Writing Research and also Wall Street
I'm finding it surprising just how fascinating I'm finding socioeconomics. I'm serious. It sorta began in CrashCourse, but now I'm working it into my nanonovel and MAN. I mean, ok, I'm starting with the obvious, characters in the late 1920's suffering the consequences of corruption and excess and everything goes horribly wrong on October 28th 1929, but it's useful, alright? Given the current economic climate, I feel like having my characters drive off hopefully into the sunset to seek their dreams will have a particular poignancy with the historical awareness that there were no dreams to be had out there. And I think it sets nicely against the modern-day background, too. I can't be the first one to have drawn this parallel; hopefully I can at least do it well.
Some of my favorite books manage to tell multiple stories at once, meshing unlikely bedfellows. Hopefully I can capture that.
Also I really should be in bed but I'm reading about the Dow Jones Industrial Average. ... Wat?
Some of my favorite books manage to tell multiple stories at once, meshing unlikely bedfellows. Hopefully I can capture that.
Also I really should be in bed but I'm reading about the Dow Jones Industrial Average. ... Wat?