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STATUS: It should also be noted that The Hunger Games was written in first person present. Wild success story there. 3 yrs ago
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It should also be noted that The Hunger Games was written in first person present. Wild success story there.
3 yrs ago
Still, seeing the active tense in the third person makes me wonder why it wouldn't work for first person.
3 yrs ago
Correction: that is third person present.
3 yrs ago
First person present works all the time. It's industry standard for screenplays. Why it doesn't translate over into more frequent novel usage would make for an interesting case study.
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Feel free to wander across this bio. It will be an assortment of quotes expressing spiritual, and other philosophical sentiments starting from Star Wars, then branching into other fictional mediums, and perhaps passages from our own world.
Fragments of the Force
"For now we see through a glass, darkly."
1 Corinthians 13:12
"For now we see through a glass, darkly."
1 Corinthians 13:12
The Force
The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.
Without the midi-chlorians, life could not exist, and we would have no knowledge of the Force. They continually speak to us, telling us the will of the Force. When you learn to quiet your mind, you'll hear them speaking to you.
All that surround us is the foundation of life, the birthplace of what your science calls midi-chlorians, the foundation of what connects the Living Force and the Cosmic Force.
It is said that certain creatures are born with a higher awareness of the Force than humans. Their brains are different; they have more midi-chlorians in their cells.
The Force is not a power you have. It's not about lifting rocks. It's the energy between all things, a tension, a balance, that binds the universe together.
All that surrounds us is the foundation of life, the birthplace of what your science calls midi-chlorians, the foundation of what connects the Living Force and the Cosmic Force. When a living thing dies, all is renewed. Life passes away from the Living Force into the Cosmic Force and becomes one with it. One powers the other. One is renewed by the other.
Darkness rises, and light to meet it.
Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.
It is like a cloud, a mist that drifts from living creature to creature, set in motion by currents and eddies. It is the eye of the storm, the passions of all living things turned into energy, into a chorus. It is the rising swell at the end of life, the promise of new territories and new blood, the call of new mysteries in the dark.
I hate the Force, I hate that it seems to have a will, that it would control us to achieve some measure of balance when countless lives are lost.
The Force fights with me!
There is no truth in the Force.
Answers?
Perhaps you were expecting some surprise, for me to reveal a secret that had eluded you, something that would change your perspective of events, shatter you to your core. There is no great revelation, no great secret. There is only you.
Why did you cut me off from the Force?
Look within for the answer. We are each solely accountable for everything in our lives. Nothing ever happens to us unless we allow it.
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Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
- Lao Tzu
The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho is done. This is one of those spiritual style books, sort of like what Mitch Albom writes. It's more than a little too "new-agey" for my tastes, but I enjoyed the practical and straightforwardness of the text. And, as is often the case with writers like Paulo who have a lot of life experience, there are passages within that indicate an intimate understanding, and observant nature regarding everyday people. I quite liked this passage in particular:
Still on Anna Karenina. Adding The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, and The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell.
The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.
Still on Anna Karenina. Adding The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, and The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell.
The elitist class of cinema-goers would probably say the 70s. You had The Godfather I and II, Apocalypse Now, Alien, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Deer Hunter, Taxi Driver, The Exorcist, Chinatown, Star Wars: A New Hope, and Jaws. Plenty more after that too.
I might agree with that, but my heart is with the 80s and 90s. Goonies, Karate Kid, The Lost Boys, Scream, Die Hard, Jurassic Park, Grosse Point Blank, The Matrix. Yeah, 80s and 90s are a wild and good time for film.
I might agree with that, but my heart is with the 80s and 90s. Goonies, Karate Kid, The Lost Boys, Scream, Die Hard, Jurassic Park, Grosse Point Blank, The Matrix. Yeah, 80s and 90s are a wild and good time for film.
Voting for Starry Eyed. "Galactic eyes" might not be the most original thing ever, but what sold me was the coloration above the face. Very cosmic and trippy, and I really enjoyed your shading.
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