Thoughts on the film The Answer Man by John Hindman: Fathers as theme and the Monomyth.
Categories: plotting, process, screenwriting, writing
Tagged: monomyth, storytellers, writing
Category Archives: plotting
Arlen Faber and the Hero’s Journey Comments Off
[writing] Racing Like a Pro Comments Off
I’ve been keeping up with schedules, notes, and a few things in the Moleskine. I’ve been keeping it as a sort of short hand journal. I opted for the one with lines, but now I’m wishing I’d gone lineless. I’m a big boy, I can write without lines, right? Well, probably [...]
One down about a million to go Comments Off
–general update
We’ll I didn’t get to my plotting work yesterday, but I did manage to complete the tattoo story draft. I think it’s working. I’ll sit on it a week and then come back to it with all of my pre-drafting notes to see if there’s anything I wanted, but left out. [...]
Short-short plotting Comments Off
Ah! Lofty goals for the day. My daughter is at her mother’s house until this evening so I’m going to attempt to conquer the known writing world in the next twelve hours. I should be able to finish the first draft of the tattoo story. Really, this thing is only about 8k, [...]
[writing] progress on tattoo Comments Off
[writing]The Story Problem 1
Plotting. What can be said about plotting? Well, there are entire books and lecture series devoted to plotting. Plotting always seems so artificial to me, but without it I tend to wander. The Problem, I believe, is one of the first things to help bring clarity in the fog. After [...]
