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Random Ramblings

by Ray Scrivener

Rated: E · Book · Writing · #2232903

My blog, where I store those thoughts rattling around my brain

Welcome to the insanity of my mind! Please excuse the cobwebs and clutter, I've been meaning to clean the place up a bit...

Stop in and read some of my nonsense whenever the mood strikes you :)

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

WakeUpAndLive️~🚬🚭2024

Jun 20, 2023 at 6:10am
In response to "A Good Question"

Freedom, definitely!

Ray Scrivener

Apr 4, 2022 at 7:36pm
In response to "Build a Character!"

Well seeing as I'm making some excellent progress on my other projects, take your time. I'm managing quite well :P

WriterAngel

Apr 4, 2022 at 10:48am
In response to "Build a Character!"

Absolutely! Hoping to get back to that story today! ;)

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WriterAngel

Mar 31, 2022 at 8:44pm
In response to "Techno Tunes"

It's funny, but while music with lyrics always helps me get in the right mood for a particular type of story, I have an easier time writing with instrumental music playing. Sometimes I can do music with lyrics, but most of the time, it slows me down. I do like to have theme songs that get me in the right mode for certain characters, though. Often, I'll have a song that I'll play before I sit down to work on a longer story that takes multiple days to write. It helps me find the right mood/voice. For my NaNo novel, it was Halsey's "Tradition". For Galatea, it was a Billie Eilish song called "everything i wanted". For my recent Screams story Escape, it was Digital Daggers "The Devil Within".

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Ray Scrivener

Mar 26, 2022 at 11:52am
In response to "Tried Express It In Eight!"

You've been having so much fun that I felt obligated to join in! Thanks for broadening my horizons with new contests :P

WriterAngel

Mar 26, 2022 at 11:39am
In response to "Tried Express It In Eight!"

Yay! I’m so glad you ventured over there. :)

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WriterAngel

Mar 9, 2022 at 11:08am
In response to "I Was a Fool to Dream"

Come now, Ray! This morning someone paid for my coffee before I pulled up to the Starbucks window. Made my day. And I paid for the person behind me. Hopefully it made theirs.

While they hardly solve the world's energy conundrum in one earth-shattering change, the tiniest little things sometimes make all the difference in the world, and we're all capable of making them happen.

Besides, Netflix and two-day delivery from Amazon rock! XD

WriterAngel

Jan 24, 2022 at 10:35pm
In response to "Corrosion"

Such a sad piece. I hope the speaker finds his beauty.

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S. Serpent

Dec 23, 2021 at 10:39am
In response to "Shuffling Off the Mortal Coil"

Potent stuff. I'm jealous.

At that point in my life, I'll be yelling at shadows and trying to remember if I now wear diapers or not.

But somewhere in that squishy pink thing locked in my skull, I'll remember you. I'll remember all of you.

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WriterAngel

Dec 15, 2021 at 4:35pm
In response to "Tis the Season!"

This is really freaking great! :)

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September 29, 2020 at 11:56am

#994570

Mellifluous

I was talking to a friend yesterday and the topic of talents came up in our conversation. I remarked how some people were naturally gifted athletes, scientists, lawyers, etc. When I was questioned as to what my skill might be, I laughed and said that I was good at making pretty words.

Isn't that all writing really is? Pretty words? Flowery speech? Sweet nothings?

This idea filled me with some chagrin, but I found it humorous. Perhaps that's why so many people have discarded reading altogether, it's just fleeting entertainment. But then I see how movies and TV shows have filled that void and then I'm back to scratching my head again.

Do you think there's any hope for wordsmiths like us, in a world that treats the idea of reading books like the mental equivalent of eating your veggies?

It's a beautiful lie
It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in
So beautiful, beautiful, it makes me

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