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looking for co-author to write non-fiction stories and information about drugs

motiv311

motiv311

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I've been pondering on this idea for some time.
I have a whole "gold-mine" of very dramatic stories involving drug usage in the "new" generation: Children of Babyboomers. My idea is to weave a plethora of drug knowledge in with interesting stories for a non-fiction book. I just don't think i can do it alone. I would need an editor, perhaps a co-author.

Anyone interested?


P.S. I have an AA in English Literature.
 
I've been pondering this for a long time as well, along with many others. I also have "a whole 'gold-mine' of very dramatic stories involving drug usage in the 'new' generation" at my finger tips now.

I have a need to do something simular but, I think it could be unessasarily overwhelming by myself.

I would like to talk to you about this further through PM but, a question that deserves a public answer is how could we trust each other?
 
I would be interested. I'm not big on research, but I can weave words that are given to me. I've also studied editing at university level and have a BA in Professional Writing. It would depend where you're planning to go with this, but I'm intrigued :)
 
don't know if he still reads here, so message butros... (his full nick is like butrosbutros_grantos or some such). don't be surprised if he doesn't reply, but this sounds up his alleyway.
 
Whereabouts are you based, motiv311? Are you envisaging an international collection of stories?

If this gets off the ground I'd be happy to help out in an advisory / consultative capacity. I work as an editor for a publisher, but I doubt this is the sort of thing they would consider (they're mainly interested in building a fiction list). Feel free to drop me a PM if you have any questions though.
 
I have some stories of my past i'd like to share. They arent all violently and graphicly detailed, but they are sincere. PM if you would like me to send.
 
Yeah, well i am almost done with my "collection of stories" .... THere is definetly a huge difference between us, and the people who used drugs in the 60s and 70s....

I can't seem to find a suitable thesis tho....
something like "i've lost some of my spark, but I've gained wisdom" i've given up my innocense and explored everything I could, but never found what I was looking for..........

for the collection, I would like stories of diversity in both users, drugs, places in the world, ages, race, etc.... I know mine alone are crazy enough to right an entire novel. but i would rather make it more "noirish" and fast-paced
 
it would being interesting to see the contrast between 'nuclear' families and broken families. Does having a broken family make us more inclined to rebel with drugs or effect our education on drugs?
 
^well thats pretty much me. Mom pissed me off... next thing you know - a few years later... smoking the dragon
 
im keeping this idea alive. if anyone want to help out with a story/anecdote ; dont hesitate to PM me!
 
how about this as a thesis.

It has been said that man cannot be born until he dies, it is this story that i tell. The death of a dream, an ideal, the beggining of something different. A searching for visceral knowledge after the fall out.
 
but it does make sense... from the death of dreams comes only new opputunities. but what doesit have to do with substance abuse
 
if we look at an era in the entirety of context we take movements as well. the 60's with there radical throwing off of societal norms. the 70's with there confused drug addeled time where the lines where blured between drug use/ drug dependency throwing off of societal moores. if we use that as a contrast as the confusion between generations and the evolution of our society that in theory was transformed by the psychonaught movement then its a pretty powerful thesis.

The dream was to live without hinderence un fettered by societies parochial norms but after the vietnam war after the disalution of an entire generation leading to the comercialization and mobilization of the military industrial complex.

The catylist for this movement was drugs and the way people then saw society which has carried over to ever generation. the 80's with the coke revolution and the gentrification of the proletariate into skilled working class.

the meth start of the 90's which showed the tail end of that progressive boom. and the 2000's with the mass distribution of phikal and thikal drugs leading to a revitalization of the shamatic and esoteric traditions.

The death caused a rebirth as thought the movement was a phoenix rising from the ashes with all the lessons learned via the new memetics of technology and information generation.
 
all valid points, but i don't know if it is "raw" enough for what im looking for.
im not trying to prove a thesis like a college essay would.

what are you saying? that drugs are ultimately good? and they are passed down from generation to generation? And we are the ultimate generation because we have generated more "awareness" concerning society because of mind-altering experiences?

I agree that there are drug-booms; but in the end our culture today makes room for all sorts of drug users, I've literally seen every kind of abuse possible.

I sort of wanted to make a compelling book of true stories that really captured some insight concerning the drug-users of today.

--- i do think that what you said before about yourself, now makes sense though. For whatever reason, it seems you lost a very important part of yourself- some dream or ideal, and now you are searching, confused about what it is you should dedicate yourself to
 
what i had lost i regained from my drug experience. i have found a spirituality a quality of peace and an emotional vocabulary in which to describe and stive off any negativiy. I guess my question would be what are you trying to portray the drug abuser of today as. do this be a dark work you ye be seaking or a balance view.

I guess my point was that drug use and societal movemnets are congruently shaped.

That it is a sine wave that never ends. The upside and darkside of everything. Sometimes it is in our darkest hour in which we learn the most about ourselves. Modern society with its i want this now propensity is fearful of the dark corridors in which we walk mentally and physically, so often times the human experience or drama is likened to simplicity instead of the multivarient reality of the day.

I have sinned and have known sin but through the understanding and delving into of the psychoanylitical process i have found self redemtion by my own hands. I am an advocate for drugs i am an advocate of safe drug use but im also an advocate of the darker sides of all things. It is only by realizing and understanding both sides do we gain a clear picture of who we are, why we are here, and the solice that came connect the two.

I guess im predisposed to view the word raw and shocking. Shocking sells, i understand this. But does it evolve, does it pay homage to the psychological underpinnings of why we do the things we do.

Im not arguing against your points because i dont know them im only stating thesis and theory. This is what came to mind when you spoke of what you wrote. I like most people enjoy reading about drug debauchery debasment and bottoms of wells in which it appears we cannot climb. But im a fan of protaganists and the roles they play even if they are not called by a name and just referenced to in idea.
 
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