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Patris's avatar

Grim. And yet amazingly believable. How do you do this, J?

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Just like to tell stories and have a vivid, relatively insane imagination. My grandma swore that all my differences— my love of punk rock and multicolored Mohawks, my juvenile delinquency and my imagination —were a result of her letting me fall on my head as a baby.

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Patris's avatar

Maybe insane in the best way.

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Joe's avatar

Wow, Jimmy!

That is a barn burner of a fictional legend.

Well done!

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Happy you like it J/S. I write alongside my attendees to prove it can be done, even though the program has been so successful people walk in believing they can create a story in two hours.

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Joe's avatar

That's a good policy.

My experience is the best leaders are right there beside you completing the assignment with you in real time.

It also earns great respect.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I’m thrilled that almost everyone can do it and I wasn’t sitting there with a room full of people staring at blank pages. Because if that had happened we wouldn’t have a program

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Joe's avatar

I cannot draw to save my life, but I discovered that I do pretty well if I follow a professional leading the class a little at a time.

It's amazing what a person can accomplish with a little instruction!

Happy to hear you are able to help those who choose to write.

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Dusty Moell's avatar

I want to see this Crystal Pit Bull

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I promise I looked for an image. My friend/landlord is a glass blower but he specializes in robots.

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bd miller's avatar

Beautiful. This tragic tale could have been an installment in an Amicus Productions horror anthology. It's so vivid I can picture it cinematically.

Also, good on you my friend for moderating a writing program in a rehab facility. You are one of the good ones, Jimmy.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Thanks. I’d love to see this become a film.

And just for the record, Passenger is a community center for people in recovery. An absolutely massive resource for people who have gotten sober. Tons of creative programs and its very own radio station.

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PJ Ryder's avatar

Wow! That was a good one.

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