually useless to us if we don't know where or how to apply for it.

Or you could do as I did. 1. Steal a photo from the internet. 2. Resize, crop, cut and paste in adobe paintshop pro. 3. Paintshop Pro all kinds of effects you never thought possible. 4. Horribly mutilate the original photo. 5. Do not give either the photographer or the internet site any credit for y...

• Took the biggest world sympathy for the U.S. after 9/11, and in less than a year, made the U.S. the most resented country in the world. That one just says it all, doesn't it? Being Dutch I've never been much of a fan of the United States but Bush takes the prize. Really, after 9/11 he basically t...

I like to add:
http://www.exitmundi.nl/exitmundi.htm

And I can't wait to hear your reactions to it.
Also, be kind about the English that is used on the site, the creator is Dutch, and so is his English.

".... and I want to take that pain, that bitterness away from her. To make her feel happy again, so she won't have to cry, and she won't have to miss her (deceased) friends. I know this is impossible, but I'm going to try anyway...." Anonymous letter.. Striving for a goal that can't be obtained, or ...

(besides, name one fish that ever walked on land anyway) fish that can walk on land northern snakehead (Channa argus). snakeheads could walk on land; survive out of water for days. has a torpedo-shaped body that tapers towards the tail. Young are golden brown to pale gray in color, turning dark bro...

What is natural these days? I'm currently reading a book in which a lot of scientific (mostly mathematic) babble comes along. One chapter was about the relationship of the main character and his ex-girlfriend. As an illustration, the author wrote about the girl's in depth scientifically appraised se...

The only thing I like to amend to that is that marriage isn't christian. It's the christian version and christian way of looking at a bond between two humans that is universal to almost all religions.

The benefit I gain from outlines is a sense of direction. I know where the story goes and I know that my Main Character needs to be at a certain place at a certain time. It prevents me from meandering aimlessly and focus on the story. I write the outline from the top of my head, so it remains rather...

Look, all I'm saying is that it's of no use to emulate any author. No matter how succesful or unsuccesful they are. Everyone of us needs to find their own way of writing and the only way of doing this is experimenting.