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Bridgeburner
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so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show
#7152690 - 07/09/07 06:11 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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so a major radio station is including young authors in their morning wake-up program this week and someone asked me if i wanted to go.
then a caller is supposed to give me a character and/or a hint about something, they'll send me to some secluded room and i'm supposed to write a story based on it. THE worst time to get writers block.
i've written a book of short stories, sort of a mix of the grotesque and the absurd. i'm pretty nervous because OBVIOUSLY i've never been on a live radio show. any advice or opinions what i should do to cool off?
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7152760 - 07/09/07 06:25 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Bridgeburner
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: Cepheus]
#7152768 - 07/09/07 06:27 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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i've never smoked pot and don't know where to get it, never made any contacts.
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Cepheus
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7152783 - 07/09/07 06:30 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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probably not a good time to start.
Have a few shots to calm your nerves.. and just relax.. at least these people aren't going to be able to put a face to a voice.. so even if you do make a prick out of yourself it won't be the end of the world...
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7152786 - 07/09/07 06:30 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Do a prank phone call to ease the nerves of performance.
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Bridgeburner
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: Apollyphelion]
#7152820 - 07/09/07 06:38 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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i usually say "shit" and "fuck" a lot so i hope that i won't start saying those words before and after every sentence out of nervousness. blah, this country is pretty small so i guess i won't be totally anonymous.
OR i could cause a scene there, insult every author this country has ever had and then tell the audience to fuck the fuck off because i'm too good for those ingrates anyway.
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7153028 - 07/09/07 07:19 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Alcohol?
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Syle
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7153048 - 07/09/07 07:23 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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b0red5tiff said: i usually say "shit" and "fuck" a lot so i hope that i won't start saying those words before and after every sentence out of nervousness. blah, this country is pretty small so i guess i won't be totally anonymous.
OR i could cause a scene there, insult every author this country has ever had and then tell the audience to fuck the fuck off because i'm too good for those ingrates anyway.
stop worrying, if writing/being an author is something you have a passion for, and it's something that you want to dedicate your life to, then why are you nervous? this sounds like a great opportunity, have fun with it.
stop worrying about it, or it will pass before you know it, and you will have wished you hadn't worried so much about it, and wish that you rather had enjoyed it.
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Bridgeburner
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: Syle]
#7153071 - 07/09/07 07:29 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Alcohol?
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stop worrying about it, or it will pass before you know it, and you will have wished you hadn't worried so much about it, and wish that you rather had enjoyed it.
you are both right. now i'm gonna drink myself to sleep and go there with a hangover, which makes worrying impossible.
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7153077 - 07/09/07 07:30 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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haha. i need to find that video of a film student that was a guest on a news show, and he was obviously hungover. then he blows chunks all over the place in mid sentence. fucking awesome.
yeah, drink yourself retarded, that'll make for an awesome morning/story
good luck man
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7153128 - 07/09/07 07:37 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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b0red5tiff said: i've never smoked pot and don't know where to get it, never made any contacts.
I understand the never made any contacts part but , get out some! Damn near everyone smokes.
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7153327 - 07/09/07 08:15 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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b0red5tiff said: i've never smoked pot and don't know where to get it, never made any contacts.
A writer who doesn't smoke pot?
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: DrCamacho89]
#7153497 - 07/09/07 08:52 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Makes more sense than a writer who doesn't drink...
Hey, BoredStiff..you got anything you've written available online? I'd like to check it out
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7153518 - 07/09/07 08:56 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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I wouldn't go there intoxicated. Pot is overrated too. Some people like it, some don't. imo >
Good luck with the radio show
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Bridgeburner
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: Senor_Doobie]
#7154624 - 07/10/07 12:33 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Senor_Doobie said: Makes more sense than a writer who doesn't drink...
Hey, BoredStiff..you got anything you've written available online? I'd like to check it out
http://www.templeofdagon.com/writers/adrian-shepard/
i wrote some cthulhu mythos stories in english a few years ago, got a few published in horror anthologies. wrote those more for fun than anything though.
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: aDoS]
#7154821 - 07/10/07 01:39 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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aDoS said: I wouldn't go there intoxicated. Pot is overrated too. Some people like it, some don't. imo >
Good luck with the radio show
Meh.. different purposes, not many people drink much anymore just for relaxation.
*and i second that good luck*
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Re: so i'm going to be a guest on a radio show [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7155596 - 07/10/07 09:03 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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