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Conas 02:04 pm UTC 10/24/10 |
| In reply to: | re: Conas - rockfenris2005 01:24 pm UTC 10/24/10 |
| > It was a strange time. From our second to fourth yearsof > high school we had to pick our own subjects so I picked > all the best ones in the first two years and left all the > bad tones till last, which was a pretty stupid thing to do > but I was an impulsive kid who didn't think. So I got to > the point where I had to pick my subjects for my fourth > year, and I didn't want to pick the ones I didn't want to > do. I said, they couldn't make me, and I didn't pick them, > period. > Next year, the subjects are on my time table so I went > ahead with one of them, reluctantly, but couldn't find the > class room for the other one (my high school was enormous) > so I just didn't go. I got comfortable with not going and > the days turned into weeks and the weeks turned into > months. And because I would have been sprung if they > noticed me in the library all the time, I locked myself up > in the toilet block and wrote. > > So Adam and I are in the computer rooms one day and this > teacher, his name was McKinnon and he had a Scottish > accent, and we all used to impersonate him. He approached > me when there was about four weeks of the semester to go. > And he said "come over here, I need to speak with you, > sonny." "Yes, sir?" and he said "I know your dirty little > secret." > And I was, like, 0_0 > > And then it fully hit me, and I was like "Ah, fuck!" > > Don't ask me how I got out of it. There were so many > insane rebels in my high school, and even THEY are > astonished by this story. And I was so polite and > generally got good grades and got along with the > teachers. They knew you were a very talented student, that's why you got away with it in my opinion (the most talented students always do) I'm sure you'd describe the whole experience as one big adventure, that you learnt a lot from. Another good place to write is on a quiet hill top, looking out over a nice scenic view. It enhances your creativity, but all writers are different. :-) > Next year will be my 9th year of at least reading Rockman. > God, I feel old now. And that's strange, because I feel > very young sometimes because almost everybody from high > school has actually achieved something in their lives, and > here I am trying to make my writing real. You have to be persistent Ryan, you'll get there in time if you keep trying. I know you'll never quit anyway. > I still remember that night at the Railway in 05. I was > the guest act for a Meat Loaf impersonator who appeared on > Channel Nine’s "Starstruck". > At one point in that performance and I don't know if it > ever got captured on the recording, I heard an AUDIBLE SOB > from one of the audience members. It was incredible. I > just remember feeling so powerful and IN CHARGE singing > that song. It was the most glorious feeling. That's power! I would have loved to see that performance live myself. Was it recorded on camera? and is that the same impersonator that you cast in one of your musical? > I closed it all down. That was something I wanted to do > when I left high school, produce my shows but I just > didn't have money and in the end people weren't taking me > seriously, especially when I would mention all these plans > that never ended up happening, simply because I was > inexperienced, or they weren't good, or I couldn't get any > help from anybody in the community. Not many people here > ever really helped me. They didn't want to have anything > to do with me because what I do is actually new and not > yet another revival of "Camelot". > I still have a website for my play and my book, but that's > all there is. I just don't want to over-promote anything > until it's all there & it's happening. You are being very wise Ryan, but I personally hope to see "Radical Wizardry" up and running in the near future. Money is always a massive obstacle to overcome, but if you can mix with the right people who knows what could happen. | |
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