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    About the new forum member Milhouse2011

    Milhouse2011 is not an established writer, nor is he a self published writer. In
    fact he's not even an aspiring writer. You could say that Milhouse2011 is a rare
    specimen known as the unwilling writer.

    Milhouse2011's life up to this
    point has been a domino chain of epic failures, bitter disappointments and mild
    defeats in various endeavours in his attempt to forge a life of
    success.

    Growing up, Milhouse2011 was noted for his talents in writing at
    school and among his family and peers. One could say that Milhouse2011 had his
    talent for writing encoded into his DNA. However, Milhouse2011 had other ideas
    in mind for his life and career.

    Because of this, Milhouse2011 came to
    the conclusion that God decided to make his life one disaster after another
    until he finally cracked and became either a writer or a priest. After careful
    consideration, Milhouse2011 decided that writing was the lesser of two evils as
    the priesthood meant no longer getting laid and a paycheck less than a 15 year
    old would earn at McDonalds.

    If Milhouse2011 was to gain anything from
    being an unwilling writer, it's the fact that he can vent his spleen on anything
    he feels like writing about and not care about having his intelligence insulted
    by "feedback".

    Ironically, it's when Milhouse2011 is in a dark place
    emotionally that writing becomes as simple as poetry. Any other time,
    Milhouse2011 sits at his computer PRAYING from something that looks like a
    comprehensible sentence to materialise on screen before he pokes his eyes out
    with a blunt pencil.

    Milhouse2011 believes that writing is neither a
    talent or the result of hard work. Writing, as defined by Milhouse2011, can be
    achieved by anyone with a writing apparatus and a basic command of the english
    language

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    candid petunia welcomes Milhouse to WF.
    “The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.” ~ James Allen

    "Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." ~ Henry Van Dyke


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    ModernDayMozart wonders why this entire thread is in third person O.o. I welcome you friend! Hope to see you around on the forums soon!

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    Milhouse2011's life up to this
    point has been a domino chain of epic failures, bitter disappointments and mild
    defeats in various endeavours in his attempt to forge a life of
    success.
    Milhouse2011 thank you for a great post. I liked your whole post but this part definitely made me want to "read more". You could be right that it takes neither talent or hard work but I believe if you're writing fiction it needs the conflict your paragraph is an excellent example of. I also like your description of how a "dark place" makes your writing flow simply.

    I'm currently working on a novel length fantasy thriller but a screenwriter character I was channeling has convinced me to drop everything and knock out a 120 page---low low budget, comedy screenplay. Can't figure out if its my muse telling me something or me laughing at my own jokes again.

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    Hi there Milhouse, and welcome. I don't know who you are or where you come from, but I don't agree that writing doesn't require talent. I'm a life-long teacher of languages, and I KNOW that a person either CAN or CANNOT write a piece (with mistakes, but that's not a crime). Inspiration is what does it. Personally, I can write an article or such about whatever subject. 500 words? Not a problem, I'll do that in 10 minutes or less.


    Nickie

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    Quote Originally Posted by Milhouse2011 View Post
    Writing, as defined by Milhouse2011, can be
    achieved by anyone with a writing apparatus and a basic command of the english
    language
    Basic command of the English language? Surely you jest. Just hang around this place for a time and feast your eyes on some of the offerings.

    Welcome anyway.

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    Hi Millhouse2011, welcome to the site. Even if you do sound like a robot.

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    Hi Milhouse, welcome to the forums.

    However, it's an inauspicious start:

    Milhouse2011 believes that writing is neither a talent or the result of hard work.
    Simply wrong.
    The sand of the desert is sodden red, -
    Red with the wreck of a square that broke; -
    The Gatling's jammed and the colonel dead,
    And the regiment blind with dust and smoke.
    The river of death has brimmed his banks,
    And England's far, and Honour a name,
    But the voice of schoolboy rallies the ranks,
    "Play up! play up! and play the game!"

    Vitai Lampada (Sir Henry Newbolt, 1897)

    From the Home of Sir Henry Newbolt (a blog)



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    Welcome to WF Milhouse.

    Nice intro

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    Welcome to WF!

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