I went rifling through an old notebook (one of my hodge-podge journals where I was journalling EVERYthing together which I like to do, but is dreadful for finding stuff) and came across a Bizarre Concept.

One of those "fantasy cliche" exercises spurred it (or so I would gather from their juxtaposition on neighboring pages). It's one of the notes I ( Read more... )

You know the scene break is good if you get to the end and think, "Oh, shoot."

Note to Elf: Practice "shoot" scene breaking.

Epiphany courtesy of Mister Monday (Garth Nix)~Chapter Four

Whooosh. I'd forgotten, not how Two Towers ended, but how much of a cliff-hanger it was! The emotional investment of the Tower of the Moon sequences is just really strong; I love how Sam just unfolds in that fourth volume. The way he mimicks Gollum is just a beauty to behold. Grim Sam=priceless.

I was much struck with how taking The ( Read more... )