Friday, April 10, 2009
Good Friday
I am in awe of the fact that there is a terrible thunderstorm here on this, the Friday before Easter Sunday. That is all for now.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Themeless Thursday
Yeah, yeah, yeah; I know. But seeing as the only regular readers I have are my amazing, wonderful, loving boyfriend and a friend I see weekly, I suppose it's okay to have taken a hiatus....
Today's entry will be about my current favorite activity - co-writing a story. JJ and I have been writing a story together. If you're lucky I might post it here, but don't hold your breath.
I'm quite proud of the story. The basic plot is a vampire who falls in love with a student at a performance university. It's about their relationship, how it develops, how they grow as people, etc. This description doesn't really do it a lot of justice, though.
We both have different strengths that e bring to the story. He is an AMAZING writer who has been writing far longer than I have. He really knows how to develop (and MOVE) a plot, something I'm a bit weak at (especially the moving part). He's also good at knowing how to break things up and put them together He knows exactly where to break chapters, perspectives, and paragraphs, which is also something I"m so-so at. I'd keep going on in a chapter, or trade perspectives too often or not often enough. I tend to make forever-long paragraphs, or else make the too short.
Me? I'm great at details. Those little things that take a story from tell to show are what I do best. I take a sentence like, "He walked outside and got in his car." and make it, "His shoes clopped across the tiled floor as he pushed through the door. It was a beautiful day; the sun was out over a light, fluffy cloud covering. Birds were chirping in the nearby trees. He smiled to himself, and his heavy walk became a light jaunt as he made his way to his gleaming red Ferrari." I'm also very good a spelling and grammar. I've spent time as an editor, so I've been fixing these as we go along.
I love the time, too. Working with someone else to create a story together is just so much more enjoyable than writing your own. I adore the time I get to spend with JJ, naturally. I love it when he gets excited about the story. He and I grin over shared jokes and situations in the story.
I love feeling this accomplishment. This, "Hey, we should..." became an outline. The outline turned into a story, which has now morphed into a novel of over 50,000 words. The novel is actually marketable, too.
I definitely recommend writing to anyone. Creating stories, giving life to dreams and ideas, is so satisfying in itself. If you've got someone to write with and a shared idea among yourselves, I would recommend this exercise even more. I've learned so much watching his entire writing process. I recommend this exercise to ALL couples, actually, regardless of whether this is typical. It's a great reason to find time to be together, and it sparks conversation.
Today's entry will be about my current favorite activity - co-writing a story. JJ and I have been writing a story together. If you're lucky I might post it here, but don't hold your breath.
I'm quite proud of the story. The basic plot is a vampire who falls in love with a student at a performance university. It's about their relationship, how it develops, how they grow as people, etc. This description doesn't really do it a lot of justice, though.
We both have different strengths that e bring to the story. He is an AMAZING writer who has been writing far longer than I have. He really knows how to develop (and MOVE) a plot, something I'm a bit weak at (especially the moving part). He's also good at knowing how to break things up and put them together He knows exactly where to break chapters, perspectives, and paragraphs, which is also something I"m so-so at. I'd keep going on in a chapter, or trade perspectives too often or not often enough. I tend to make forever-long paragraphs, or else make the too short.
Me? I'm great at details. Those little things that take a story from tell to show are what I do best. I take a sentence like, "He walked outside and got in his car." and make it, "His shoes clopped across the tiled floor as he pushed through the door. It was a beautiful day; the sun was out over a light, fluffy cloud covering. Birds were chirping in the nearby trees. He smiled to himself, and his heavy walk became a light jaunt as he made his way to his gleaming red Ferrari." I'm also very good a spelling and grammar. I've spent time as an editor, so I've been fixing these as we go along.
I love the time, too. Working with someone else to create a story together is just so much more enjoyable than writing your own. I adore the time I get to spend with JJ, naturally. I love it when he gets excited about the story. He and I grin over shared jokes and situations in the story.
I love feeling this accomplishment. This, "Hey, we should..." became an outline. The outline turned into a story, which has now morphed into a novel of over 50,000 words. The novel is actually marketable, too.
I definitely recommend writing to anyone. Creating stories, giving life to dreams and ideas, is so satisfying in itself. If you've got someone to write with and a shared idea among yourselves, I would recommend this exercise even more. I've learned so much watching his entire writing process. I recommend this exercise to ALL couples, actually, regardless of whether this is typical. It's a great reason to find time to be together, and it sparks conversation.
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