3683.3: Popular
I'm such a comic writer =/ I would wager at least 80% of my books' word count is dialogue. YES, THIS MIGHT AS WELL BE A GRAPHIC NOVEL.
ANY OF THEM BOOKS MIGHT AS WELL.
...eh, gotta work on something. Writing is the fastest and easiest--I don't have to draw a city scene in proper perspective for four-to-eight panels a page when I write. [Nor do I need to hire a background artist, which I might have to do in the future as per what I'm seeing in other successful graphic novel serials...]
I also hate that I'm trying to "top" a few things. For instance, Dan has been trying to write a line that can top, "We have to nuke Stonehenge!" [What can?] My to-top goals?
I once voiced the desire to make a popular book and was asked, "How do you make a popular book?" That is, how do I set out to make people like it? Well, it's sort of understanding what it takes to hold people's interest--like gooey romance tripe aimed at tweens who don't understand any better that also takes escapist housewives jaded with the reality of their very non-gooey husbands with it.
Mostly subject matter, though. Like, The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker, because it so clearly illustrates the dangers of not listening to the voice in your head saying something's wrong. Something people will take to because it resonates so directly with their own experiences.
Yes, I realize what an undertaking such a project would be, but I know it can be done. Look at Calvin & Hobbes =p Anyway, still thinking... always thinking. My main regret would be not doing it in the '90s, 'cause the market is so saturated now that it's an exponentially uphill battle trying to get recognition.
...annoyed 'cause I realized that C wants to see HP 7.1 tomorrow means I won't have tomorrow's Nano progress in the bag =( So much for my buffer! *cries* Don't know if I can make him wait until December... [I've been asked--am I excited about the movie? ...eh. Book 7 was so WEIRD that I dunno... Y3 was about the best, movie-wise, especially since it kinda stood on its own. *sacrilege*]
ANY OF THEM BOOKS MIGHT AS WELL.
...eh, gotta work on something. Writing is the fastest and easiest--I don't have to draw a city scene in proper perspective for four-to-eight panels a page when I write. [Nor do I need to hire a background artist, which I might have to do in the future as per what I'm seeing in other successful graphic novel serials...]
I also hate that I'm trying to "top" a few things. For instance, Dan has been trying to write a line that can top, "We have to nuke Stonehenge!" [What can?] My to-top goals?
- "What's so unpleasant about being drunk?" "You ask a glass of water."
- "...he got a large and extremely disreputable cocktail party in the small of the back."
- "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move."
I once voiced the desire to make a popular book and was asked, "How do you make a popular book?" That is, how do I set out to make people like it? Well, it's sort of understanding what it takes to hold people's interest--like gooey romance tripe aimed at tweens who don't understand any better that also takes escapist housewives jaded with the reality of their very non-gooey husbands with it.
Mostly subject matter, though. Like, The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker, because it so clearly illustrates the dangers of not listening to the voice in your head saying something's wrong. Something people will take to because it resonates so directly with their own experiences.
Yes, I realize what an undertaking such a project would be, but I know it can be done. Look at Calvin & Hobbes =p Anyway, still thinking... always thinking. My main regret would be not doing it in the '90s, 'cause the market is so saturated now that it's an exponentially uphill battle trying to get recognition.
...annoyed 'cause I realized that C wants to see HP 7.1 tomorrow means I won't have tomorrow's Nano progress in the bag =( So much for my buffer! *cries* Don't know if I can make him wait until December... [I've been asked--am I excited about the movie? ...eh. Book 7 was so WEIRD that I dunno... Y3 was about the best, movie-wise, especially since it kinda stood on its own. *sacrilege*]