I should volunteer my brain for a study...
...on the effect of excessive mental stimulation, particularly of an academic or similar sort, on creativity.
This is becoming a pattern in my life. The more interesting cerebral stuff that gets thrown at me, the more I come up with ideas for stories. The stories are generally related in no way shape or form to my academic work, but I had SO many ideas while in college. Then after college they sort of faded out (and Japan wasn't the greatest time for them either, though I did have a few good ones and MADE myself work through discipline). But there's nothing like being in school for having INSPIRATION OVERLOAD.
You can see why this is not the idea set-up. Sigh.
Still, I have e-mailed myself notes on a potential GOOD FIX for Azilie's story (it's been bothering me since spring 2008!) AND I also want to get back into TS. (Okay, THAT part is maybe related to being in school because Celeste is in school at that point, but I think that's coincidental.)
For Azilie, I think one potential solution to my problem is to alter the POV model. I was sticking to just Azilie's for this story because her ultimate decision has to be made on her own to be significant enough to work for the story...BUT...that doesn't mean the READER can't see another story and how it works in. I think I may be able to solve the problem if I do that!
So I was scrawling down more notes about this in class in my assignment book because it was all I had on hand at the time.
I also want to note on a semi-digression that I saw the movie "Up" a couple weeks ago and it seemed a lot like my story, but not in any plagiarizy way. Awesome. I think anyone who liked that story will like Defying Gravity, and I'm not just saying so because of people flying through the air. Subtle but significant things about the characters are key here. Yay.
I have to go to a group project meeting now. Bother. Who wants to learn about Affinity Diagrams when I have stories oozing out of my brain? Oh well, at least I have a really good group.
This is becoming a pattern in my life. The more interesting cerebral stuff that gets thrown at me, the more I come up with ideas for stories. The stories are generally related in no way shape or form to my academic work, but I had SO many ideas while in college. Then after college they sort of faded out (and Japan wasn't the greatest time for them either, though I did have a few good ones and MADE myself work through discipline). But there's nothing like being in school for having INSPIRATION OVERLOAD.
You can see why this is not the idea set-up. Sigh.
Still, I have e-mailed myself notes on a potential GOOD FIX for Azilie's story (it's been bothering me since spring 2008!) AND I also want to get back into TS. (Okay, THAT part is maybe related to being in school because Celeste is in school at that point, but I think that's coincidental.)
For Azilie, I think one potential solution to my problem is to alter the POV model. I was sticking to just Azilie's for this story because her ultimate decision has to be made on her own to be significant enough to work for the story...BUT...that doesn't mean the READER can't see another story and how it works in. I think I may be able to solve the problem if I do that!
So I was scrawling down more notes about this in class in my assignment book because it was all I had on hand at the time.
I also want to note on a semi-digression that I saw the movie "Up" a couple weeks ago and it seemed a lot like my story, but not in any plagiarizy way. Awesome. I think anyone who liked that story will like Defying Gravity, and I'm not just saying so because of people flying through the air. Subtle but significant things about the characters are key here. Yay.
I have to go to a group project meeting now. Bother. Who wants to learn about Affinity Diagrams when I have stories oozing out of my brain? Oh well, at least I have a really good group.