i just registered and am excited to be a part of this community. it's good to know that there is a website specifically devoted to my favorite author. i am a bukowski fanatic just like the rest of you.
it all started when my buddy introduced me to "hot water music", and i read a few of his short stories. then the few turned into ten. then twenty. then before i knew it, i finished the book. for some reason i felt very depraved after finishing that book. there was nothing to do next.
a week later i bought another book of his ("ham on rye"). i finished that within a week. every minute of free time was concentrated on that novel. then in the next week came "post office". and then all the weeks following that was etc. etc. etc. i couldn't stop myself. my week was useless without reading the next book of his. i have read all of his novels, and short stories, except "pulp", and most of his poems. mostly because i just don't have that much of an interest in poetry in general.
what turned me on to bukowski was his simplicity approach (less is more), and his ability to make the most mundane activity seem intriguing. i write screenplays out here in los angeles, and i read his material to help with writing a scene. my aim isn't to imitate his work, but rather for his work to educate me. i have already learned a lot from his writings and as a result, have become so much more comfortable with my own work. to me, perfection isn't desired, and shouldn't be desired. i read one person's post on here where he stated that bukowski taught him to just write whatever comes to mind, and that single post alone encouraged me to join this community because i think that statement reflects the attitude of this forum.
anyways, enough already. i look forward to reading your posts and conducting my own.
it all started when my buddy introduced me to "hot water music", and i read a few of his short stories. then the few turned into ten. then twenty. then before i knew it, i finished the book. for some reason i felt very depraved after finishing that book. there was nothing to do next.
a week later i bought another book of his ("ham on rye"). i finished that within a week. every minute of free time was concentrated on that novel. then in the next week came "post office". and then all the weeks following that was etc. etc. etc. i couldn't stop myself. my week was useless without reading the next book of his. i have read all of his novels, and short stories, except "pulp", and most of his poems. mostly because i just don't have that much of an interest in poetry in general.
what turned me on to bukowski was his simplicity approach (less is more), and his ability to make the most mundane activity seem intriguing. i write screenplays out here in los angeles, and i read his material to help with writing a scene. my aim isn't to imitate his work, but rather for his work to educate me. i have already learned a lot from his writings and as a result, have become so much more comfortable with my own work. to me, perfection isn't desired, and shouldn't be desired. i read one person's post on here where he stated that bukowski taught him to just write whatever comes to mind, and that single post alone encouraged me to join this community because i think that statement reflects the attitude of this forum.
anyways, enough already. i look forward to reading your posts and conducting my own.