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Marlon againPosted on 2008-Jan-8 at 12:27 - 3 Comments - Post Comment - Link
Hello from Writer's block. Ok, I better stop now. No more Marlon. So many obstaclesPosted on 2008-Jan-8 at 12:10 - 2 Comments - Post Comment - Link
So many obstacles. I don't understand why I don't write? Well I do - constantly (understand it) in my head -I'm even rewriting parts of my life or even worse - other people's lives, like it's my business - well I guess I could turn it into my business Why don't I make the time for writing instead of looking for pictures of Marlon on alta vista??? Like the one above. /Eva The Wild OnePosted on 2008-Jan-4 at 04:02 - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link Marlon Brando - The Wild One (1953)
Creative Writing retreatPosted on 2008-Jan-3 at 12:46 - 0 Comments - Post Comment - LinkCREATIVE Writing RETREAT with YOGA April 11-13 three day work shop for your inner creativity dynamic yoga and writing exercises
Chapter VII: Be Careless, Reckless! Be a Lion! be a Pirate! When you WritePosted on 2008-Jan-3 at 12:29 - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link"Now I WANT to tell some things I've learned about writing from my class. Though everybody is talented and original, often it does not break through for a long time. People are too scared, too self-conscious, too proud, too shy. They have been taught too many things about construction plot, unity, mass and coherence. ...They have been taught that writing is something special and not just talking on paper. I found that many gifted people are so afraid of writing a poor story that they cannot summon the nerve to write a single sentence for months. I helped them by trying to make them feel freer and bolder. Let her go! Be careless, reckless! Be a lion, be a pirate!" Jan 1, 2008Posted on 2008-Jan-1 at 11:48 - 2 Comments - Post Comment - LinkI love New Years Eve 2008 has started out well and I can't wait to start working - writing - again. On my wish list: A Literary Agent A trip to New York would be great! A Party Structured Time Peace /Eva Happy New Year!Posted on 2007-Dec-27 at 02:31 - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link
I wish you all a Happy New Year!!! I'll continue my writer's journey in 2008. -Thanks to you- Kisses and Hugs Eva
Being a WriterPosted on 2007-Dec-19 at 08:05 - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link"Being a writer, I want to live in between the lines, where the depth is". I found this quote today. It was stuck in my drawer. The funny thing is, I don't recall ever having seen this quote before. I don't even know from where I got it. I just know it's true. Being a writer is difficult. Being a writer who is struggling to become a writer in her own eyes is even more difficult. My self -doubt is killing me - softly. I collect quotes. Quotes and affirmations give me comfort and lift my spirit - a daily practice. Here are some of my favorite quotes: "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true." "It is never to late to be what you might have been" "Leap and the net will appear" /Eva
Greta GarboPosted on 2007-Dec-18 at 01:49 - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link
Greta Garbo MarlonPosted on 2007-Dec-18 at 01:33 - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link-
G-eva-lia coffee clubPosted on 2007-Dec-17 at 12:01 - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link
"One of my most pleasant responsibilities is welcoming new members to the G****ia Kaffe Import Service. Congratulations on your decision to join other coffee lovers who have also selected the favorite coffee of Swedish Royalty. [...] We in Sweden form relationships that are long and trusting. We send you this membership guide to support a lasting Swedish relationship with our valued new members. Skål!" Managing Director G****ia.com Gustavian Green - the beginningPosted on 2007-Dec-16 at 07:09 - 2 Comments - Post Comment - Link
INT. THE DESIGNER WEDDING SHOW, NEW YORK - DAY Greta, a tall stylish woman in her mid forties enters the exhibition center. She carries with her Gustavian chairs wrapped in plastic. GRETA Hi. I need to know where to take these? SALESWOMAN Oh, they're beautiful. Come right here with me. INT. THE DESIGNER WEDDING SHOW, NEW YORK - CONTINUOUS Susan, a woman in her twenties comes running carrying two cups of coffee. SALESWOMAN Will you be fine? GRETA Will we? SUSAN The flowers! They're in the car, in the cab, I mean! GRETA Run! What are you waiting for! Yes, we'll be fine. Stop - for now. What am I waiting for? I am on a journey. A writer's journey. I will be fine. I don't know if my script is salable. I just have to trust myself and my own truth and enjoy this as much as I can. I can't even believe I am doing this! Scary, scary, scary. /Eva
Chapter VI: Know that There is Often Hidden In Us a Dormant Poet, Always Young and AlivePosted on 2007-Dec-14 at 02:40 - 0 Comments - Post Comment - LinkChapter VI: Know that There is Often Hidden In Us a Dormant Poet, Always Young and Alive De Musset
"Inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regurarly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness. I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like a child stringing beads in kindergarten, - happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another. [...] I tell you all this because it is the way you are to feel when you are writing - happy, truthful and free ...With complete self-trust. Because you are a human being all you have to do is to get out truthfully what is in you and it will be interesting, it will be good. Salable? I don't know. But that is not the thing to think of - for a long time anyway." My Top Ten ScandinaviansPosted on 2007-Dec-13 at 01:18 - 3 Comments - Post Comment - LinkHere´s my current Top Ten Scandinavians (famous) in the world list: (I am such a list person - I am constantly working on my "favorite actors of all time list") 1. Marlon/Meryl - I need help with that list.) 1. Greta Garbo 2. Gustav III 3. Tina Nordström (Chef) 4. Erika Sunnegårdh (Opera singer) 5. Lasse Hallström (Director) 6. Uma Thurman (for example, as Ulla in The Producers) 7. Lena Olin 8. Isabella Rossellini and her mother Ingrid Bergman. 9. Sven-Göran Eriksson - Svennis 10. Alfred Nobel Is this a boring list? I´m not sure. Royal Swedish Meatballs with Parsley Dressed CarrotsPosted on 2007-Dec-13 at 01:53 - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link
Time OutPosted on 2007-Dec-12 at 06:47 - 0 Comments - Post Comment - LinkI've been taking a couple of days off from writing and reading. I realised that I'd been reading too many history books and that if I didn't stop, my new script would turn into a history peace and not a herstory. Actually, I am the fastest reader in history. Always have been. When it comes to reading, no one can beat me - I scan through the pages. I am superwoman. (In contrast, I am not a very quick writer. I've never learnt to typewrite well. Simply, because I'm too impatient.) But I am learning to slow down, in my reading as well as in life. Never allowing yourself to slow down, you take a huge risk. You risk missing out on the good parts. You risk missing out on some really good moments and ideas and those moments and those ideas may never come back. What I know and I am still learning: Doing things quickly can actually slow things down. Things I like to do when I am taking a time out: Decorate Watch sit-coms Play music Take a bath Try a new recipe Drink a glass of wine Go for long walks Play with my son!!! MarlonPosted on 2007-Dec-9 at 01:28 - 3 Comments - Post Comment - Link
On the writing processPosted on 2007-Dec-9 at 01:27 - 3 Comments - Post Comment - LinkI am so enjoying this, I guess I am on a Gustavian high. At my parent's house I found this: A vanity A letter dated 1853, with a red seal Silverware I am meeting the antique dealer next week. I am writing and doing daily research. I am making notes and collecting things like crazy, imaginary and real objects, which becomes my "secret" writing material. (The Swedish word for bureau is sekretär.) I like to surround myself with real props when I write - so that I can feel the texture, feel the text - It's crazy, I know... I wouldn't want to work with anyone just yet, I enjoy my solitude very much - I believe all writers do. I wouldn't mind trying my screenplay on actors pretty soon though, before sending it off to agents. Gustavian Green. That is me right now. Any actor who'd comment on this weblog, I'd be thrilled to work with. I am just a sucker for compliments! When in doubt I shall ever finish this screenplay - I have several of unfinished screenplays in my head and in my sekretär - I think of you. My real and imaginary listener. On my to do list: Relax and not try too much - instead rely on a "peculiar passive clarity". Chapter XVI: On Using the ImaginationPosted on 2007-Dec-9 at 12:08 - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link"I want to say something about using the imagination. Everybody has it, though not believing in it enough. People when they write, try to hard, try to force it. [...] but now I know that imagination comes, works, when you're not trying, when you have a peculiar passive clarity. [...] When you launch on a story, make your neck loose, feel free, good natured. and be lazy. Feel that you're going to throw it away. Try writing utterly unplanned stories and see what comes out. [...] Here is another suggestion that might help you: I have said that art is a generosity, i.e., you tell somebody something not to show off but because you want to share it with them. ...That is why it helps often to have an imaginary listener when you're writing, telling a story, so that you will be interesting and convincing throughout." Gustav III of Swden from Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPosted on 2007-Dec-8 at 12:17 - 0 Comments - Post Comment - LinkGustav III of SwedenFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In his coronation robes. Its style is derived from the robes of king Charles XI who was the king which established absolutism first in Sweden. Gustav III (24 January [O.S. 13 January] 1746 – 29 March 1792) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great. Gustav was a benefactor of arts and literature. He founded several academies, among them the Swedish Academy, and had the Royal Swedish Opera built. As he opposed the parliamentarian reforms that had been worked out before his reign, in the Age of Liberty, and as he spent high amounts on things that pleased him, he was controversial. To distract attention from this, he tried to expand Sweden's borders through a war against Russia, but the attempt was unsuccessful. In the end, Gustav was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
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