writing about death in the first person

do you believe in an afterlife?
S

 

No. We're crossing messages, see my updated post above.

However, if I were DYING I would suddenly believe in an afterlife, yes indeed.
Ever had chest pains in the middle of the night?

(Please note unwanted white space in my previous post, as noted elsewhere.)

 

i'm picking up that you put greater value writing about life?
S

 

didn't anyone here read "lovely bones?"

 

Once I'm dead, I won't be much to write about. There's no future in death except as a menu option for the local earthworms. If they cremate me as requested even the earthworms will have to look elsewhere.

It is of course necessary to die since this planet has a human population problem, and death, not to mention birth control, is part of the solution. None of the young people crowding the planet are my son or daugther.

Anyone writing my obituary will be writing, not about my death, but about the life I celebrated.

 

hey!
http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2601431&postcount=8

 

well, with all the bizarre reactions to first person death stories, i was sort of a good question...okay, i was flippant. sorry.


*sulks away* i'll buy you something pretty and purple, sam.

 

I think we're at cross purposes KC, I think people can write about what they want including death and life after death, so I am agreeing with you and the book you brought up is a great example.
but if you want to buy me something panty, I mean purple be my guest!
S

 

i like the idea of someone who doesn't believe in a spiritual afterlife approaching their death and resurrection in the form worm food and fertilizer and tree matter and whatever else and treating each of these entities as a seperate "character." the whole process, you know? the decomposition, the lives of critters, the growth of the trees, the grass, the flowers. done well, it would be so freaking cool.

 

if you where very clever you could do it backwards so starting with the tree that grow from the ground that was helped by the worm that digested the man, the way I'm saying it sounds like a crap childrens story, but I'm sure it could be done well, by someone skillful enough
S

 

no, that sounds wonderful. a reverse stream of consciousness.

 

yeah but you would have to be really skillful with it or it would sound tacky and maybe research biology a bit so you get an idea of what actually happens
S

 

and it would also have to be done without naming the different parts, like not starting off with 'I am a tree' then 'I am a worm'
it would have to be clear without naming it all
S

 

yeah, i couldn't do it.

 

I wonder if theres anyway we could try and do it together?
would you be up for that?

I'm thinking it would make a better poem than story though
S

 

i'm thinking it would make a nice short film.

 

that would seem easier in many ways
S

 

no doubt. maybe it's my lazy thinking.

 

MamaKCita:
Evidently that personal photo you include with your posts, the one where you're wearing the large glasses, is the real you. So -- will you marry me?

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we'd make beautiful babies.