Monday Resources XXVI
hello my fellow writers,
to another dose of writing info you might not need, desperately want, or never even expected to be there!
and as a extra today i have this fast and smart graphic for you:
click on image to see it in full size
all the best! see you again next month!
may the muses be with you!
and remember all words are good words (even the words that are gone due to edition!)
do you want more tips on one certain topic that i so far completely ignored? (i am posting here what catches my fancy in hope to motivate you to get words down- so if you have something you need to know or read or be motivated on, let me know and i shall dig around the net trying to find something for you)
do you have a tip you want to share, but are thinking: "meh"- just pm me or write me a mail smirkingcat[at] yandex. com and i shall check it out and include it in a future post [with your name or without it]
to another dose of writing info you might not need, desperately want, or never even expected to be there!
- 8 Things Writers Forget When Writing Fight Scenes is pretty self explanatory and somewhat of a theme today- because i found this gem and the one below and thought i would share it with you.
- How to write a Fight Scene is a good read when you want to start thinking about writing action scenes- and there is a link to the longer version of the article. but what i liked about the introduction is how it made me thing about what i enjoy in action scenes, and which action scenes speak to me.
as most of you know i dont watch that many movies, but i noticed that ever since the early 2000 jump cuts won on popularity: why they are used is the create tension because you as a viewer _never for certain_ can tell what is happening. BUT what they really do is destroy all my involvement in the scenes: like in underworld i was intrigued by the concept and the actress- fuck me if i knew her name- was good looking but all though out the movie in the action scenes i got bored: if there is no danger to the character and if i alread know that the "good guys" are winning why do i have to even watch it? it really bloody annoyed me in assassins creed as a gamer i was excited about the movie- but there were so many cut scenes you never could tell whom fought against whom? and so there were no stakes and with no stakes there is no tension and therefore no real action and therefor me was bored because i had to assume that the good guys will win because in movies these days they always do.
and that is why i fucking adore books! no cut scenes! i am in there in the action and it isnt suddenly: cut-jump- new scene and you dont know where you are. and let me tell you here in hp-fandom i read some of the most stunning action scenes ever! so yeah rant over in the end i just want to compliment the amazing authors to be found in fandom!
tl,dr: fandom and books are awesome- movies (since the late 2000) baaaaad. - The medieval Agricultural Year is a very interesting read about what and how things were done in the old age. it was short but with a list you can check out if you are interested in, and the author even went so far and provided a "year plan" filled with activities your characters would have done in the months back in those days. for now i dont have a usage for that info, but i also do not regret knowing it.
and as a extra today i have this fast and smart graphic for you:
click on image to see it in full size
all the best! see you again next month!
may the muses be with you!
and remember all words are good words (even the words that are gone due to edition!)
do you want more tips on one certain topic that i so far completely ignored? (i am posting here what catches my fancy in hope to motivate you to get words down- so if you have something you need to know or read or be motivated on, let me know and i shall dig around the net trying to find something for you)
do you have a tip you want to share, but are thinking: "meh"- just pm me or write me a mail smirkingcat[at] yandex. com and i shall check it out and include it in a future post [with your name or without it]