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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Jun 23, 2015 22:55:03 GMT -5
In other news, a coworker reached out to me about writing a script for a short film he wants to do later this year. I'm excited and nervous about it. Awesome! Apparently the ruins of King Kamehameha's summer palace are a an intended filming location. |
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Post by James on Jun 26, 2015 5:04:08 GMT -5
I just got my first ever review/plug by a total stranger. It was also really positive, which is cool.
It's also really weird to be referred to as "Rowland". Makes it sound like I'm back in Art with Mr Meade.
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Post by Allya on Jun 26, 2015 11:52:47 GMT -5
I just got my first ever review/plug by a total stranger. It was also really positive, which is cool. It's also really weird to be referred to as "Rowland". Makes it sound like I'm back in Art with Mr Meade. That's awesome!! |
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Post by The Counter Cultist(Sawyer) on Jun 30, 2015 14:16:18 GMT -5
Had an idea I was bouncing around the other night while in the shower. Felt like sharing.
Basically I was just thinking of writing a pilot for a web series about a group of dungeon masters and world builders just being the people they are. Half the action would be them being the strange geeks that they are, while the other half would be them griping about various things. Mostly the groups that they run games for. Sort of like The League, but replace fantasy football with RPGs.
Started to script out a pilot last night, but in the meantime I figured I could get everybody's thoughts on this.
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Post by James on Jun 30, 2015 16:13:15 GMT -5
So I haven't written much lately. I'm planning on predominantly working on novel writing now (maybe doing a warm-up novella) to get in the mood for NaNo. However, I really just wanted to write something short to kick my writing back off again. My short stories all tend to be 3000+ words, which amazingly is above the maximum word count for a lot of markets. So for an experiment, I wanted to tell a story which wasn't flash fiction, but was still under 1,500 words. awritersrecluse.proboards.com/thread/4821/grim-escapeSo I did. I'd love some thoughts on it. Like I said, it's really short, only 1,499 words, so it shouldn't take you long to read! |
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Post by Kaez on Jun 30, 2015 17:33:50 GMT -5
Had an idea I was bouncing around the other night while in the shower. Felt like sharing. Basically I was just thinking of writing a pilot for a web series about a group of dungeon masters and world builders just being the people they are. Half the action would be them being the strange geeks that they are, while the other half would be them griping about various things. Mostly the groups that they run games for. Sort of like The League, but replace fantasy football with RPGs. Started to script out a pilot last night, but in the meantime I figured I could get everybody's thoughts on this. It better be funny. This only works if it's funny. So I haven't written much lately. I'm planning on predominantly working on novel writing now (maybe doing a warm-up novella) to get in the mood for NaNo. However, I really just wanted to write something short to kick my writing back off again. My short stories all tend to be 3000+ words, which amazingly is above the maximum word count for a lot of markets. So for an experiment, I wanted to tell a story which wasn't flash fiction, but was still under 1,500 words. awritersrecluse.proboards.com/thread/4821/grim-escapeSo I did. I'd love some thoughts on it. Like I said, it's really short, only 1,499 words, so it shouldn't take you long to read! Yeah, I'm considering doing a warmup novella for NaNo as well. The thing I posted for Inklings, I think, has warmed me up to do a narrative. And now a short narrative should warm me up to do the longer one I'm eyeing. I'll read your thing either tonight or tomorrow, I'm off. |
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Post by James on Jun 30, 2015 17:47:59 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm considering doing a warmup novella for NaNo as well. The thing I posted for Inklings, I think, has warmed me up to do a narrative. And now a short narrative should warm me up to do the longer one I'm eyeing. I'm thinking somewhere around 30,000+ words over the next two to three months. Just to get me in the habit of writing every day, or nearly every day. Then come November, the step up is from 500-1000 words a day to 1,666 words a day. Which seems manageable. Instead of from a bit of writing every now and then to 12,000 words a week. I also have a nice idea for a novella lined up about time travel. |
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Post by Kaez on Jun 30, 2015 18:00:36 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm considering doing a warmup novella for NaNo as well. The thing I posted for Inklings, I think, has warmed me up to do a narrative. And now a short narrative should warm me up to do the longer one I'm eyeing. I'm thinking somewhere around 30,000+ words over the next two to three months. Just to get me in the habit of writing every day, or nearly every day. Then come November, the step up is from 500-1000 words a day to 1,666 words a day. Which seems manageable. Instead of from a bit of writing every now and then to 12,000 words a week. I also have a nice idea for a novella lined up about time travel. Yeah, getting into the habit is the important thing. And that's not a habit I've been in for a long time. |
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Post by James on Jul 6, 2015 23:08:42 GMT -5
New Zealand writing competitions always have the strangest themes. This one I'm looking at is "now you see it; now you don't". And I mean, I think I can come up with something for that... but it's just such a weird choice.
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Post by James on Jul 9, 2015 23:01:22 GMT -5
So while I'm still going to write the odd short story, I think I'm going to spend a lot more of my writing time with the longer forms (novels, novellas, novelettes). Haha. Yeah, that has not happened yet. Short story writing, short story writing galore. |
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Post by James on Jul 9, 2015 23:47:43 GMT -5
I also have a nice idea for a novella lined up about time travel. Nope, I don't because Wesley Chu has just published a book this week with nearly the exact same idea. Edit: Actually, reading deeper, maybe not the exact same. The underlying time travel idea works basically the same, but the motives and results are different. Fuck it, I may still give this practice novella a go. |
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Post by Kaez on Jul 10, 2015 7:14:38 GMT -5
I also have a nice idea for a novella lined up about time travel. Nope, I don't because Wesley Chu has just published a book this week with nearly the exact same idea. Edit: Actually, reading deeper, maybe not the exact same. The underlying time travel idea works basically the same, but the motives and results are different. Fuck it, I may still give this practice novella a go. Any story written with sufficient creative dedication on the part of the author doesn't really need to fear infringing on an idea "someone else already wrote". Write the story without paying any mind to whether the idea is original or not. Let it take a life of its own and it'll end up being unique and yours and something you'll be proud of. Maybe it won't be publishable, but more than likely it'll end up being more original than you suspect. My only specific advice is -not- to read Wesley Chu's book. That'll make writing your own thing so much harder. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2015 12:25:11 GMT -5
"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it."
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Post by Kaez on Jul 11, 2015 22:40:59 GMT -5
So James and I have been having a post-Inklings discussion about developing narratives, plots, and outlines and we've discovered that both of us are very interested in creating stories which are first and foremost driven by characters and the actions of those characters.
Which in a sense makes the task of creating a really compelling character the most vital first step of creating a good story.
So, AWR, tell me: how do you make an interesting character? One who the reader cares about and wants to read more about and find out what happens to them?
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Post by James on Jul 12, 2015 18:59:17 GMT -5
So, AWR, tell me: how do you make an interesting character? One who the reader cares about and wants to read more about and find out what happens to them? In the course of doing research for a client today I ended up looking at the presenting schedule for the 4th Annual Shutdowns Turnarounds Superconference in Houston. My eye was drawn to the conference's final speaker, a man named Termite Watkins, presenting a seminar entitled "Keep Your Guard Up." Digging deeper, Maurice "Termite" Watkins was a former US Lightweight and Jr. Welterweight boxer, who finished out his career 61 and 5, but lost his only world title belt against Saoul Mambay in 1980. After retiring, he worked as a fumigator in his family's business, where in 2003 he was contracted by the US military to fumigate homes in Iraq. In 2004, the military learned of Watkins' professional history, and recruited him to coach the Iraqi Olympic boxing team. Of the nine Iraqi boxers he trained, only one qualified for the games. I have no idea what Termite has been up to for the past decade, but today he's apparently employed as a Safety Speaker and Business Development Manager for an industrial sector operations management firm called Transfield Services. Some people's lives make no sense. |
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