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What celebrity death hit you the hardest?

NOTE: The question has been merged. I originally answered, Which celebrity death affected you the most? —and the wording materially affects the answer to this question.Early on I remember being quite affected by Elvis’ and Bing Crosby’s 1977 deaths. They were both HUGE in my home growing up and both died too young; Bing, on my dad’s birthday. Ouch. (Yes. 74 was too young for Bing. Not a discussion point.)I remember taking Princess Diana’s (an icon for my generation) death rather hard… followed closely by Michael Hutchence’s, in 1997. I have a special place in my heart for Hutchence because of a brief encounter I once had with him.More recently I was deeply shocked and saddened by Prince’s death, and by David Bowie’s, which occurred on my birthday (both 2016). To say I adored and was influenced by both of them throughout my life would be a wild understatement.But the one that affected me most, was undoubtedly that of a person who only really became a “celebrity” in death: that of Nicole Brown Simpson, in 1994..Along with the rest of the world, my attention turned to her death only with the Bronco-chase-and-arrest, and the murder trial of her former husband, O.J. Simpson, which took place the following year.During the trial I was often glued to television coverage, like many people. But unlike most, I was in an abusive relationship, which I had not yet admitted to myself, and I didn’t even realize that I was taking mental notes as I watched and listened—of how she had conducted herself before she was killed. Photographs. Proof. Store things in case someone needed them to prove what had happened to me… later.It’s almost hard for me to relate to that old me now. How did I know I needed to listen and follow those steps, but not know why? How did I not see why sometimes, listening to stories about this woman, I would be overwhelmed with sobbing for hours?Abuse messes with your thought processes.It took some time. Quite a lot of time. But eventually, when my life was truly at risk and I finally saw clearly how many times before I had only narrow escapes, Nicole Brown Simpson was an integral part of what saved my life.No matter how many tears I may have shed over the loss of Cary Grant (*sniff*) or Lou Reed (still hurts) or Maya Angelou (*sniffle!!!*) or Tom Petty (why?) or dear, gorgeous Aretha Franklin, no celebrity death actually affected my life like Nicole Brown Simpson’s did..Original question: Which celebrity death affected you the most?

What motivates writers?

well ill say: what motivates me…well,for one, i love my story and never want to forget it. I have thought about my fantasy story so much that after months of drawing (like a kindergartner), dreaming, daydreaming, thinking, and loving my idea so much, i could not help but write these thoughts in a small notebook.soon i had chapters 1 and 2, but they were flawed. i restarted with full vigor to get this story of my characters, of their suffering and victory, betrayals and friendships, and ultimately the bond they had put to the test, that i could not help writing deep into the nights. They were alive to me, i cried when they suffered, laughed when they did, they were so much apart of me. Music helped me keep the mood that i felt when i visited their world, it opened the gate that let my mind see and feel what they did. They took all my spare time, my mind set like a film with them there, i could see what i had to write. what i saw i wrote.in the end, we’re all different. some writers address social problems, and they fight a war with their words. To others like me we need to share the stories of those others cannot see but are very much apart of who we are. And then there are the non-fiction writers, who see lives that need to be shared. So they are all driven by belief. Go find your motivation, the thoughts that keep you up at night, or maybe even a spin-off of a favorite book, one where you knew how it could be improved or take that that inspired you the most and find your passion.just a note on what stories inspired me (not all of which are books mind you): Hunter x Hunter, Elfen Leid (made me cry), Maximum Ride, Unwound, DBZ (yes i watched them, you can get some good ideas there), and many others.

Why are film actors so highly paid whereas scientists are paid relatively quite little?

The assumption is plain false. I will bring you labor force statistics from the US Department of Labor. May 2013 National Occupational Employment and Wage EstimatesThe myth comes because people compare the lowest paid of scientists with the highest paid of actors and then think there is a problem. When you compare the cream in one field and run of the mill in another field there will be discrepancies. They are not comparing apples to apples. Researchers like Patrick Soon-Shiong and Gordon Moore have networth higher than any actor. At the top scientists have greater fame, prestige and wealth. How many actors could have the kind of fame, power and wealth of Edison?And same at the bottom. The median earnings for actors is about $22/hr. The reason why the mean shows up high is because it is skewed by the top 1% actors. But, even that mean is lower than most categories of scientists.The median wages for most categories of scientists are well above $35/hr and there are far more jobs at that level. That is a lot of peanuts if you are a scientist. [I saw a couple of bad answers on this page with bull shit information on Stephen Hawking's earnings. At $20 million plus in net worth he is not poor - Stephen Hawking Net Worth]Scientists also often enjoy plenty of other non-wage benefits [better work environment, lower stress levels, steady flow of wages, paid vacation, retirement benefits/401k match] and have longer career spans [most actors would find it hard to sustain after 10-15 years]And this doesn't even include the fact that most people who want to become actors don't even end up in the tables above. The table is for people who have made it and made acting as a profession. The rest of the acting aspirants wait tables and do other menial jobs. On the other hand, most people who end up doing their graduate studies can get jobs better than waiting tables, even if they don't become career scientists.

How prodigious must one be to write a one-million-word novel?

Like most things in life, it depends.Do you want to write a million words? Or do you want to write a high quality novel that happens to be a million words?A million word novel starts with an idea. The Lord of the Rings (the trilogy) is around 481,000 words. The Hobbit adds about 95k.That should give you some sense of scope. War and Peace is roughly 587,000 depending on which translation and whether Wikipedia lied to me.What does it take? A good idea, good organizational skills, and a real desire to tell the story. And a lot of electronic paper (and real paper for a variety of reasons) and time.I get the sense that you don’t plan on doing this but are asking the question because you think a giant book takes a giant brain. It doesn’t.It just requires a story big enough to fit a million words.I was once asked would I read a million word novel. Of course I would if it was to my taste. I draw a line about 50 pages in and if a story can get my attention by then I abandon it for a better activity.I’ve easily read a million words. Look at the above figures; the Lord of the Rings. I’ve read that several times. 200k for Dune. Again several times.Chronicles of Amber; 391k. And I’m re-reading it right now.I was regularly reading over a million words in a year when I was in my teens. And I know that I’m not out of the ordinary. Lots of people read at that level or higher.The only real reason you don’t see books that big is that readers aren’t willing to commit and publishers aren’t willing to print.With the advent of ebooks that could all shift. People used to not follow a TV series, which is why they made shows encapsulated.Now you have people binge watching 20 or 30 episodes of a series in a weekend. Watching a show religiously every week and anticipating the next episode.And for a final exhibit; Harry Potter.That story is a million words when all the books are counted. Did it require a super-being to get it done? No. I’d say the money helped the most for getting that million words done. There’s nothing quite as encouraging as getting paid.

Which theory is true, the Bible's Genesis story or the Big Bang theory?

They don’t contradict each other necessarily. So it is not a simple this vs that dichotomy. What people often fail to consider is that the Genesis chapter of the Bible does not belong to the scientific or academic genre of literature. It was not written to give a scientific account of the creation of the world. It is not even a biographical account like the New Testament Gospels. Rather it belongs to the genre of poetry or historical fiction [1] . It is absolutely essential to place works of literature in their appropriate genres before you attempt to interpret them.The Genesis account gives a description of what the ancient Semitic people thought about the creation of the world. They did believe that1. The world had not always existed but was created a finite time ago in the past2. The world was created by a supernatural agent who was external to it AND3. It was created in separate stages (which corresponds to the Seven Days of the Genesis) [2]It should be obvious that none of these beliefs are contradicted in a major way by our modern theories of cosmology. The current consensus is that the Universe did have an absolute beginning some 13.8 bya. Now, cosmologists usually do not speak of divine involvement in the creation but most do not exclude it either (except a vocal minority of scientists who are also militant atheists. But that is a topic for a whole another post). The reasons scientists do not speak of what lies outside the universe or what caused it is because such a reality would fall outside the scope of science itself which is concerned only with material spacetime phenomena. Coming to the third point, again it is validated by modern science that the universe went through several phases before life and human beings could develop.So I do not think there is any inherent contradiction between modern science and the Genesis account. Most issues people see with the supposed science-religion dichotomy can be attributed to a failure to place the religious text of the Bible in its appropriate context. These texts were written several centuries before we had modern science and it would be unfair to treat them as scientific literature.[1] Genesis is sometimes treated as a prime example of antiquarian history. That is, a text seeking to explain human origins but not necessarily using a historically or scientifically verifiable style.[2] The seven “days” of the Genesis account permit a lot of interpretations from the literal day to different epochs or eras.

How can I become a professional writer if English is not my first language, and I don't have any amazing skills?

Gee, I’m not sure I want to tackle this one given that you’ve provided so very little information. Anyway, for what it’s worth, here goes. First, you don’t have to write in English. You shouldn’t if you’re not inclined to nor feel comfortable enough with your command of the language. Write in your mother tongue. Have you heard of Stieg Larsson? He’s the author of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” Crazy good novels (there were three). And no, they were not initially written in English. They were written in Swedish.Now skills. What sort of skills do you mean? One of the things that a writer asks himself is if he’s “worthy” of being a writer. It means a whole world of things including whether he/she knows enough about the characters and their worlds to make a convincing story. It also includes the question of having lived enough, having experienced enough of the world to be able to create a story. Big questions. Deep question. The short answer is this: “It depends.” If you are willing to do your research, to put in the time and (horrendous) effort to have enough material to create your characters, then maybe, you have a better than average chance of being a writer.Finally, ask yourself this: have you written anything? Consistently? Journals, essays, articles, anything written. Consistently over many years of your life. If you have, then go be a better writer because you already are a writer. If not, then start writing. Anything. And don’t stop.And a final final thing: Are you a writer if no one reads your writing? That like that question about whether a tree falling in the forest making a sound if nobody hears it. Of course it does. Of course you are. You wrote, didn’t you? And not to worry, here’s a new agey sounding thing but it’s true. If you keep writing long enough, it will spill out into the light and people will read what you have written. It cannot be helped. Your writing will grow. So just keep writing.