Recent Ramblings
It's comforting to know that at certain times in my life when I have these, sometimes, unexplainable urges, there are people that understand. I'm trying to make better use of my time. Since moving I've let a few things fall by the wayside.But I think I'm doing a little better each day.
Last night for instance, after reading a few pages of a book a friend lent me I was able to sit down for a while and write a scene of this story that's been stuck in my head. This is the first honest to god scene that I've been able to write. Most of the time most of my writings are ramblings of hypothetical scenarios that usually just get saved to a folder and forgotten.
Not this time. Although I'm still having trouble naming the antagonist, or the protagonist for that matter, I was able to put some of it down and save it. the other problem that I'm still having is writing any kind of dialog for the protagonist. No matter what I write or think of, it usually comes out sounding cheesy or campy. Think Adam West meets Riddick, only without the cool "shine" ability and more humiliating Bruce Wayne moments.
Either way, the protagonist is still be worked out. It's hard not to re-do what has already been done as far as a character that suffers from some kind of tragedy that defines them. While the antagonist is like a wide open playground for me to explore. I think part of my problem is that I can't honestly create a character and put them through hell just so I can define them in the context of a story. I actually feel bad about it.
I remember hearing a story about James O'Barr (A Crow reference... shocker.) and hearing about what ultimately inspired him to create the story of The Crow. To hear what tragedy he endured and how he decided to imbue his creation with this, it's sad in a way. I just don't know if I have it me do that to something that will be a product of my own thoughts.
The story was originally going to be a Super Hero movie. Thankfully, with the glut of movies now populating that genre, it's forced me to re-think the majority of what I had originally wanted. In that light, it's a relief that I didn't write anything substantial before now. Otherwise it would be as campy and cheesy as I mentioned above. Not sure if I would feel comfortable with a story that better resided with the forgotten era of Saturday Morning Cartoons.
For now I need to do more research and tweak what kind of characters I can create in a world all of my imagining.
Haven't you ever felt that you were meant to do something more? Something amazing?
Draven, signing off.............................
Last night for instance, after reading a few pages of a book a friend lent me I was able to sit down for a while and write a scene of this story that's been stuck in my head. This is the first honest to god scene that I've been able to write. Most of the time most of my writings are ramblings of hypothetical scenarios that usually just get saved to a folder and forgotten.
Not this time. Although I'm still having trouble naming the antagonist, or the protagonist for that matter, I was able to put some of it down and save it. the other problem that I'm still having is writing any kind of dialog for the protagonist. No matter what I write or think of, it usually comes out sounding cheesy or campy. Think Adam West meets Riddick, only without the cool "shine" ability and more humiliating Bruce Wayne moments.
Either way, the protagonist is still be worked out. It's hard not to re-do what has already been done as far as a character that suffers from some kind of tragedy that defines them. While the antagonist is like a wide open playground for me to explore. I think part of my problem is that I can't honestly create a character and put them through hell just so I can define them in the context of a story. I actually feel bad about it.
I remember hearing a story about James O'Barr (A Crow reference... shocker.) and hearing about what ultimately inspired him to create the story of The Crow. To hear what tragedy he endured and how he decided to imbue his creation with this, it's sad in a way. I just don't know if I have it me do that to something that will be a product of my own thoughts.
The story was originally going to be a Super Hero movie. Thankfully, with the glut of movies now populating that genre, it's forced me to re-think the majority of what I had originally wanted. In that light, it's a relief that I didn't write anything substantial before now. Otherwise it would be as campy and cheesy as I mentioned above. Not sure if I would feel comfortable with a story that better resided with the forgotten era of Saturday Morning Cartoons.
For now I need to do more research and tweak what kind of characters I can create in a world all of my imagining.
Haven't you ever felt that you were meant to do something more? Something amazing?
Draven, signing off.............................