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leejosepho
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12 Oct 2010, 6:27 pm

Ackman wrote:
Thaddeus [seemed to have] "owned" me for a while. I was very very horrible ...
It was as if Thaddeus [had seemingly] made me do everything ...
I [hadn't wanted} to become the general, but [it was "as if" they had] made me do it.

That "as if" kind of expression is a key clue in relation to your concern about present-day sanity, and that is how your story should be written.


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12 Oct 2010, 7:33 pm

leejosepho wrote:
Ackman wrote:
Thaddeus [seemed to have] "owned" me for a while. I was very very horrible ...
It was as if Thaddeus [had seemingly] made me do everything ...
I [hadn't wanted} to become the general, but [it was "as if" they had] made me do it.

That "as if" kind of expression is a key clue in relation to your concern about present-day sanity, and that is how your story should be written.


"Write a story?" I would if I had creativity. I don't have a shred of that my friend.



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13 Oct 2010, 9:54 am

Ackman wrote:
"Write a story?" I would if I had creativity. I don't have a shred of that my friend.

You would not need any, and please forgive me if I have assumed too much here.

You began here:

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I feel as though I've been going into this little world more and more as time goes by. I'm hoping I don't. I don't want to end up in an institution ...

I feel the need to draw them, to let come out and see the world. I'm trying really hard to use this for good. Writing a musical and a movie in all.


... and so, I am suggesting this:

leejosepho wrote:
So then, do that! Tell the story of the young man who first met them as you did, and keep us posted as that story develops.

Nothing creative will be needed for doing that, and "Writing a musical and a movie in all" about that and from within an "It was 'as if' ..." perspective can help make it possible for you to now embrace the actual reality of their having formerly drawn you into illusion.


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