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| I do need to get back into literal reading... not just watching television. (Been on Audible but that's a later post. Clockwork Chimera is awesome too.) But for those who don't mind eleven year old (cartoon) protagonists, I'd recommend giving Hilda (Netflix original?) a shot. Imagine Hilda as Dr. Who in a world of trolls (the kind that can't move in the sunlight) and rideable flying puffs and with a Mom. Overall I'm going to have to rewatch this as a writer to see why it's so awesome. I've just done a runthrough solely for pleasure. It's also a good grounding for Sigrun... noting that the things that happened to Hilda were somewhat nicer that what happened to Sigrun but still compelling. (Hilda is for kids but Sigrun's story as written, is not.) I mean, basically a story is going to be good enough if we can see why the heroine must participate. If she can't wander off on some other quest, for fear of losing this one, then it's enough. (And actually, I portrayed her as somewhat distracted anyhow.) |
I've added a new entry to my book, "Thoughts of a Mad Man"  : "Day 4 scene prompt array" I mean, unless you have something better to do than write--or something better to write. |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "Thoughts of a Mad Man" : "Day 3 scene prompt array" Need to practice narrative? Use these pages. And, leave a comment if you like them. |
| So many of you are reading my Scene prompts that the counter is stuck on zero. That said, probably you're the one they're all waiting on, ' "Second Scene prompt Day 2" |
| Had an idea for my blog: scene prompts. Maybe I'll even try publishing a book of prompts if this works half as well as it seems it should. So, please check them out and comment--like them or hate them. Especially about the format, which is supposed to be almost a scene recipe. "Scene prompt" |
| Schrödinger's cake--did he leave it out in the rain or is there a cake tin? Poetry is the zip file of human communication--six lines to communicate an entire experience. Perhaps even years of a life. That means that the reader has to fill in the blanks, and does so with their own life. Which means that the poem will be different with each reader. So what's the real story? It might be a narrow missed call due to good reflexes, or it might be something bad the character wants to do. The writer doesn't even have to decide--and if he does, it's not for sure that will be decided IN the poem. So what this all boils down to, is we all as writers live with Eigen states and relate to Quantum Physics better than some physicists do. Understand it? I don't know if anybody understands how it goes into physics, but the basic idea--any poet gets it. |
| I rebooted People of Glass. That is, wrote it (as much as I could manage) from memory. I think it might be better. Warning, it's NOT broken into 3 parts, and right now it might better be six. At 23000 words it's a long read, but--if you can feel the story--well worth it. Those who got there really love the ending. I'm hoping that this process dropped off a lot of the excess that was distracting people from the real tone. My experience is more of scene by scene, even sentence by sentence. Feel free to pick a part to review. "Reboot of People of Glass" |
| Note: violence and psychological manipulation (Plot devices) Consider the fact that your baddie might do research. For example, mine is being mentored by a temptress devil who wants my hero under her wing, so he could easily know ANYTHING that might be hurtful to say. In fact, even without my villain--Vick--having supernatural insight, it's clear that he's manipulating her grief and her runaway orphan status to make her more like him. So why did it take me so long to get him to say, when she refuses to take the bait--when she actively opposes the revenge he set up as a 'gift' for her--"If you're going to be like that, Watch Girl, why don't you ..." Can you guess? What's the worst thing to tell an orphan who ran away from her family's murder? "Why don't you just go home." You may have given them a raw deal. I'm sure you did. But you can make it. So. Much. Worse.  Stay vicious my friends. |
| Want to level up as a writer? Because it doesn't matter if you are good enough (for what you want) it only matters if you want to become good enough. Here's a pleasant discipline: Look through your stuff--or anybody else's-- and note anything you like. Make note of what that does. Why would anybody want that in the stuff they read? Make lists of the good effects you find. Not the THINGS but the results. As you do, you may find themes. Skim these lists before you write or edit. You see what you think about, so focus your mind on the ways and the effects that you want. |
| Symbolism! Subtitle: How the devil did I miss this? Layers. I've dealt with the obvious purpose of the 'Mastery Sequence" where the person who is being led to think he owns Scarlett hits a button and she gets all this pain. It's so that, if he's a psychopath, he'll use THAT instead of stuff that really harms her. And much like the pain of childbirth, the brain erases the worst of it so that it doesn't traumatize. But she chooses him. She has a spasm of intense pain. But the deal's not done. Then she has another. She becomes unconscious. And now the man(it's usually a man, but not always) is holding in his arms a being that is helpless before him, one that belongs to him. One that came from the free Scarlett, but isn't exactly the same. Am I alone in thinking this symbolizes childbirth? And How did I go for ten years without getting that? |
 May the dreams you hold dearest, be those which come true, and the kindness you spread, keep returning to you! Kindest Regards, Lilli   |
| A little blurb for my world. "Erinos the Fugitive" A myth told to Sigrun in the course of "The People of Glass " Meant to have two meanings: one for Sigrun and one general. It tells about what people there believe--some of the good people--are told to believe. Love to hear about it, see if it lands. |
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