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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 28, 2012 - 6:30am
no sections at all
8% (2 votes)
deep dementia, heavily medicated
4% (1 vote)
part one and two, no subs
8% (2 votes)
a danger unto themselves, danger to others
4% (1 vote)
altered realities, twisted perceptions
8% (2 votes)
psychotic/mood/anxiety disorders
0% (0 votes)
strange, stranger, strangest
0% (0 votes)
this could be you, just like everyone else, those who do not belong
24% (6 votes)
cracked, shattered, broken
16% (4 votes)
single diagnosis, comorbidity, undiagnosed
8% (2 votes)
none of the above, suggestion below
8% (2 votes)
psychotic breaks, a slow insanity, 5150s
0% (0 votes)
i dont care as long as I'm in it
12% (3 votes)
Total votes: 25

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters February 28, 2012 - 8:47am

I think this is going well.

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. February 28, 2012 - 8:51am

Insead of This could be you:

 

1) YOU

2) THEM

3) THE OTHERS

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 28, 2012 - 3:23pm

If no one votes, the communists win.

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Nick Wilczynski from Greensboro, NC is reading A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin February 28, 2012 - 3:36pm

"this could be you, just like everyone else, those who do not belong"

Is my favorite.

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 28, 2012 - 3:39pm

Im going to retitle the book to, I don't care as long as I'm in it.

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Flaminia Ferina from Umbria is reading stuff February 28, 2012 - 3:43pm

There, I voted for my own idea. I'm still brainstorming around it though

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human February 28, 2012 - 3:53pm

Did we make regionals?

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Flaminia Ferina from Umbria is reading stuff February 28, 2012 - 3:54pm

ooops! Was I allowed to vote? Not that I like voting so much

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. February 28, 2012 - 4:04pm

No subs.

No subs. 

No subs.

No subs.

No subs.

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human February 28, 2012 - 4:07pm

Did we make it to regionals?

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 28, 2012 - 4:13pm

Yes, Panda. Now don't stop believin', hold onto that feeling.

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 28, 2012 - 4:14pm

Yes, Panda. Now don't stop believin', hold onto that feeling.

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Jason Van Horn from North Carolina is reading A Feast For Crows February 28, 2012 - 4:46pm

Alright on to nationals!

Funny enough - I didn't even vote for mine. :P

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 28, 2012 - 4:56pm

Jason, we need to do a mashup! How about funky town meets dr. Dre?

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters February 28, 2012 - 5:59pm

"Im going to retitle the book to, I don't care as long as I'm in it."

THIS!!!

I voted for altered realities, twisted perceptions.  And I'm the only one.

 

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 28, 2012 - 6:57pm

I encourage strangers to vote

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SurLeQuai from Indiana is reading The Night Circus February 28, 2012 - 8:40pm

Actually, I agree with Rachel. Keep it simple, schizo.

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SurLeQuai from Indiana is reading The Night Circus February 28, 2012 - 8:42pm

Also, a big "1" alone on a page, and so on, can be quite foreboding. Methinks.

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Bekanator from Kamloops, British Columbia is reading Ugly Girls by Lindsay Hunter February 28, 2012 - 11:42pm

I voted for "this could be you, just like everyone else, those who do not belong".  It sparks interaction with the reader, as well as intrigue.  It's like word-cologne.

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SurLeQuai from Indiana is reading The Night Circus February 29, 2012 - 12:02am

I meant foreboding in a good way, too. Intimidating, rather. Downright terrifying, perhaps.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/fear-of-numbers.html

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz February 29, 2012 - 12:29am

I agree with Rebecca, only I suggest adjusting the order a bit with a slight rewording:

  • Those Who Don't Belong
  • Like Anyone Else
  • This Could be You

So it sets up  a classic trickle-down theory; "Those who don't belong," directs the reader to a "That is them, not me or us," attitude. Then adjusts that to "Those who don't belong--who might be just like anyone else." Again, still constraining the diagnosis to the person next-door, not actually the reader. "This could be you," could potentially be the reveal.

This could be refined more.

  • Them
  • You
  • Me

I like this concept personally. I think it has potential. Play with it. Give the reader something, but only enough that they climb into bed with their own insecurities.

 

 

 

 

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz February 29, 2012 - 12:33am

@Quai: Arithmophobia just sounds good like the Eurythmics.

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Flaminia Ferina from Umbria is reading stuff February 29, 2012 - 4:43am

I like the big 1! Also small, doesn't really matter.

But I also like how Chester worked around the Me You Them stuff, but then shouldn't be the order

- Them

- Me

- You

?

Can I vote again?

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Jason Van Horn from North Carolina is reading A Feast For Crows February 29, 2012 - 8:45am

"Jason, we need to do a mashup! How about funky town meets dr. Dre?"

I say we do that Snoop meets Grease mash-up. We'll be a shoe-in for Nationals, and then it's Maxi-Nationals, Country, Hemisphere, World, Universe, and then if we're lucky Alternate Universe and Parallel Universe!

:fingers crossed:

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig February 29, 2012 - 11:55am

I voted for "this could be you, just like everyone else, those who do not belong" with "I don't care as long as I'm in it" as a very close second. I gave my arguments for those section titles in the other Psychosis thread.

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. February 29, 2012 - 11:59am

You, Them, Me works for me.

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 29, 2012 - 8:25pm

How about Crazy-funny, crazy sexy and Crazy scary?

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Liana from Romania and Texas is reading Naked Lunch February 29, 2012 - 8:27pm

I don't like the idea of sections much. Just because it implies that what is in one section could not possibly be in another section too. For example, those who aren't in the "don't belong" section, do they all belong 100%? And will all readers have to agree that they identify with those who "could be you"?  And I don't know that anyone who writes a psychosis story would want people to think of the character as being just like anyone else.

Maybe I'm just not sure what those categories really do to the stories and if I would like my story to be in one of them.

I'd like readers to make up their own categories as they read. But I see that my vote stands alone. Or, it doesn't belong.

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz February 29, 2012 - 9:52pm

True. That's why more obscure might work better so as not to label the stories in that section too much?

Files 34Q.6789 through 47R.9352 or something along the files concept discussed earlier.

It is fun to think about this stuff though.

 

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Jason Van Horn from North Carolina is reading A Feast For Crows March 1, 2012 - 12:27pm

Let's make the book a virtual visit to an insane asylum. I've thrown the idea of case files out there. Run with that just call the sections Ward I, Ward II, and Ward III.

Or base it off therapy types: Talk It Out, Popping Pills, Electroshock

Or we name them after My Little Pony

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Flaminia Ferina from Umbria is reading stuff March 1, 2012 - 12:44pm

I settle for Ward I, Ward II, Ward III.

Simple, direct, in theme, not distracting. And, last but not least, insidiously evocative.

Bravo Jason.

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Richard from St. Louis is reading various anthologies March 1, 2012 - 1:00pm

i voted no sections. why explain or defend? just put the stories out there.

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. March 1, 2012 - 1:09pm

Ok 2 for wards. I still like the one above winning but that's just me.

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. March 1, 2012 - 1:55pm

Meh, I don't like any of them but I can't change my vote so I say no sections too.

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SurLeQuai from Indiana is reading The Night Circus March 1, 2012 - 4:49pm

I like Wards.

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. March 1, 2012 - 4:55pm

I'm for 3 wards now.

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Liana from Romania and Texas is reading Naked Lunch March 1, 2012 - 5:17pm

I like the wards idea!

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. March 1, 2012 - 10:49pm

5 wards as a write in vote.

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz March 1, 2012 - 10:50pm

Kilgore Trout.

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. March 1, 2012 - 10:53pm

How about this weird compromise....

Psychosis: Stories of Madness

Prologue: 5150

Ward one:  Dangers unto themselves or others

Ward two:  they were just like everyone else

Ward Three: Cracked, Shattered & Broken

Epilogue: Author Bios/Diagnoses

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. March 1, 2012 - 10:55pm

if we can agree to this, I would just like everyone to tell me which section you would like your story to go in and I will try to do it that way.

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Flaminia Ferina from Umbria is reading stuff March 2, 2012 - 3:54am

Ian Brady says

Not Bad

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Flaminia Ferina from Umbria is reading stuff March 2, 2012 - 4:01am

Mine would go in ward 3.

The thing is that both Teresa/Wanda and Norma/Amanda/Bennyboy/Killer are pretty functional, so at first you'd say they belong to the "just like everyone else". That's not it. Those characters have never been like anyone else, their lives were born shattered. Maybe their parents, or whoever abused Teresa and Norma, probably looked like normal people but were monsters instead.

Ward III. Shattered, Cracked & Broken.