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> "Macabre of Clandestine" <ghoulie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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/snippetry/
> > > My name's Joe Platt and I spend much of my time studying dolphins in
the
> > > Outer Hebridies (A group of islands off the West Coast of Scotland).
> >
> > Yes, glad to hear they're still there.
> >
> I don't want to get too off topic but it sounds like you've had some
> expereince of dolphins in the Western Isles.
Western Isles, yes. ****poises, but not dolphins.
/wee snip/
> > > a thousand cats>.
> >
> > A one kilomog dream?
> >
> :)
> (It's a thousand cats dreaming the same dream)
Ah. A millimog dream then?
> (snip)
> > For some strange reason it seems a lot easier on radio. I
> > > guess not being able to see your audience actually helps :).
> >
> > Maybe, but not with the timing, I'd guess.
> >
> I think its something personal. I'm more experienced with radio
> broadcasting than with speaking to an audience so I'm less nervous.
À chaqueun son gôut, n'est ce pas?
> > > Now that's who I am and what I do, so, why am I here?
> (snip
> > > Many of the ceilidhean I've been to on Eilean fhraoch have featured
> > humerous tales (usually untrue) about well-known local characters.
> >
> That's also true of some of the ceilidhean on Lewis
Ahem, The Isle of Lewis - The Lews, Eilean Leodhas and Eilean Fhraoch
are one and the same. The last just means 'Heather Isle'.
> > > Incidently it's suprisingly hard to find modern authors who write
short
> > > story anthologies. I'm very grateful to Stephen King.
> >
> > How many would you like? How short?
> > Shorther than (say) http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/gnu.htm
?
> >
> My experience is that a short story of about 10 pages will convert into
> about 5-10 minutes of spoken word. That will include some compression
> and editing of the story.
> The stories I've heard tend to be 5-10 minutes in length and although
> mine seem to be a little longer (although my perception isn't very
> reliable in this cir***stance) they rarely go over 20 minutes in length.
> Roughly how long are the stories you tell. Doe anyone tell longer
> stories, say 30 or 45 minutes (Bearing in mind that that's the same
> length as an episode of ER or West Wing. Will people sit listening for
> that long?
Most of the stories I tell, which is infrequently, tend to last less
than five minutes. The stories I write are a bit longer.
I am unacquainted with either ER or West Wing, whatever they are. People
will sit listening for just as long as they are interested.
One of my friends gives talks on guns, explosives etc and he would hold
an audience in thrall all day.
> > > And that's what people liked. I'm not that bad at telling them but
what
> > > got people hooked were the stories. They liked the fact that the
story
> > > was directed at them as an adult, and they liked the dark, and
slightly
> > > disturbing, nature of some of the stories I picked.
> >
> > Ah. Back to the ghost at Creag a'Bhalaich.........
> >
> > > Talking to my audience I soon became clear that none of them had
heard
> > > storytellers telling stories aimed at a mature audience. So, getting
to
> > > my point at last, I was wondering if anybody out there told similar
> > > stories and whether anyones interested in expanding into this area.
It's
> > > real fun even if it's never more than a party trick to entertain
your
> > > freinds.
> >
> > Hmmmm. Not lately. They all go down digitally ATM.
> >
> > But I'll write up the ghost at......... if you like. It's true, BTW.
And
> > checkable.
> Definately sounds like a story I'd be interested in.
I'll write it up as I remember it. You could verify details in Stornoway
and in the area of the Creag. That's not too far from the Keose turning
off the Stornoway Ballallan road.
> Thanks very much for your feedback. I should really start posting stuff
> on the newsgroups which I've done on Word and then Sepllchecked prior to
> pasting it into my message. Inexperience I'm afraid.
Doesn't your mail program have a spellcheck? Seems an awfully long way
round.
> You made me think that there's maybe several kinds of stories and with
> several potential audiences. The following catagoreis are entirely my
> invention (with appropiate film comparisons) but hopefully make sense.
> Story A: Aimed at children but with some appeal for adults
> (e.g. The Lion King)
Think Arabian nights, Grimm, Poe. You can make adult tales appeal to
children, who won't see the deeper, darker side of things, but just
enjoy the story.
> Story B. A story with no target audience which both children and adults
> will enjoy
> (e.g. Lord of the Rings)
Did you say something about 10 minutes.......
> Story C. Aimed at adults.
> (e.g. Schindler's List)
> Obviously stories like this can be enjoyed by children but the
> distingui****ng feature is that there is no compromise in the story to
> take account of the fact that its audience may include children.
Rule 1: Don't talk down to children. If they don't understand something,
they're often flattered that you think they will.
I'll post the Creag tale (without padding) soon. Watch this space.
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Rusty Hinge
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