apply wall directly to forehead.
So this morning at Screenwriting we watched London to Brighton, a low-budget British film that was pretty much brilliant, at least as far as the writing was concerned. I loved the cinematography as well, and the performances were fantastic. It's a bit brutal for some, deals with prostitution and the despair of being on the streets, underage drinking and smoking and paedophilia (where would a film about the desolate be without that?)... Not for the faint-hearted. I really liked it though, I thought it was amazing.
Not the best way to begin the week though, lol.
Our Short Stories class was the last of the lot today :( We will be having one-on-one tutorial sessions from now on, to try and bring our writing together for the submitted assessment. I will miss it so much, it was the best class of this term. I really hope I will be able to keep in touch with my lecturer, although it probably won't happen. Since he won't be teaching us anymore why would he take the time to read anything we've written, what's it to him? He's getting paid for his work now, and when it's over it'll probably be over.
I'll ask him during my tutorial just in case. Because I really value his opinion, he knows what he's doing.
He was telling us about the woes of being a published author today, and don't laugh, because it really is horrible according to him. There's a lot of psychological abuse from publishers, not to mention pressure, and the ugliness of trying to 'write for the industry'. He said the best way to become a published author is to write the book you always wanted to write. And rewrite and rewrite and work on it and sweat over it and polish it to make it the best piece of work you can possible create at that time. Coming from him, I know that's not just a load of crap. So I'll do my best in that aspect, whenever the time comes to write my first novel.
I did tell him I was having trouble with finding my "voice", and he said that, well, not to be patronising, but you are quite young. Which I know, I'm not one of those "but I'm almost 20 years old, I'm old enough" because I know I'm not. There's so much to see and learn that will play a part in who I'm becoming, I am changing all the time since I left school and I've yet to find what kind of writer I am, what kind of writing suits me best, what stories I'm good at telling.
Aaah. It'll all work out. I'm very eager, in fact--not impatient, but eager, to see where this is all going.
My head, it explodes, arrgghghhh.
Right. And now I'll start work on that essay of mine.
Which is due tomorrow. *HEADDESK*
ps: Ergo Proxy is so epically awesome, I want to watch MOARRR but I have no time D:
pps: Because I'm bored, I made the following meme up. Feel free to steal. AND ASK ME STUFF, GO ON, DO IT.
Pick any one of my interests. I will make an entry explaining why I like this thing. You can then copy these instructions and have your friends list ask you why you like the things you like, and get to know you better.
ppps:
THIS ESSAY WILL KILL ME I KNOW IT D:
Not the best way to begin the week though, lol.
Our Short Stories class was the last of the lot today :( We will be having one-on-one tutorial sessions from now on, to try and bring our writing together for the submitted assessment. I will miss it so much, it was the best class of this term. I really hope I will be able to keep in touch with my lecturer, although it probably won't happen. Since he won't be teaching us anymore why would he take the time to read anything we've written, what's it to him? He's getting paid for his work now, and when it's over it'll probably be over.
I'll ask him during my tutorial just in case. Because I really value his opinion, he knows what he's doing.
He was telling us about the woes of being a published author today, and don't laugh, because it really is horrible according to him. There's a lot of psychological abuse from publishers, not to mention pressure, and the ugliness of trying to 'write for the industry'. He said the best way to become a published author is to write the book you always wanted to write. And rewrite and rewrite and work on it and sweat over it and polish it to make it the best piece of work you can possible create at that time. Coming from him, I know that's not just a load of crap. So I'll do my best in that aspect, whenever the time comes to write my first novel.
I did tell him I was having trouble with finding my "voice", and he said that, well, not to be patronising, but you are quite young. Which I know, I'm not one of those "but I'm almost 20 years old, I'm old enough" because I know I'm not. There's so much to see and learn that will play a part in who I'm becoming, I am changing all the time since I left school and I've yet to find what kind of writer I am, what kind of writing suits me best, what stories I'm good at telling.
Aaah. It'll all work out. I'm very eager, in fact--not impatient, but eager, to see where this is all going.
My head, it explodes, arrgghghhh.
Right. And now I'll start work on that essay of mine.
Which is due tomorrow. *HEADDESK*
ps: Ergo Proxy is so epically awesome, I want to watch MOARRR but I have no time D:
pps: Because I'm bored, I made the following meme up. Feel free to steal. AND ASK ME STUFF, GO ON, DO IT.
Pick any one of my interests. I will make an entry explaining why I like this thing. You can then copy these instructions and have your friends list ask you why you like the things you like, and get to know you better.
ppps:
THIS ESSAY WILL KILL ME I KNOW IT D: