going through the motions
trying not to snore...
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writing is hard. developing plot, character, the ends to the means, the drive behind what motivates the people in this world that is created entirely on paper or online. it's a lot harder than i thought it would be. i thought it would be easy to connect the dots back in the mid '00's between several stories, but so much for that. starting from scratch, seeing what happens.
i recall the story about Asimov, how the reason he started writing was because he read a story and thought that the ending sucked (my words there, obviously) and came up with Nightfall, a story that really defines what science fiction and good plotting is. Bradbury died just a couple weeks ago, and while i still hope that maybe i'll meet Aldiss in person the chances are slim to nil. but. writing is harder than i thought. i'm good at the short, numerous paragraph but then out kind of crap, but a few pages only goes so far.
i've been buying up random books that i've lost along the way, "years best" and such, but also the random stuff that i haven't ever had. i'm wondering where my mind went these past ten years.
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I don't read so much online these days. As in, I don't follow the blogs, whatever, like I used to. It's too self serving. Plus, I find it's very selective and too personalized. I'm saddened that as the web has gotten more free, the ones who did the work have been shunted to the side. I'm not going to bother with names and sites but just think about where you were going, online, 10-15 years ago, and see how many of those people and sites are still around.
I'm sure I had a point with all of this...
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I watched the full series of SportsNight over the last weekend. It gave me hope in how to develop ("develop" is spelled without an "e" at the end?) a series. I'm working on the first chapter of a maybe book but honestly would be better as an HBO or ShowTime series. Ten parts, first season. First two episodes give the intro, minor character development, give some background, but as it all develops.
I've got pages devoted to characters, the roles, where they go, what happens, the intersection is a bit tricky but I'm getting there.
The hardest part is figuring out the city. I want to make it some nameless place but...
I'll figure it out. What I do know for sure is that I need to get the hell out of SOMD. It's sucking the life out of me. Been here since October and...
Fuck.
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writing is hard. developing plot, character, the ends to the means, the drive behind what motivates the people in this world that is created entirely on paper or online. it's a lot harder than i thought it would be. i thought it would be easy to connect the dots back in the mid '00's between several stories, but so much for that. starting from scratch, seeing what happens.
i recall the story about Asimov, how the reason he started writing was because he read a story and thought that the ending sucked (my words there, obviously) and came up with Nightfall, a story that really defines what science fiction and good plotting is. Bradbury died just a couple weeks ago, and while i still hope that maybe i'll meet Aldiss in person the chances are slim to nil. but. writing is harder than i thought. i'm good at the short, numerous paragraph but then out kind of crap, but a few pages only goes so far.
i've been buying up random books that i've lost along the way, "years best" and such, but also the random stuff that i haven't ever had. i'm wondering where my mind went these past ten years.
*
I don't read so much online these days. As in, I don't follow the blogs, whatever, like I used to. It's too self serving. Plus, I find it's very selective and too personalized. I'm saddened that as the web has gotten more free, the ones who did the work have been shunted to the side. I'm not going to bother with names and sites but just think about where you were going, online, 10-15 years ago, and see how many of those people and sites are still around.
I'm sure I had a point with all of this...
*
I watched the full series of SportsNight over the last weekend. It gave me hope in how to develop ("develop" is spelled without an "e" at the end?) a series. I'm working on the first chapter of a maybe book but honestly would be better as an HBO or ShowTime series. Ten parts, first season. First two episodes give the intro, minor character development, give some background, but as it all develops.
I've got pages devoted to characters, the roles, where they go, what happens, the intersection is a bit tricky but I'm getting there.
The hardest part is figuring out the city. I want to make it some nameless place but...
I'll figure it out. What I do know for sure is that I need to get the hell out of SOMD. It's sucking the life out of me. Been here since October and...
Fuck.
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