Green Room - Week 0 - Day 2

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

The deadline is coming up in slightly less time than it will take for the internet to, once again, turn on the Onion! http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/649689.html So make sure you claim someone, and write their introduction!

I know that some people love intersections (working with someone else) and some hate them. But this isn’t a traditional intersection. It’s literally you writing something completely on your own. It just so happens that it is about someone else. (and given how many times your work is about “someone else”, it’s really not all that different) You don’t have to even contact the person, if you really don’t want to – just claim someone, who hasn’t already been claimed, and write something about them!

I know the bigger issue though isn’t about the specific topic. It’s about being an introvert, or just being uncomfortable in general meeting new people.

Believe me, I know the world of the introvert. In real life, I’m much more of one – and my girlfriend makes me look like an extrovert working on commission! In the last two years, I’ve been forced outside of my comfort zone as a result!

But I also know what social interaction can do for your writing. Not just in the realm of publishing, where it’s pretty much a necessity, but just in terms of getting and receiving the constructive criticism people need to get better. Heck, reaching out and working with someone is a built-in audience, and I don’t think there is anyone who would sign up for something like this and *not* want an audience! :D

The Green Room is a great way for you to get your metaphorical feet wet, by joining into conversations at your own pace. Most of the people don’t bite…. Um… OK… they do. Almost all of the people here bite. But many of them are on meds, so they are getting better!! Um… ok… a few of them remember to take those meds… ;)

It’s also a good excuse to grab someone you already know, and force them to sign up! http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/648417.html Sign Ups are still open for the next few days, so I would go get them now! Blindside them when they aren’t paying attention, and when they wake up, they will be one of us!!

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Happy Birthday to porn_this_way! If you asked me, a few years ago, if I would ever say those particular words in a Green Room, I would have said “No”, but hey, that’s her name!

Comments

[jennickels.livejournal.com]

Oooh, you just reminded me to take my meds. I've been really bad about that lately.

[n3m3sis43.livejournal.com]

I have one of those days-of-the-week pillboxes that old people use for mine. At 36. I only take ONE medication daily, but I kept forgetting it and then not even remembering whether I'd taken it or not. Mike already had one for his meds (which I had mocked repeatedly up until this point) and convinced me to use one, too. :)

[jennickels.livejournal.com]

I've thought about it. Right now I take 1 pill before bed which I can't forget or I'd never fall asleep and 3 in the morning. I keep forgetting to take them but I have a method to remember whether I took them or not. When I take my sleeping pill I flip over one of the other pill bottles. That way if I'm in the bathroom I'll see it upside down and know I have to take my pills still. It works except I always forget to take them right when I wake up. I doubt a pill box would change that.

[n3m3sis43.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I take mine when I eat breakfast because I'm scared they will upset my stomach if I take them before eating. So the dumbass pillbox is on the kitchen counter where I usually see it on the way to eating food. :)

[ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com]

Your still is from the best episode ever.
Groundhog day done infinitely better

[jennickels.livejournal.com]

One of my favorite episodes.

[ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com]

Mine too.
Great for a laugh.

[n3m3sis43.livejournal.com]

I looooove that freaking episode! I have watched it way too many times. When I had a management position at my old company, I cannot tell you how often I wanted to stand up and shout "We've done this!" in the middle of a stupidly boring meeting. ;-)

[jennickels.livejournal.com]

Yes, channel your inner Jack O'Neill... if you want to get fired. General Hammond put up with a lot of his crap I'll say that.

[maneless.livejournal.com]

i pair mine with breakfast, which works well as long as i eat breakfast! have you tried setting an alarm? it's so easy to get out of the habit.

[jennickels.livejournal.com]

I'm not much of a breakfast person. And I'm not really a morning person either. With my husband working afternoon/evening hours I tend to sleep in until around 10am most mornings but it varies when I wake up (it's 7 right now but I should probably go back to bed and try to get another hour of sleep.

Yeah, I like to make things difficult for myself, lol.