Nanu nanu
Fortunately for the purposes of NaNoWriMo I was struck by inspiration and did my writing session this morning, before breakfast. Before, indeed, checking my e-mail or opening the first web browser for the day. Not so much struck by inspiration as dragged by it to the laptop.
Potentially it's an important narrative thread that will both make sense of why a certain problem is the way it is, and to provide the extra parallels between worlds that I was hoping to find. I like it too because it takes additional pressure off my character to rock the boat and do things differently. Things will be done differently, but not entirely just because she says so. Looks like that particular parallel came looking for me. I say potentially because due to rather more important matters I don't really remember many details. I'm hoping the details were both good and adequately recorded.
Involving as it does corporate corruption to cover corporate incompetance--and the investigation thereof--I'd assumed that my influence here was Law&Order: Criminal Intent. But the I remembered that I lived in Western Australia, the capital city of dodgy deals, and I'm pretty sure that's where I learned those particular chops. Thank you media coverage of the CCC.
Speaking of learning, I *think* I have mastered the lesson to never ever trust my memory. I've found all sorts of things in The Book notes that I can only have written mere weeks ago but that I'd forgotten about already. So, if you ever hear the thought cross your mind that "Wow, this idea is so great I won't possibly forget it," pay no attention, and get that idea recorded in some kind of concrete form that you'll be able to interpret later. Words might be good, but diagrams, and sculpture are acceptable substitutes if they happen to work for you. I'd lay off the interpretive dance, even if you video it.
I'm learning so much by doing this, and whilie I have no choice but to record that progress, I hope someone out there is finding my education useful to them in some way. I've never seen a curriculum for a creative writing course; it might be fun to compare.
Potentially it's an important narrative thread that will both make sense of why a certain problem is the way it is, and to provide the extra parallels between worlds that I was hoping to find. I like it too because it takes additional pressure off my character to rock the boat and do things differently. Things will be done differently, but not entirely just because she says so. Looks like that particular parallel came looking for me. I say potentially because due to rather more important matters I don't really remember many details. I'm hoping the details were both good and adequately recorded.
Involving as it does corporate corruption to cover corporate incompetance--and the investigation thereof--I'd assumed that my influence here was Law&Order: Criminal Intent. But the I remembered that I lived in Western Australia, the capital city of dodgy deals, and I'm pretty sure that's where I learned those particular chops. Thank you media coverage of the CCC.
Speaking of learning, I *think* I have mastered the lesson to never ever trust my memory. I've found all sorts of things in The Book notes that I can only have written mere weeks ago but that I'd forgotten about already. So, if you ever hear the thought cross your mind that "Wow, this idea is so great I won't possibly forget it," pay no attention, and get that idea recorded in some kind of concrete form that you'll be able to interpret later. Words might be good, but diagrams, and sculpture are acceptable substitutes if they happen to work for you. I'd lay off the interpretive dance, even if you video it.
I'm learning so much by doing this, and whilie I have no choice but to record that progress, I hope someone out there is finding my education useful to them in some way. I've never seen a curriculum for a creative writing course; it might be fun to compare.