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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 18:52:36 GMT
I have loved quirky British comedy all my life. Some of my earliest, fondest memories are of childhood evenings, watching illicit episodes of Victoria Wood and Julie Walters sketch shows, with a babysitter. My parents strongly disapproved of small girls singing along to hilarious songs about the menopause - and usually adjusted my bedtimes accordingly. I have always wanted to have a go at scriptwriting but have never before had the ability to get anything down on paper. One of the unspoken-to-the-psychiatrist wishes on my bucket-list this last year has been (if I may bastardise Old Will!), to find a medication that increases my desire to write, without marring my comedic performance. In so many ways, I have felt as though I have been living through my own dark satirical comedy over the last 18 months and now, by the power of Ritalin, I've finally begun to write the script. I am writing just for my own pleasure right now, but.... who knows? I'd like to write something worthy of Radio 4 one day, and I have finally realised that the only certainty is that, if I don't try, I will absolutely never succeed. Does anyone else share my now not-so-secret passion?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2015 7:16:07 GMT
You should certainly give it a go and make sure you enjoy the process more than that you get too obsessed with the possible result. That way you will be able to keep going for much longer, and writing is all about stamina. I greatly enjoy writing and finished my PhD dissertation last year, which I am trying to get published as a trade edition as well. The first publisher I contacted couldn't publish it because it was not suitable within their business profile, but they stressed I should seek publication and have asked me to consider writing a second book more suitable for them. I would love to write something fictional as well. I'm a great fan of the late Terry Pratchett, whose humor is so incredibly sharp. I also love the typical British comedy by people such as Rowan Atkinson etc.. Not the Mr Bean stuff, but rather Blackadder, Not The Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith & Jones. I haven't tried writing much, but have created funny little stories through stop-motion photography. It's a technique that allows inanimate objects to come alive. I can make anything come alive. I even created a little story called "the secret life of yarn" where I showed what balls of wool do when your back is turned. One ball ended up eating my wife's crochet needle! It would be great if at some point I could get to the level of the people behind Wallace & Gromit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2015 9:38:05 GMT
Flipping heck! How am I supposed to dedicate myself to my own art, if people like you will come along and give me EVEN MORE THINGS TO GOOGLE!! Stop-motion photography may or may not have become my new Distraction du Jour.....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2015 10:55:23 GMT
Ha ha! Yes, stop-motion is amazing! It gets even worse when you start to google how the different movies are made. To see that there is actually someone who knitted a sweater and mittens for the nine inch puppet in 'Coraline' is mind-blowing. Oh no... I'm supposed to be working and look at all those cool "making of..." YouTube videos!
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Post by melz on Oct 23, 2018 16:03:37 GMT
I have loved quirky British comedy all my life. Some of my earliest, fondest memories are of childhood evenings, watching illicit episodes of Victoria Wood and Julie Walters sketch shows, with a babysitter. My parents strongly disapproved of small girls singing along to hilarious songs about the menopause - and usually adjusted my bedtimes accordingly. I have always wanted to have a go at scriptwriting but have never before had the ability to get anything down on paper. One of the unspoken-to-the-psychiatrist wishes on my bucket-list this last year has been (if I may bastardise Old Will!), to find a medication that increases my desire to write, without marring my comedic performance. In so many ways, I have felt as though I have been living through my own dark satirical comedy over the last 18 months and now, by the power of Ritalin, I've finally begun to write the script. I am writing just for my own pleasure right now, but.... who knows? I'd like to write something worthy of Radio 4 one day, and I have finally realised that the only certainty is that, if I don't try, I will absolutely never succeed. Does anyone else share my now not-so-secret passion?
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Post by melz on Oct 23, 2018 16:10:33 GMT
Hey there!
Firstly, a shout out to any perimenopausal or menopausal women with ADHD out there. I have never met and and WOOOOOHHHHHHH my symptoms have gone OFF THE WALL so a big high five if you are the same.
Just realised that this post is old! Anyway, I also loved to write and last year at the tender age of 46 (haha) decided to go back to university to study screenwriting full time. Best thing I ever did, except I am not used to sitting down for two or three hours at a time and it makes me anxious and slightly overbearing as I keep “contributing” to the discussion for something to do. It’s so hard to focus and work but I really don’t want to go back on concerta so use Rhodiola Rosea, nicotine patches and coffee. It helps but I am at a loss about what to do in the long term. Has anyone been on HRT and experienced some positive benefits. I feel like a restless, moody 14 year old again and it isn’t good.
Perimenopause SUCKS BIG TIME,
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