Sunday, August 10, 2008
Inju's Close-Up
Inju, A Man With Big Ol' Pants
Friday, August 8, 2008
Rutabagas
Never had 'em. Moving on.
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is fast approaching, coming in the strategic guise of November. Faithful to his niche, a writer like myself is filled to bursting with froodiness with such a concept! I finally have an excuse to sit down for an hour or more EVERY DAY for THIRTY DAYS IN A ROW and write ABSOLUTE NONSENSE!*
.....But you see, this fantastic opportunity comes at a price. I cannot fully enjoy November when I have not completed my Eagle Award requirements. Naturally, I have procrastinated until the Absolute Last Four Months That I Have To Finish These Blasted Eagle Award Requirements, and these ALFMTIHTFTBEAR's are slowly killing me like one hundred and ninety-three strategically placed caramel-coated ivory bowling balls.
Well, I have yet to make up my mind whether I want to stick some of my work on this blog. Perhaps I'll keep you Faithful Readers posted on my NaNoWriMo '08 antics.
That's it for now. May the Eleventh Plaguelord of Jla'Arrok lend thee the power of his Sacred Antlers! You'll need it!
*Well, not absolute nonsense. My writing style differs from the styles of others in that I have the marvelous ability to create impromptu fantasy settings straight out of my brains. Usually, my stories are funnier the less time I have to come up with them.
Funny how that stuff works.
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is fast approaching, coming in the strategic guise of November. Faithful to his niche, a writer like myself is filled to bursting with froodiness with such a concept! I finally have an excuse to sit down for an hour or more EVERY DAY for THIRTY DAYS IN A ROW and write ABSOLUTE NONSENSE!*
.....But you see, this fantastic opportunity comes at a price. I cannot fully enjoy November when I have not completed my Eagle Award requirements. Naturally, I have procrastinated until the Absolute Last Four Months That I Have To Finish These Blasted Eagle Award Requirements, and these ALFMTIHTFTBEAR's are slowly killing me like one hundred and ninety-three strategically placed caramel-coated ivory bowling balls.
Well, I have yet to make up my mind whether I want to stick some of my work on this blog. Perhaps I'll keep you Faithful Readers posted on my NaNoWriMo '08 antics.
That's it for now. May the Eleventh Plaguelord of Jla'Arrok lend thee the power of his Sacred Antlers! You'll need it!
*Well, not absolute nonsense. My writing style differs from the styles of others in that I have the marvelous ability to create impromptu fantasy settings straight out of my brains. Usually, my stories are funnier the less time I have to come up with them.
Funny how that stuff works.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
The Final Rant of the Day
I swear, this is my LAST post today concerning my fictional writings.
My writing is either
1) Very lame. I need to research, practice, and/or compare it to other writing styles to fix it
AND/OR
2) Better than I think it is. An author is his own worst critic, I realize, but I'm trying to be humble.
That's it. Crazy, in't it? As crazy as a pregnant Magrallgadon in the Flaptorkian Stoog Forest.
(Inside joke.)
My writing is either
1) Very lame. I need to research, practice, and/or compare it to other writing styles to fix it
AND/OR
2) Better than I think it is. An author is his own worst critic, I realize, but I'm trying to be humble.
That's it. Crazy, in't it? As crazy as a pregnant Magrallgadon in the Flaptorkian Stoog Forest.
(Inside joke.)
Something a bit more sober.
In my previous post, I found that I was nigh incomprehensible. Here, I will begin exposing my opinions about literature.
My favorite kind is fantasy. Anything with dragons, magic, forgotten mysteries or any combination of the three gives me tingly goosebumps of goodness.* These include Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Series and his book Elantris, plus many others too numerous to mention.
(Lately, I've been playing a fantasy game called Folklore for the PS3, and I mostly have been playing it just for the mysterious plot being revealed. It's that element that makes these books and games hard to reread, but still fantastic.)
I've been trying to write a fantasy story for quite some time, always planning and starting but always stopping abruptly, then beginning again with a different plot. Currently I have no less than five or six beginning pages typed up for fantasy stories, but they always poop out....
Another interesting bit about these stories is that I always end up using the same characters. Their roles, inheritances and loyalties may vary from tale to tale, but each character remains essentially the same.
Thanks for paying attention. You may now frolick.
*Okay, certain restrictions apply. In all truth, I am a devilish book critic. This gets me into no end of trouble.
My favorite kind is fantasy. Anything with dragons, magic, forgotten mysteries or any combination of the three gives me tingly goosebumps of goodness.* These include Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Series and his book Elantris, plus many others too numerous to mention.
(Lately, I've been playing a fantasy game called Folklore for the PS3, and I mostly have been playing it just for the mysterious plot being revealed. It's that element that makes these books and games hard to reread, but still fantastic.)
I've been trying to write a fantasy story for quite some time, always planning and starting but always stopping abruptly, then beginning again with a different plot. Currently I have no less than five or six beginning pages typed up for fantasy stories, but they always poop out....
Another interesting bit about these stories is that I always end up using the same characters. Their roles, inheritances and loyalties may vary from tale to tale, but each character remains essentially the same.
Thanks for paying attention. You may now frolick.
*Okay, certain restrictions apply. In all truth, I am a devilish book critic. This gets me into no end of trouble.
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