Re: Story

[ABLE1 <somebody@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/8/2022 6:50 PM, ABLE1 wrote:
> On 11/8/2022 1:15 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
>> On Monday, November 7, 2022 at 1:40:30 PM UTC-5, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>> On 11/7/2022 11:08 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>>> Snipped all that...
>>>>
>>>> I honestly believe that good writing only requires a moderate
>>>> intelligence, and some creativity.  The ability to see relationships.
>>>> Not just boy girl, but between places things sights smells people
>>>> feelings mores society culture... and you don't have to have a complete
>>>> picture.  You can create your own.
>>>>
>>>> I think basic writing is a skill that can be learned.  Having a frame
>>>> work (the skill) helps with everything else.  At first you stick to the
>>>> rules.  Like in music where you practice your scales and learn to keep
>>>> time, but changes in time and weird gangs of notes can show artistry.
>>>> ie.  Learning when to break the rules.  I believe few musicians who
>>>> show
>>>> some artistry don't know the basic frame work of music.  Some have
>>>> learned it by rote and some studied music, but they have the basic
>>>> framework.  They know how to follow a beat, and that CDG is Rock &
>>>> Roll.
>>>> Â  Even if they don't know those notes are call CD&G.
>>>>
>>>> This applies to many things.  I had the opportunity to see the Picasso
>>>> exhibit (in Las Vegas I think) some years ago.  It was interesting
>>>> to me
>>>> that he did realism or stylized realism in much of his early work.  He
>>>> learned the skills and then went nuts with it.  Even if art is not your
>>>> thing you should see the exhibit if you have the opportunity.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for the compliment, and I do believe that I could become a
>>>> commercial writer.  In the end I fear that if I tried to monetize my
>>>> ability to write (such as it is) that it might take all the enjoyment
>>>> out of it for me.  I already experienced that once to a limited degree
>>>> in my experience with that nameless and now bankrupt outdoor
>>>> magazine. I
>>>> had to FORCE myself to write for a long time after that.
>>>>
>>>> I could certainly do formula work.  Anybody with basic writing skills
>>>> could follow the formula and write a romance novel.  With only
>>>> marginally more talent they could write an installment or two of a soap
>>>> opera.  Perry Rhodan was a never ending science fiction soap opera.  I
>>>> would hate it, although I admit I used some soap opera tricks in the
>>>> story.  I would hate it.  Not the story.  I might enjoy it.  Mindless
>>>> drivel is often entertaining.  I would hate writing it.
>>>>
>>>> In the end the desire and the drive may be more important than the
>>>> skills or the talent. Ambition will get you the skills, and talent
>>>> isn't
>>>> all talent.  Some of it is drive and some of it is skill.  There is an
>>>> old cliche along these lines,  "Success is 1 percent inspiration and
>>>> 99%
>>>> perspiration."Â  That is a hackneyed old saw, but its more true than
>>>> many
>>>> people believe.  You have to put in the work.
>>>>
>>> I suppose I should add that in retrospect I realize that may sound a bit
>>> arrogant. I am not comparing myself to Joe Satriana or Pablo Picasso.
>>> I am saying they too put in the time and did the work to gain the skills
>>> before becoming great in their field. I am not saying everybody can
>>> become great and truly unique in their desired field. I am saying that
>>> anybody who is not truly handicapped by debilitating acts of God or
>>> nature can be a part of their chosen field if they put in the work and
>>> learn the skills. If they have the drive, put in the work, and are even
>>> modestly intelligent they can be good at it. Drive can even overcome an
>>> amazing degree of handicap.
>>>
>>> Drive doesn't mean you have an inherent force of nature in your soul.
>>> Drive means you get out of bed when you feel shitty and you make
>>> yourself work just as hard as the days when you don't. That when you
>>> are stuck in a pile of shit you pick up a shovel and keep swinging.
>>> When you are backed into a corner by thugs you don't shrivel up in a
>>> corner and let them kill you. You step in and keep swinging. Drive
>>> means no matter how overwhelming that pile of rocks in the road seems to
>>> be you step in and keep swinging. Admittedly this may not get you as
>>> far as you want to go, but the whole world will be a little better place
>>> in atleast a small way if you do what you can. This may still not get
>>> you where you want to be... you will be a little bit closer.
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>>
>>
>> Bob, as I read your posts, Iâ??m reminded of the Movie â?? A Bronx Taleâ??
>> .
>> Chazz Palminerri â??Sonnyâ?? = Gangster
>> Robert De Nero â??Lorenzoâ?? = Father
>> Lillo Brancato, Jr.â??Calogero â?? = Son
>> .
>> About a young man Calogero (or â??Câ?? ) who is torn between the values of
>> his father and the gangster.
>> .
>> There are two things I always remember from this movie: ( that I think
>> are apropos to THIS conversation )
>> .
>> Lorenzo tells his son:
>> â??You want to see a real hero? Look at a guy who gets up in the morning
>> and goes off to work and supports his family. That's heroism.â??
>> .
>> And, what in real life turns out to be the most ironic.
>> .
>> Â  In the movie, Lorenzo says to C,
>> Â Â  "Nothing is more tragic than a wasted talent."
>> .
>> This is said a number of times through the movie.
>> .
>> The actor, Lillo Brancato was an untrained actor who ( I think) did a
>> fantastic job in the movie. A natural and at the time was being
>> mentored and promoted by both De Nero and Palminerri. Could have gone
>> on to do great things.
>> .
>> The movie wasnâ??t a great hit but what is striking about it is this
>> follow up real life ironic story. :
>> .
>> Brancato was arrested on December 10, 2005, in the Bronx for the
>> murder of police officer Daniel Enchautegui, who was at home and
>> off-duty at the time of his death, during a botched burglary. Brancato
>> was charged with second-degree murder, and his trial began on November
>> 17, 2008. On December 22, 2008, a jury found him not guilty of murder,
>> but found him guilty of first-degree attempted burglary. On January 9,
>> 2009, a judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison. On December 31,
>> 2013, he was released on parole.
>> .
>> Talk about wasted talent. Afterwards, I think he played a bit part in
>> the â??Sopranosâ?? and thatâ??s it.
>> .
>> If you havenâ??t seen the movie, give it a try. Iâ??ve watched it a bunch
>> of times.
>> .
>> So Bob, Iâ??m not suggesting that you would or wouldnâ??t shoot anyone.
>> Just the part about
>> .
>> Â  "Nothing is more tragic than a wasted talent."
>> .
>
>
> Ok Jim,
>
> You have peaked my interest.
>
> I am on the search for "A Bronx Tale".
>
> Sounds a bit familiar.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Les
>
>


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