The last few days have been quite busy with the whole NaNoWriMo thingamajig and my planned schedules have more or less been thrown out the window - even though I'm still keeping track of what I'm doing...
Sunday 31st
09-10, 1h - Meditation
10-11, 1h - Food
11-12, 1h - Blog posts
12-14, 2h - Guitar
14-16, 2h - The Great Temple
16-19, 3h - Tracks recording
19-20, 1h - Food
20-21, 1h - The Great Temple
21-00, 3h - FILM You Can't Take It With You
00-01, 1h - NaNoWriMo Hate Bearers
01-2.30, 1.5h - NaNoWriMo tidying up
2.30-3, 0.5h - Meditation
Sunday was pretty much a full day and I did spend a lot of time playing guitar and recording a few tracks - it was one of those days...
But I did finish the idea I'd had for a story for the Great Temple. The funny thing was that the firts tale in that story was supposed to be the short one and the second one the longest one. Turns out it was the other way around... They still need work but I think that they're an enjoyable read.
After midnight I started writing some things for my sci-fi spoof, The Hate Bearers. Two intergalactic mercenaries come to planet Earth to settle an old score. And even before they arrive they're already making trouble for the rest of us...
This one is going to be a patchwork of crazy, often impossible, situations. I don't really know where I'm going with it for the most part. I only know how it ends... the bits in the middle, and even the beginning - I keep writing a new beginnings with different scenes... - is a bit hazy...
After I'd writen a mighty 300 words... I spent quite a bit of time going through old paperwork and notes for ideas trying to scrounge up all the notes about the three projects I'd like to resolve this month...
And then I meditated. Of course my head was pretty much in the clouds but, there you have it...
One last thing, Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You is an incredible film! I think it's from 1938 and it's so true to the American spirit that I don't think it could be made today...
I'll leave you with that one!
Peace!
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Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Monday, 8 February 2010
The Gravity of Tales
I've returned from my yearly retreat just a few days ago and I still haven't had time to begin posting stuff. This is one of the catches of going away for a good while: you really get to "go away", mind and body but then, when you come back, there's a ton of stuff to do, happily piling itself, and waiting for you...
So I've been digging through that pile (still of dirty clothes for the most part...) in hopes of returning to the writing element as quickly as possible...
(I want to finish my book!)
But this retreat was quite interesting (not only but, in relation to what I have to say for this post) in terms of writing ideas (they always tend to be).
The difference this year was that, instead of having a whole new bunch of projects, most of the stuff that became clearer was in relation to projects that I've already started.
Which was great! And a big sigh of relief! I already have enough stuff to keep me busy 'till the end of my days...
Still there were a couple of new ideas that I really enjoyed and for which I wrote a bit. One of them was The Great Temple and this is something yuo'll be hearing about in a few days since I'm going to type up what I wrote and start publishing it here, bit by bit. They're all short stories but, since their onset, I saw them more as a crossbreed between the short story and comics. So, it's a kind of an illustrated book. Yet, some pages might just be completely silent, no words, just images, while others can be the opposite.
And in between we'll have a wide array of possibility!
But it was good to experience this. This gravity of tales. These stories that just refuse to go away, even as the years go by. These are the ones I should write I suppose.
So, yet again, this was an incredibly inspiring retreat!
Sometimes I just wish I could stay there for a good long while and just write and write until I'm completely fed up with it...
But it's also good to be back into my comfort zone...
Let's see what will emerge in the next couple of months...
peace
So I've been digging through that pile (still of dirty clothes for the most part...) in hopes of returning to the writing element as quickly as possible...
(I want to finish my book!)
But this retreat was quite interesting (not only but, in relation to what I have to say for this post) in terms of writing ideas (they always tend to be).
The difference this year was that, instead of having a whole new bunch of projects, most of the stuff that became clearer was in relation to projects that I've already started.
Which was great! And a big sigh of relief! I already have enough stuff to keep me busy 'till the end of my days...
Still there were a couple of new ideas that I really enjoyed and for which I wrote a bit. One of them was The Great Temple and this is something yuo'll be hearing about in a few days since I'm going to type up what I wrote and start publishing it here, bit by bit. They're all short stories but, since their onset, I saw them more as a crossbreed between the short story and comics. So, it's a kind of an illustrated book. Yet, some pages might just be completely silent, no words, just images, while others can be the opposite.
And in between we'll have a wide array of possibility!
But it was good to experience this. This gravity of tales. These stories that just refuse to go away, even as the years go by. These are the ones I should write I suppose.
So, yet again, this was an incredibly inspiring retreat!
Sometimes I just wish I could stay there for a good long while and just write and write until I'm completely fed up with it...
But it's also good to be back into my comfort zone...
Let's see what will emerge in the next couple of months...
peace
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