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So I discovered tonight that a friend is an editor of the Big Issue here in my city... she suggests I write an article, I said I didn't want any special treatment or anything but I'm keen to give it a shot.
One of the authors whose pieces I read regularly, her writing isn't that serious, just incisive and cynical observations about the life we lead couched in terms of a story about something that happened to her (she had an operation... she did 48 hour famine... etc... whatever). So that'd be one way to do it.
Or, I could write on an issue such as homelessness or refugees... or maybe family law / family violence, sexual politics (think I might be getting warmer, just thought of those topics now as I write this post). Or dealing with cluster B people...
Or, since I'm getting a lot more socially savvy these days I could think of some characters and a situation to put them in, and have them respond to each other according to the principles we teach here on GC, throw in a bit of AMOGing, dominance, some drama and shit tests, and some characters that sail through and others that get caught up in it... without actually articulating those principles but aiming that someone could read the story and think "ohh that's so true!!!".
Finally since PU is a big part of my life maybe I just write about what is closest to me ATM, only I don't really want to burn the community or give away all our secrets... if that wasn't an issue though, I was thinking of say flying to another city with no money just a return ticket, getting a homeless pickup on for some defined period (say 3 nights) and logging it / condensing it into an article for the Big Issue (magazine sold by & for homeless people).
What do guys think about these ideas? Any further ideas gratefully welcome no matter how "out there", big or small.
-Ray
One of the authors whose pieces I read regularly, her writing isn't that serious, just incisive and cynical observations about the life we lead couched in terms of a story about something that happened to her (she had an operation... she did 48 hour famine... etc... whatever). So that'd be one way to do it.
Or, I could write on an issue such as homelessness or refugees... or maybe family law / family violence, sexual politics (think I might be getting warmer, just thought of those topics now as I write this post). Or dealing with cluster B people...
Or, since I'm getting a lot more socially savvy these days I could think of some characters and a situation to put them in, and have them respond to each other according to the principles we teach here on GC, throw in a bit of AMOGing, dominance, some drama and shit tests, and some characters that sail through and others that get caught up in it... without actually articulating those principles but aiming that someone could read the story and think "ohh that's so true!!!".
Finally since PU is a big part of my life maybe I just write about what is closest to me ATM, only I don't really want to burn the community or give away all our secrets... if that wasn't an issue though, I was thinking of say flying to another city with no money just a return ticket, getting a homeless pickup on for some defined period (say 3 nights) and logging it / condensing it into an article for the Big Issue (magazine sold by & for homeless people).
What do guys think about these ideas? Any further ideas gratefully welcome no matter how "out there", big or small.
-Ray