"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
- Ben Franklin
The OS waters are getting choppy once more as we try to separate the pretenders from the contenders. Luckily, I have no dog in this fight - other than the fodder it creates for my movie.
So what are we? Writers or hackers? Dilettantes or dazzlers? Unfortunately, Open Salon failed to categorize us upon entry. "A writer or a sloth you be?" This allows just anyone to claim to be a writer and if that happens chaos ensues and the universe is turned upside down. Or something like that.
Whan I asked the Playhouse actors if they are really actors they asked me if I was really a filmmaker. Point taken. However, this did not dampen their enthusiasm for giving their take on the latest OS crisis. Open Salon, of course, is one of the top two or three websites on the internet for wasting time so a crisis here reverbates throughout the web and if we don't get this thing settled we'll have to go out and get lives.
I, for one, won't stand for that!
And now I present to you "Writer vs. Writer", soon to surpass "Kramer vs. Kramer" as the greatest movie with "vs." in the title:
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Darla Carmichael
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Comments
A rating from a "black ribbon" writer.
Best Wishes,
Blittie
BBE, I think if you went to writing church camp for a week you'd be a hack no more! (or a murder suspect)
Robin, you're a published elitist slumming among us word slingers. Thanks!
Spud, you are a natural writer.
Cranky, I'd be happy to take either one too.
Rated, liked and Zumapick.
Alysa, I actually thought of doing a post like that after I wrote it.
T Michael, point taken. What I really want to see is Predator vs. Kramer. It's be short but fun.
Owl, it would be in the Best Time Waste category.
Zuma, I always love to get zuma picked!
Amy, I hope to work in Hollywood someday so I made the plot fit my pre-arranged ending regardless of credibility.
Ha. A good filmic addition to the argument or should I say -- discussion.
Geez, so I guess Van Gogh wasn't an artist after all! No one wanted to pay for his paintings while he was alive. Oh yes, that's right he only became one posthumously. Now he gets a gazillion dollars @ Sotheby's. Right ...
As a note of trivia, there are tales of hicks taking Vincent's paintings and using them for target practice they thought them so worthless and awful.
The staff at the asylum was incensed when Theo brought money for Vincent's first and only sale. They just couldn't believe anyone would pay for his work and "knew" Theo must be lying.
aim, I'm both groaning and laughing!
-R-
You're the master of the medium!
Sorry it took me half a week to get here pal.