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
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Arlen Faber and the Hero’s Journey Comments Off
Patterns and character behavior based on the hero’s goal structure. 2
[It should be noted that most of this is derived from work done by Michael Hauge's Screenwriting for Hollywood]. The character types and goals are his, the patterns are something I derived. The patterns are flexible and shouldn’t be considered an exhaustive resource.
The following are the most common external goals:
EG.A) Hero’s goal is to win [...]
Categories: writing
Tagged: screenwriting, the process, writing
Brainstorming map Comments Off
This is the start of a mind map I’m working on. Its purpose is to help me make sure I’ve covered all the things I feel are important to get a complete story covered. This is a little too verbose for something like a short story, but would be ideal for a shorter novel or [...]
Categories: Uncategorized, writing
Tagged: screenwriting, the process, writing, writing resources
Screenwriting? Yep, screenwriting. 1
It’s the day before Thanksgiving. I should be getting ready to go to the day job where I’m fighting with my antique operating system to load a stupid service pack so I can get magic application development.
What have I been doing with myself lately?
Well, the novel was fail. Total fail. Why didn’t I just [...]
Categories: writing
Tagged: screenwriting, writing
Great Weekend Comments Off
I had a great weekend at the David Farland workshop. I learned a lot about the publishing industry that I didn’t know or understand before. I now feel armed with a few more tools.
This is not a class for beginners. We went over the process of writing, a little, but most of the material we [...]
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Tagged: workshops
Can’t sleep, so I’ll post to the blog Comments Off
I’m excited about this weekend. I’m spending it in the company of best-selling author David Farland. I’m attending one of his workshops. This one is called “Write that Novel!” which seems pretty much perfect for me. I have totally stalled on War Dogs of Mars’ progress.
This looks like a comprehensive course. I’m going in [...]
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[writing] Short Story : Dream Singer Awakens Comments Off
Last night I spent the evening completing a short story that has turned into a novelette. I know I’ll have a problem marketing a novelette. I don’t believe I’ll need to redraft this story, but I might need to go through and attempt some serious cuts. However, even if I cut 10-20% of the story, [...]
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FenCon VI – Not a con report, just reporting from Comments Off
FENCON VI is drawing to a close. It’s been an interesting little con. I haven’t written as much as I wanted to while here, but have had a really good time meeting some new folks and spending some time talking with friends I don’t see nearly enough.
My hunger for writing flash is back. I [...]
Categories: con, life, writing
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[Writing War Dogs of Mars] Back on the Chain Gang Comments Off
Well, I’m finished with my long break. I had a great few months with my daughter, a bout of sickness, and a sidetrack that took me into a far better understanding of a dimension of story I was never completely clear on. Now I have better clarity. Actually, I would say I [...]
Categories: War Dogs of Mars, writing
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Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin Comments Off
Sometimes you just have to print the thing out and type it all different.
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Tagged: Add new tag, Novel, process, short story, writing
