So…going back to what was being talked about at the beginning of the thread. Here we have an idea that further influenced two other people to flesh out their own versions and back to me to recreate my original idea in a different medium.
All of them telling the same story - but in their own unique style. ^^
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
[quote]Stern wrote:
[quote]Edevus wrote:
I understood almost nothing of the second one, Stern. So I guess it’s very stylish and cool.
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haha cheers! Yea, I took liberties in making up my own words inspired by Scottish slang and of course Jabberwocky, which still remains one of my favourite poems! ^^
“One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!”[/quote]
Does it not defeat the purpose of poetry if you are making up the words?
This is a concept that I cannot grasp… why waste the time on this?[/quote]
Interesting question. But before I answer, let me ask you - what do you consider the purpose of poetry to be?
The words I’ve altered aren’t entirely nonsense. Granted, taken out of context, the poem might not make much sense but read again while studying the picture it becomes a bit clearer. Also keep in mind the subject matter is somewhat part of a faery tale spoken almost in a made up faery slang dialect not too dissimilar to Scottish or Irish slang.
I mean, of course I could’ve wrote:
"It was an awesome night for making faeries,
with the moon shining down through the crumbled earth
where the grasshoppers live!
With curled claws they played their instruments,
bound in shiny brass, etc etc"
but where’s the fun in that? I’m writing about entirely alien creatures turning a human into a fairy, complete with insect orchestra. It seemed almost preposterous to laden it with completely sensible description. =P
Of course I obviously can’t speak for any other writer who takes liberties with the English language when trying to paint a scene so to answer your question - that’s all I got.
Anyhoo enough about my shit. Let’s see some other stuff folk have done or bits of ideas they have! 
[quote]Nards wrote:
If you’re talking about the Harry Ramsden Challenge then I’ve done it! OR are you taking the piss out of me after already seeing I’ve done it?[/quote]
It’s easy to overestimate how much food you can put down, but I’m fairly certain I could murder this plate in about 20 minutes.
Was it hard?
[quote]Stern wrote:
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
[quote]Stern wrote:
[quote]Edevus wrote:
I understood almost nothing of the second one, Stern. So I guess it’s very stylish and cool.
[/quote]
haha cheers! Yea, I took liberties in making up my own words inspired by Scottish slang and of course Jabberwocky, which still remains one of my favourite poems! ^^
“One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!”[/quote]
Does it not defeat the purpose of poetry if you are making up the words?
This is a concept that I cannot grasp… why waste the time on this?[/quote]
Interesting question. But before I answer, let me ask you - what do you consider the purpose of poetry to be?
The words I’ve altered aren’t entirely nonsense. Granted, taken out of context, the poem might not make much sense but read again while studying the picture it becomes a bit clearer. Also keep in mind the subject matter is somewhat part of a faery tale spoken almost in a made up faery slang dialect not too dissimilar to Scottish or Irish slang.
I mean, of course I could’ve wrote:
"It was an awesome night for making faeries,
with the moon shining down through the crumbled earth
where the grasshoppers live!
With curled claws they played their instruments,
bound in shiny brass, etc etc"
but where’s the fun in that? I’m writing about entirely alien creatures turning a human into a fairy, complete with insect orchestra. It seemed almost preposterous to laden it with completely sensible description. =P
Of course I obviously can’t speak for any other writer who takes liberties with the English language when trying to paint a scene so to answer your question - that’s all I got.
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Ain’t no point in writing shit nobody understands.
That’s like when musicians say they “made an album for themselves”… well good, shoulda kept that shit to yourself then cause its awful.
Making up words to fit into a poem is like making a touchdown worth 10 points in the middle of the game. The point is to find a real word that rhymes and will fit in your meter or whatever.
But do what you like man.
I do get what you’re saying in general but I’m curious - where is the nonsensical rhyme? If you just glanced over it, saw a couple of words you didn’t recognise (which weren’t even given to make it ‘rhyme’) and went “naw…” then nevermind, but I’m trusting you actually read it carefully - as you should do with poetry. Poetry is about digging and turning the words and content over for meaning. It’s not about speeding through descriptive text without thought and moving on to the next one. Which I’m assuming you didn’t do.
So I’m genuinely curious about your critique? It’s not as if I went…“ermmm, so, I’m stuck…what rhymes with can’t…AHH flaberghant!” in a lazy can’t-be-bothered fashion. I took effort not to interrupt the tempo or rhyme with a word people wouldn’t understand. I mean “shoor” is obviously sure and “broo” obviously brew, but spelled as they would sound with a heavy Scots accent.
Or does it just make NO SENSE whatsoever? I mean, I didn’t go full blown Lewis Carroll or anything. =P
Liking the P-shop work stern.
Fantasy writing is full of made up words.
Tolkien has lots of poems throughout his works that are full of made up elvish.
Doesn’t seem to have diminished his popularity.
Also, under this criteria I should bin my copy of Ulysses.
Btw…I am still trying to work in an idea of the dead chicken souls communicating through the T.V in my story…sounds a bit far fetched though eh?
Here’s something I wrote for a parody news site - hope you all like it
I’m a 2-bit poet and short story writer. I also used to write song lyrics. Neither professionally, of course.
When done properly, writing is the highest art, in my opinion. People always recite that stupid thing, “A picture is worth a thousand words”. Well, to me, a few words can sometimes paint a brilliant picture.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
That’s like when musicians say they “made an album for themselves”… well good, shoulda kept that shit to yourself then cause its awful.
[/quote]
No shit!
I’ve published. All of it crap.
[quote]Tex Ag wrote:
I’ve published. All of it crap.[/quote]
Source, please!
WE will be the judge of said crap!
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]Tex Ag wrote:
I’ve published. All of it crap.[/quote]
Source, please!
WE will be the judge of said crap!
:)[/quote]
I will look for some.
My son and I both like a particular author. In his first, book he writes in the spot where they thank peole who helped write the book etc, “never underestimate the power of an e-mail or letter from a fan expressing a job well done, loved your book” or something to that affect.
So my boy did, asked him a couple plot questions and asked him to not kill off a dude lol. Got an e-mail back straight from the man himself! Made our day, small gesture but we won’t soon forget, since then he’s bought all his books to help support the guy.
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
If you’re talking about the Harry Ramsden Challenge then I’ve done it! OR are you taking the piss out of me after already seeing I’ve done it?[/quote]
It’s easy to overestimate how much food you can put down, but I’m fairly certain I could murder this plate in about 20 minutes.
Was it hard?[/quote]
Not at all. I must admit that I didn’t eat very much for breakfast and lunchin anticipation.
On facebook you can see the 10 patty cheeseburger I ate in 8 minutes. And I wasn’t even mad!
[quote]Nards wrote:
Not at all. I must admit that I didn’t eat very much for breakfast and lunchin anticipation.
On facebook you can see the 10 patty cheeseburger I ate in 8 minutes. And I wasn’t even mad![/quote]
That is an obscene amount of meat! Great job!!
A few days later me and a two buddies got a 30 patty burger.
That’s enough burgers for a while.
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
Here’s something I wrote for a parody news site - hope you all like it
http://www.theleakywiki.com/k2-front-page/item/428[/quote]
“Ebolaids” lulz
[quote]Cheeky_Kea wrote:
Liking the P-shop work stern.
Fantasy writing is full of made up words.
Tolkien has lots of poems throughout his works that are full of made up elvish.
Doesn’t seem to have diminished his popularity.
Also, under this criteria I should bin my copy of Ulysses.
Btw…I am still trying to work in an idea of the dead chicken souls communicating through the T.V in my story…sounds a bit far fetched though eh? [/quote]
I don’t know man. In this day and age you can pretty much put anything on the screen and make it believable so I’d just roll with it and see what happens! ^^
Cheers for the support! Fightin’s made a fair point - even though I haven’t just thrown out words to make it rhyme (which would be lame) I’ve pretty much made it too difficult to pick up at a cursory glance which narrows my audience. This is fine if you’ve already got a fanbase who’re used to scrutinising your work or appreciate your style, however I’ve got neither of those. In hindsight it was a bad choice to put up here. Lesson learned.
You’re a photomanipulation artist as well aren’t you?
