Relocating Amachi
I “created” the above image in a nifty web app called wordle that allows you to dump RSS Feeds, or text into it, and it manufactures an image like what you see above based off of the source’s word usage. You can change the fonts, colors, and word formations to make some pretty cool imagery. As … Read more
TPD Project Journal: Press Start
Okay, now, I’m ready to start…again, ha, ha. I’ve finally finished prepping material for the second draft of “Things People Do”. It was a fun process, revisiting the characters, interviewing them, getting to know more about them, adding new scenes. I’ve added a lot to the beginning of the story to show how things were … Read more
TPD Project Journal: Scene 1, Take 1, Draft 2, ACTION!
Okay, so, I’ve rewritten the synopsis of the main plot/concept, reworked the outline and chapter summaries, re-envisioned the locations, and I’ve re-interviewed the characters who all have grown a bit more colorful since last we met on the page. Now, I’m at a stage that I think will be a lot of fun, and that … Read more
TPD Project Journal: Locations
Just finished writing out the descriptions for the key locations in the screenplay. It’s nothing that I HAD to do, but I wanted to get it out of the way while they were fresh in my mind, and it was good practice. Of course the setting descriptions for a screenplay are different from what would be in a novel. … Read more
TPD Project Journal: Good, Getting Better.
Well, I’ve been gone for the last couple of weeks battling a bout of blog-burnout due to 30 Days of Writing. I still have four more days of 30DOW to go and I’ll knock those out soon enough. Though I haven’t been blogging, I have been writing. Actually, rewriting…somewhat. As some of you know, I … Read more
30 Days Of Writing: Day 14
How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us? Well, if anything, I use the old school D&D method. I get some graph paper and sketch out the location(s), or I use MS Excel to do the same thing, OR I use a nifty little map making program called … Read more
Rules, Rules, Rules: Screenplays
Rules, rules, rules! In the world of writing there’s a ton of them. Some are factual, industry standard, and some are preferential, personal guide lines. We all follow them, well at least most of us do, in one way or another. Some go by the book, others make up their own rules, and there are … Read more
Rules, Rules, Rules: Story Development
With an art form and business like writing there are TONS of rules to follow. Some are factual, industry standard if you will, but most are preferential, a thing of individual comfort. Now, the tricky part is to differentiate between the two. There are thousands of rules floating around. One rule is “Show, Don’t Tell”. … Read more
