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November 24, 2011
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CALENDAR
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Friday, 01-27-2012 at 05:00pm
Due to my new job writing for MTV's Teen Wolf, the B&N; Teen Writing Workshop will take a haitus for fall 2011 and resume in 2012!
The B&N; Teen Writing Workshop meets on the last Friday of the month to address a specific writing skill (e.g. "dialogue," "the anti-hero") through discussion and writing prompts.
The next event hosted by me is Friday, January 27th at 5:00pm in Glendale, CA.
This is a FREE event open to middle- and high-school students. Barnes & Noble will provide refreshments. Student work will be featured on the online journal Give Us Money.
210 Americana Way (2nd floor event area), Glendale, CA 91210 [site link] [google map]
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Pictures
My pictures are located on my Flickr account. I add new pictures frequently. They're not all of me. I use my Flickr account to upload pictures for my blog entries.
One reader suggested that I link pictures of Stuyvesant High School since I went there. Good idea.
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| I recorded music from age 13 to age 22. I played bass and some guitar (although I could never play chords). I occasionally sang. |
In Teen Angst? Naaah..., I started a band called Wormwhole (as detailed in the essay "Are We Alternative Now?"). In the book, I said that first five people who contacted me about the band would be allowed to buy a copy of our demo.
To my surprise many people have emailed me asking for the Wormwhole demo, but sadly, for years, the single tape I recorded with my friend Ike was lost.
But then, a few years after the book was published, I was trying to make a mix tape on my stereo. I popped in an old tape to see if it was something I could tape over, and there was all this weird religious chanting. Then, out of the blue, literally sent by God, was the Wormwhole tape!
I don't know how it got into the middle of the tape of religious chanting, but I did a tape-to-mp3 conversion, and now, for free and forever, Wormwhole's two songs are here on this website. Above you're got "Pants In The Mail." "Lumber" is below.
In 2010 I made a video for "Pants in the Mail" that's on YouTube.
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Showing 1 - 2 of 20 (Complete Archive of Music I've Recorded)
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videos
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| As of 2011, new videos are posted on my YouTube channel. |
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It's Kind of a Funny Story Student Trailer
From YouTube user JakkJones: "This was a film project for my sister's English class. It's a fake trailer for a movie based on Ned Vizzini's novel It's Kind of a Funny Story."
More Funny Story student projects:
- It's Kind of a Funny Story soundtrack book report
- It's Kind of a Funny Story student film
- It's Kind of a Funny Story student film WITH PREVIEWS OF ROB SCHNEIDER'S THE STAPLER
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It's Kind of a Funny Story Theatrical Interpretation
In March 2010, Oak Lawn Community High School put on a theatrical performance of It's Kind of a Funny Story called a "Group Interp," or "Group Interpretation" project. They used the text of the book but presented it with a Greek chorus. Very cool and inventive stuff!
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BE MORE CHILL [orb#1]
A Be More Chill reader video project. Also see the Be More Chill student film with fire at the end.
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"Love And Longing" at the Brooklyn Book Festival 2009
From YouTube user chocochip16: "The brooklyn book festival took place at columbus park by brooklyn borough hall in NYC on Sunday September 13, 2009. At the festival there was a section for young adults.... this video is one of the panels that includes three talented young adult writers, Aimee Friedman ( Sea Change), Anna Godbersen ( The luxe series), and Ned Vizzini ( Be more Chill)."
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Attack of the Killer Turtle Attack of the Killer Turtle, as described in Teen Angst? Naaaah...! It was uncovered after years and is presented here in all its glory.
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Be More Chill Play
The theatrical adaptation of Be More Chill! Adapted by Bill Massolia, starring Jake Cohen as Jeremy and Edward Paul as the squip (seen in Keanu Reeves regalia).
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Just Craig
An IKOAFS video made with Sims 2 by alexatetris.
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"Sonogram" Reading at KGB Bar #1
Audio only: this is a snippet from a book that I abandoned about a man who comes home to find a sonogram taped to his door.
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"Sonogram" Reading at KGB Bar #2
Audio only.
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"Sonogram" Reading at KGB Bar #3
Audio only.
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HOW TO FIND ME ON SOCIAL NETWORKS
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Things I am on:
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Things I am not on:
- Twitter: no account; I will start an account if I get to 5000 friends on Facebook
- Tumblr: no account
- Myspace: yes account, but it is disabled/I don't check it
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As part of my involvement with the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, I take questions about the skill and business of writing in the "Ask Ned" feature:
Click through for instructions on how to ask your own!
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Submitted by readers through the contact page.
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Jerry
of CA
says: I started
laughing my ass off when you explained the 'eff' word. HAHAHAHA "if
you
say the eff word youll be effed and yer book will never see the effin
light of day HAHAHAHA thats funny to me...i dont know why.
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John
of Ontario, Canada
says: The part where Craig begins to draw maps again. The realization that he needs to do what he loves, and not what he thinks will make him be 'successful' in making a life for himself. It defenitely speaks volumes to the prospect of being stuck in some cubicle for life simply because the benefits are good.
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Jordan
of AL
says: Oh my gosh, Mr. Vizzini, I finished the book It's Kind of a Funny story in school today while we were watching a movie. I don't know what the movie was because I was reading, and thank goodness I was reading, because I finished this book and fell completely in love with it. The way that the character Craig Gilner is portrayed changed my perspective on so many things, and I enjoyed that it was from a guy's point of view. This book was touching and made me appreciate daily things alot more, seeing that I am way better off than I could be. Thank you so much for the messages you gave me in this book; it's truly a work of art. :]
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Kacie
says: Be More Chill was FANTASTIC. I picked it up from my library on Friday after school and finished reading it Saturday before breakfast. I thought it was a very accurate account of high school, i mean minus the squip. My favorite part was just picturing Keanu Reeves' voice in my head giving me advice because I can only ever picture him in "Bill and Ted's Most Excellent Adventure" where he sounds like a complete baffoon.
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Ola
of IL
says: I just finished Be More Chill and I swear it's one of the best books I ever. I'm totally gonna recommend it to all my friends. My favorite part of is when Jenna is talking about the sexual exploits of this Elizabeth girl for like, the trillionth time, and Jeremy tells her to shut up because they all know "Elizabeth" is like Jenna's Spider-Slut alterego or something. That really made me laugh out loud. It was about TIME Jeremy told that bitch off.
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READER ARTWORK
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| A sample. For more, see the Flickr set. |
by Andrew Geronimo
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by Kendall R. Romero
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by Jordan
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by Maddie Smith
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by Holly
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by Billy Galant
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by farewell_dear
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by Alex
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by Christa Yeung
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by Ross Kahn
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by Julia
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Feast your eyes and ears on this recap of the squip campaign, 2004-2005, which was created to promote Be More Chill. This video is dedicated to all of the readers who helped spread the word about the book. Thank you!
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This chapter of Be More Chill, which goes into explicit detail about what Jeremy does on the internet, was included in the first draft of the book but taken out (wisely) by my editor. Here it is for those who are curious.
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 © Ned Vizzini 2000-2011
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