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cleolinda

Things you think about if you're me

May 12, 2010 14:06

Okay. I'm kind of sick today (chills, aches, low fever, sinus snarf), so maybe I'm a little loopy, I don't know, but I finally convinced myself to expend the energy to heat some soup, and while I was pacing around waiting for it to get hot, I started thinking about basic plot conflicts. In essence, everything starts with desire: a character wants ( Read more... )

writing, philosophical ramblings

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redglasses May 12 2010, 19:10:07 UTC

I'm going to put the kettle on.

estella_pierre May 12 2010, 21:52:26 UTC

Unrelated: Gunnerkrigg squee!

bluehyacinth May 12 2010, 19:11:07 UTC

In Pirates of the Caribbean I am pretty sure the water is rum...
(couldn't help myself)

elaborationlove May 27 2010, 22:14:29 UTC

So. Much. Win.

underthenameof May 30 2010, 11:08:38 UTC

sun_star_n_moon May 12 2010, 19:11:13 UTC

"Michael wants to find WAAAAAAATER! "

Okay. That made me snerfle a little.

linda_lupos May 12 2010, 19:12:30 UTC

and then he and Bella have a little cup of water of their own (nooooo don't take their cup of water!), and Jacob will get to drink that.

That sounds vaguely dirty.
Also, hilarious!

Get better soon. :)

chulacabra May 12 2010, 19:31:24 UTC

More than vaguely. Full-body shudder, y'all.

Interesting... skyxanthe May 12 2010, 19:15:44 UTC

Despite the cold medicine (or maybe because of it) one of the most lucid and interesting essays on how desire motivates plot movement and character development I've ever read.

And I think the Glass of Water thing originally came from Robert McKee's 'Story', but I could be wrong...

Re: Interesting... greyduck May 12 2010, 19:48:20 UTC

Since I'm going to be borrowing that book from my son soon, I'll keep my eyes open for it...

...so I can sporfle as I think back on this post, of course. Heh.

Re: Interesting... skyxanthe May 12 2010, 20:16:52 UTC

A sporfle will probably help you get through it. It's a bit...dense, shall we say? I've actually got it next to me now, but I'm darned if I'm trawling through all 600 pages to check!

Re: Interesting... greyduck May 12 2010, 21:57:04 UTC

At the wise old age of 17, my son loftily declared that he already knew about most of what was in the book, yet it still had "some value."

Sigh. He'll learn humility. Some day. I hope.

(He wants to learn about storytelling as pertains to video game development. I want to make my webcomic better, and possibly write some actual stories with words and everything, like they used to do in the olden times...)

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