Ok, with the writing contest over (my submission is in my previous news post), my creative juices are overflowing, and instead of pushing that into one of my already existing projects (now numbering in the zillions), I've decided to finally attempt to write that full novel I've always wanted to write, but never actually felt inspired to.
My ideas are still in very rough stages, but I think I'll write it as a partner to the classical piano solo album I also said I'd write. So it'll be going by the title "The Wishing Well". It's not going to be the macabre horror, "lock this guy up in an assylum" type story that I usually love writing, but instead, it's going to be more drama serious.
I watched a movie the other day, called "The Darjeeling Limited", which is about 3 brothers who go on a train ride in India to get closer to eachother as brothers, like they used to be. To me, this movie had something that I haven't seen in a lot of movies, real characters. Sure the action blockbusters are awesome, but if you strip them down to just the characters, they're the over the top, brimming with cheesiness of horror films and thrillers, and with a lot of comedies too, no subtleties. This movie had characters that could have been real. I loved it. My parents only watched the first 15 minutes, then stopped watching because it took too long for the movie to get going. Their loss, I guess... =P
I felt the same sort of vibe, relation to the characters, whle watching "The Royal Tenenbaums" and "The Office". So I'm going to try and capture that real character type thing in my novel. I'll probably post it in my blog chapter by chapter, and see how it goes.
Suggestions are welcome, and comments on my short story on my previous blog is also appreciated.
Cheers!
FlamingFirebolt
awesome a novel! ironically by Writersblock.
how big is it ganna be? i know its hard to ask but still, what is your expectaction?
-firebolt-
ps. mind if you share some overflowing inspiration to me? :(
dont know if its compatible :P
WritersBlock
If I manage to pull through and finish it, it shouldn't be epic long, but kind of english class literature long. The length of my short story on my previous blog will probably be one chapter. Maybe. I'm using size 11 text on A5 paper, and I'll probably aim for 10 pages per chapter and maybe 7-10 chapters. I don't really know, to be honest, I'm still working on a plot. It's one of those stories that doesn't really have a particular goal, like "restoring peace to *imaginary universe* by defeating the dark evil antagonist". I'm trying to write a story about a man who comes to terms with his life, it's about coping with real life. I think...
Anyway, it's pretty old fashioned, not old old fashioned, but it starts with a letter, and I think going back 10-20 years will create a sense that the world is a lot larger, and communicating long distance is not fast nor common, and the characters have to get used to living around the same group of people, no running away from your problems by going on newgrounds...
I believe I shared a bit of my inspiration there, but if you want to get your own inspiration, I suggest just taking advantage of whatever comes to mind when you have an urge to write (if you're thinking about writing something, something will generally come if you give it time). Process your ideas, whether on paper, computer, or in your mind, refine what you've got, and try and ask yourself how well you think it'll play out. I usually tend to crap everything out pretty quickly and I'll end up with a short story resembling a gerbil in a blender, but I had a few times in year 11, when I'd finish a story in a day or two, and then show it to someone, and they'd react with a "holy fucking shit", so it's good to know when you're getting the right intensity in your writing. Right now, I'm working on refining that, so that I can write longer stories, and I can continually raise the bar on my writing.