Drew. Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 Hello everyone! My name is Drew. Where I'm at in my journey... I accepted atheism when I was 11 and anarchy when I was 16 and discovered the argument from morality. It was at that point I knew that no state of any kind would be able to solve the problems of the world. I defooed when I was 19, kind of a haphazard situation. I did everything in my power to get out when I realized that my parents were corrupt and vile human beings--it took me the longest to realize what my mother's true nature was. Escaping them included flying to China where I landed with less than $100. Things seemed to have worked out. I started IFS therapy about a year ago, and have been having sessions intermittently when I can afford it. At this point in my journey, I'm still exploring myself and trying to discover who I am and who I want to grow into. Things are becoming a bit more clear to me. I'm writing a novel. I've been working on it for about 18 months. Essentially, the novel is about a teenager who lives within a corrupt FOO. He spends his week days going to school, and he plays video games all night long. During the weekends he parties a lot and does drugs, one in particular is cough medicine. In a sense, it's a mystery novel. What made him choose these behaviors? What kind of life will he lead? Will he continue his behaviors or will he change? Will he be happy? It is primarily about dissociation. It's about the actions we take to dissociate, it's about the reasons why we dissociate, and it's about how to stop dissociating. I think that it's aptly named, Dissociated. I'm reading a lot about early childhood and trauma. It really fascinates me. I've read some Daniel Mackler and found it amazing, and I'm currently reading Alice Miller's The Drama of the Gifted Child. Anyway, hello again everyone. I hope that you all are having a wonderful time.
Chaoticoli Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 Sorry-- this is totally off-topic, but does anyone know of a way to make it so you don't get an e-mail when YOU respond to a post? xD.
Drew. Posted January 16, 2013 Author Posted January 16, 2013 Haha, thanks. It's slow work, but it's going.
Isomies Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 Good luck on the novel, have written two myself and working on a third that explores similar topics
Drew. Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 Good luck on the novel, have written two myself and working on a third that explores similar topics Thanks. Ha, really? I would be interested in hearing more about them.
STer Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Hey Rymember. What happened after you landed in China with less than $100? How did you get from there to where you are now? Very curious.
Drew. Posted February 2, 2013 Author Posted February 2, 2013 I got work teaching English. I had to borrow a bunch of money, but I've paid back a good chunk of it. I'm still teaching English, just in a different city.
VforVoluntary49 Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 How soon do you expect the novel to be completed, and how do you plan on getting it out to be read (sending it to publishers, self-distributing etc.) Just as a curious observer, but it definitely sounds like a novel with great potential.
Magenta Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 What a story! What were your primary early influences? I am considering moving to China as well, but my #1 concern is the air pollution there. What are your thoughts here?
Drew. Posted February 5, 2013 Author Posted February 5, 2013 @VforVoluntary49 I'm not sure how much longer I'll be working on my novel. I'm about 37k words in, or so, and I still don't feel like I've written half of what I want to write. I'll probably end up self-publishing it online. I'm not sure though. In essence, I feel uncertain about all of those things. @Magenta My early influences... Man, that's hard to answer. I've always wanted to write a novel since I fell in love with writing in the second grade. When I was 19, I ditched the idea of going to school to be a pharmacist and decided to write instead. I began writing about funny things that happened to me, in the same sense that many comedians tell stories about their lives to produce laughs. During my last term at college, when I was 19, I began writing the first chapter to my novel. I'm sure that there is a lot more things that influenced me, but they're just no coming to mind right now. The pollution is pretty bad in Beijing. I would say that nine out of ten days are covered in the haze of particulates. I wake up with a stuffed nose all of the time. Dust gets into the apartment like none other. That said, there are many of other good things about China. English teaching can provide a person with a high paying income who has a degree that would be considered almost worthless in the States. You can buy masks and filter out the air, if you like. Most days, it's barable. Most of the time, I don't wear a mask of any kind. I think that I'm still okay.
Summerstone Posted February 8, 2013 Posted February 8, 2013 Hey Rymember! Cool to see you on the Boards. Nice pic, btw [H] Very interested to see your posts here. Your work on your novel is very inspiring.
Drew. Posted February 8, 2013 Author Posted February 8, 2013 Why thank you Stone. It is incredibly difficult to write at times, but I know that it will do a lot of good to have it written. And hey! That guy kind of looks like you. Weird! I've finally started becoming active on the boards. It's been like five years since I first found FDR... =]
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