Ria Stone
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Post by Ria Stone on Jan 21, 2020 12:23:10 GMT -8
I agree. With the radio drama, Ria is exploring all avenues and possibilities. Exciting indeed. I explored turning some of my shorts into radio dramas, I even bought script writing for dummies. What I could never get my head around removing the guts of the prose, to me the soul of the story, just leaving the speech. I found a site somewhere where I could download a hundred well known scripts and also templates. There are also courses to go on but I went the art route instead. I still couldn't get my head around it. Perhaps it is just too specialised. Ria. Please include us on your radio journey so we can all get something from it. Good luck. Hola Gary: you are right, I am exploring various writing options. On the list of other options is a comic book but I need to find an artist but that is on hold for monetary reasons.
I will be happy to report back about my radio drama experiences.
I do understand your issues with script writing. I liked the movie "Thelma and Louise" but when I looked at the script, I was floored. I could not see or imagine how the director interpreted the script to produce the movie.
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Post by garyweston on Jan 21, 2020 12:45:31 GMT -8
The older I get, the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know. That's frustrating but healthy. We need reincarnation to be compulsory if nothing else but efficiency. My alcohol rotted brain has trouble with last week, let alone previous lives. No harm in giving them a poke with a sharp stick now and then. Go poke yours.
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Post by chelsfield on Jan 21, 2020 22:43:48 GMT -8
Great. You've been writing away while I've been fighting the flu. Sheesh. I had noticed you had gone quiet again. Glad you are on the mend!
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Post by garyweston on Jan 24, 2020 11:58:03 GMT -8
Getting creative in the kitchen. A local traditional dish called 'gray pays 'n' bercun' translated into grey peas and bacon. Much loved in the Black Country in the Midlands of the UK. A rock hard little pea, soaked with bicarb overnight, heaps of chopped bacon and onions and lots of individual preferences. A stick to the ribs winter dish, and as usual I've made up about three times more than I intended so my little freezer will be crammed again. My 90 year old mum will have a good feed from it. It's simmering away overnight in 2 slow cookers because I made too much for one, but what the heck. Black Country and this dish can be found on-line if curious. Have you any local dishes to shake away these winter blues with for the rest of us? We writers need fattening up.
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Ria Stone
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Post by Ria Stone on Jan 26, 2020 15:18:37 GMT -8
Getting creative in the kitchen. A local traditional dish called 'gray pays 'n' bercun' translated into grey peas and bacon. Much loved in the Black Country in the Midlands of the UK. A rock hard little pea, soaked with bicarb overnight, heaps of chopped bacon and onions and lots of individual preferences. A stick to the ribs winter dish, and as usual I've made up about three times more than I intended so my little freezer will be crammed again. My 90 year old mum will have a good feed from it. It's simmering away overnight in 2 slow cookers because I made too much for one, but what the heck. Black Country and this dish can be found on-line if curious. Have you any local dishes to shake away these winter blues with for the rest of us? We writers need fattening up. You are talking my language now, Gary.
"Gray pays 'n' Bercun" Grey Peas and Bacon
Basically, it is strange grey peas, soaked overnight in bicarb I assume you rinse them the next day
Add loads of bacon lots of chopped onions Other spices and ingredients Cook overnight or until tender
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Post by garyweston on Jan 26, 2020 15:39:46 GMT -8
Yeah, a good rinse is needed. This grub is What we call here in the 'Black Country' bostin'. Everyone here personalises it a little. A word of warning. It's good for a clear out, if you know what I mean.
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Post by Ted on Jan 27, 2020 10:34:28 GMT -8
My free cookbook has some recipes which could be good for winter. Plus some desserts. I have used these for many years at home and my restaurant. Among the recipes included are: Fish Pie, Mulligatawny, Greek shortbread, Double Peanut Butter Roll-ups, Quiche Lorraine, Tourtiere, Pecan Pie, Cherry Pie, Beets and Oranges, Butterscotch Pie, Curried Shrimp, and Three Cheese Rice. Also information on herbs and spices.
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Post by Ria Stone on Jan 30, 2020 14:27:07 GMT -8
My free cookbook has some recipes which could be good for winter. Plus some desserts. I have used these for many years at home and my restaurant. Among the recipes included are: Fish Pie, Mulligatawny, Greek shortbread, Double Peanut Butter Roll-ups, Quiche Lorraine, Tourtiere, Pecan Pie, Cherry Pie, Beets and Oranges, Butterscotch Pie, Curried Shrimp, and Three Cheese Rice. Also information on herbs and spices. I love your cookbook, Ted. I made Mulligatawny and it was great.
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Post by garyweston on Feb 10, 2020 0:23:37 GMT -8
I'm having a writing day. As I shake off the dreaded lurgy (a cold) I'm putting the brushes aside and getting back into writing mode. Drifta's Quest is picking up a few new readers everyday so D Q 2 is pressing me. The good thing about taking a longer break than usual, is that the story is allowed to develop ferment in different ways in my mind. A completely new plot is emerging from before so I'm interested to see how that works out. I'm having to refresh book 1 in my mind first because of the unusually long break between projects, so I had better knuckle down (after taking Sally a walk.) Happy days.
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Feb 10, 2020 6:59:56 GMT -8
I'm having a writing day. As I shake off the dreaded lurgy (a cold) I'm putting the brushes aside and getting back into writing mode. Drifta's Quest is picking up a few new readers everyday so D Q 2 is pressing me. The good thing about taking a longer break than usual, is that the story is allowed to develop ferment in different ways in my mind. A completely new plot is emerging from before so I'm interested to see how that works out. I'm having to refresh book 1 in my mind first because of the unusually long break between projects, so I had better knuckle down (after taking Sally a walk.) Happy days. Totally understand about those breaks between projects. Since i started painting in addition to writing, I now pause on one project to further along the development of another, and so I'll either focus on a story for awhile and let a painting languish on the easel, or vise versa. This current project is interesting because I'm painting the cover for the story, so I've tried to work both along. Now the story is done and been proofed by a fellow author penpal who made some fine suggestions; I've edited it, and made some further changes that came to mind, and it's in a state where it's ready for me to reread it from start to finish. I've set that reread aside for the nonce so I can work on this Pleistocene painting which will be the cover. So much to do! I did, however, get the idea to do a 'sneak peak' on my web site which you can check out here. Curious to see how that works out!
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Post by djmills on Feb 10, 2020 13:00:34 GMT -8
chris, your website is really good. I loved the paintings. Makes me want to leave off writing and spend some time drawing and painting, or pen and ink a few fantasy images. :-)
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Post by Ted on Feb 10, 2020 19:51:17 GMT -8
I agree with dj on your website. Nice cover too!
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Feb 11, 2020 7:22:28 GMT -8
chris, your website is really good. I loved the paintings. Makes me want to leave off writing and spend some time drawing and painting, or pen and ink a few fantasy images. :-) Thanks DJ. I'm really enjoying writing more by having taken on this more visual art form. I think they go well together, and with tackling painting the cover that may become my standard from here on out.
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Feb 11, 2020 7:23:10 GMT -8
I agree with dj on your website. Nice cover too! Thanks, Ted! When this piece is done I'll share it with you guys here. I value your opinions.
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Post by garyweston on Feb 17, 2020 9:03:36 GMT -8
A few days away from uni fine arts, but now I'm back to the confusion. A couple more days off 'cus this is careers week. I'll be 69 when (if) I get through the degree so I'll pass. In the last week I've Knocked out 5 chapters of Drifta's Quest 2, and made headway on a new large painting of "soldier with angel" for developing on the even bigger final picture. Not only that, but bought a turn of the century, maybe Victorian, cast-iron based draughting / engineers table with tilt top to be converted into a purpose built easel using my old engineering skills. Throw in a bit of much needed lawn mowing, and it's full on. I'm in the "Don't plan it, just write it!" faction with the books, so I only have a vague sense of direction with DQ 2 and I'm at that awkward point where I actually have to start developing the plot. I know time travel comes into it, but that's about it. I've been at this point many times and still had a book drop out of the other end some how. Would I have it any other way? Nope. Happy writing.
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