Hi all! I see this is an active forum so I will be participating often, I think. (I just can't stand dead forums!) I've been writing since I was little. I'm 23 now; I guess some of you would say that I am STILL little... but you know how I mean by that! I have a B.A. in film production and i minored in philosophy. Graduated a year ago but I haven't been able to find a job Trying to be Pollyanna I am finding something to be glad about: Oh, I know! I'm glad this gives me more time to read and write! What do I write? : short stories, screenplays, poems (used to write hundreds in middle and high school... it's waned as I grew older)... Themes : absurd, existential, humour/dark humour, crime, death, confusion, isolation, coming-of-age, Influences : {{authors}}vladimir nabokov, franz kafka, christopher isherwood, albert camus, sylvia plath, amie bender {{films}} repulsion, carnival of souls, cabaret, lolita, rosemary's baby, the passion of joan of arc ask me questions and i will answer... unless I'm offended, repulsed or speechless!
Hellooooo and welcome Miss Pollyanna. I've just been introduced to Sylvia Plath and I find her interesting. I know more about her than I do about her work and I really must read some of it. I did think that her work would be too depressing, given the facts of her life but then I also wonder whether there is an optimism in it that we should be looking for instead of all the gloom. Hmmmm, food for thought. Have fun. xx
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Sayso, I've only read the Bell Jar and her journals. She is very ... gloomy. But I feel some strange bond with her because in high school, when i was first introduced to her (Bell Jar) I had the same feelings about things. Maybe I still do. I don't know that she had much hope, towards the end anyway, since she did kill herself. But there were flashed of optimism in her journals... usually fleeting though. writewizard, thank you! cogito, thanks for the rundown. I don't plan on post any of my works here. But I might review other people's work. Mainly, I'm here for the other parts of the forum.
