I hardly covered myself in glory yesterday, as far as writing is concerned. I just wasted the day away, stumbling.
Yes, I appreciate the irony of complaining about Stumble on my Stumble blog.
It was only after watching The Dark Knight that I was able to get some writing done, and even that was partially out of shame. I did manage to get a thousand words done, though, and it is started so, hey. I shouldn't complain.
Whilst we skirt the topic of The Dark Knight... FUCK ME, that film was awesome. I use that word with absolute sincerity, not as some kind of drunken frat boy. I was completely in awe; of Heath, of the Nolan brothers and of the bravery of everyone involved in making such a dark, disturbing and wonderful film.
I don't want to gush about it, there are about a million different pages on Stumble to do that for me, but I was seriously impressed and amazed.
Another thing which amazed me about the film was the rating it got! It was rated as a 12A, only suitable for twelve year olds if they are accompanied by an adult, and I think it was seriously skirting the edge of what a 12A can be. The death toll was prolific, there were scenes which glamorized knife violence and as for what happened to Harvey... well, it was all dangerously unsuitable for children.
I can see why they wanted to get a 12A rating, considering how much they're wanting families to watch the film, but I'd say that this film is a classic example of Family Unfriendly Violence.
Anyway, todays forecast calls for twelve hours of waiting in for a delivery. I think it's ridiculous that the delivery timescales I've been given are 7am-7pm. 7AM TO 7PM! I couldn't believe that when I read it and still can't! It's insane.
Sufficed to say, I don't think I'll be ordering from Tesco again.
Saturday, 25 October 2008
The Great Transfer - Intro
So, I've never managed to keep a regular blog, purely in the chronological sense, I warn you, but I've decided that I might as well give it a go.
Today, I'm going to be doing some writing, hopefully. I've recently finished the first draft of my second attempt at a novel and now I find myself at somewhat of a loss. You see, when you finish the first draft of a novel, you should ideally leave it for about six weeks before going back and turning it into a second draft.
Which leaves me with no writing to do for six weeks.
I've been writing furiously since December and have probably averaged about six-thousand words per week since then. So, the shock of not having any writing to do is a large one. Last time I went on to write short stories for a while, but I just don't feel that pull this time. I don't know what it is but I just feel like tackling another, large project while I wait.
So, I've started laying down the foundations for a new novel and should give starting it a go today. Unlike the majority of my grandiose ideas, I've decided to go for a more grounded, definitely single-novel, story. It's going to be interesting to stretch myself in different directions than I have done previously and I hope that it helps me when I do go back to my other novel to do some editing.
I'm also going to watch The Dark Knight tonight. Very much looking forward to that; I've always been a massive Batman fan, but I'm an even bigger Joker fan. It'll be great to see how Heath Ledger portrayed the top villain in comics and, from the reviews which Stumble keeps throwing at me like poison daggers, I doubt that I'll be disappointed.
Anyway, wish me luck. Or whatever you want to wish me.
Today, I'm going to be doing some writing, hopefully. I've recently finished the first draft of my second attempt at a novel and now I find myself at somewhat of a loss. You see, when you finish the first draft of a novel, you should ideally leave it for about six weeks before going back and turning it into a second draft.
Which leaves me with no writing to do for six weeks.
I've been writing furiously since December and have probably averaged about six-thousand words per week since then. So, the shock of not having any writing to do is a large one. Last time I went on to write short stories for a while, but I just don't feel that pull this time. I don't know what it is but I just feel like tackling another, large project while I wait.
So, I've started laying down the foundations for a new novel and should give starting it a go today. Unlike the majority of my grandiose ideas, I've decided to go for a more grounded, definitely single-novel, story. It's going to be interesting to stretch myself in different directions than I have done previously and I hope that it helps me when I do go back to my other novel to do some editing.
I'm also going to watch The Dark Knight tonight. Very much looking forward to that; I've always been a massive Batman fan, but I'm an even bigger Joker fan. It'll be great to see how Heath Ledger portrayed the top villain in comics and, from the reviews which Stumble keeps throwing at me like poison daggers, I doubt that I'll be disappointed.
Anyway, wish me luck. Or whatever you want to wish me.
Sunday, 23 September 2007
Font
Any of you who have been on this site more than once will notice that Font has now been removed. I apologise if this is annoying/a shock to anyone who enjoyed reading it, but I've been thinking a lot about it and I decided to take it down. I'll explain why:
1) I cannot produce anything of any quality within the timeframes I'd given myself. An entry is be written, edited and posted within a week. I didn't get any chance to edit the work properly, or to think about the situations and the actual writing. Several times I've put up entries which were mostly filler, or terrible.
2) The format of the webnovel means that I have to leave out so much backplot, character development and exposition, and that further ruins the writing.
3) I really love the characters, and the world, of Font and I feel like I'm cheapening the ideas and the plot by writing so badly about them.
I think that this is a bit of a long shot, but if anyone is unhappy about this then please drop me a line. Who knows, I may be convinced, but for the time being Font is down.
On a more positive note, I feel like I'll be able to actually do some writing soon! I'll probably end up posting up another novel in the next week or more.
1) I cannot produce anything of any quality within the timeframes I'd given myself. An entry is be written, edited and posted within a week. I didn't get any chance to edit the work properly, or to think about the situations and the actual writing. Several times I've put up entries which were mostly filler, or terrible.
2) The format of the webnovel means that I have to leave out so much backplot, character development and exposition, and that further ruins the writing.
3) I really love the characters, and the world, of Font and I feel like I'm cheapening the ideas and the plot by writing so badly about them.
I think that this is a bit of a long shot, but if anyone is unhappy about this then please drop me a line. Who knows, I may be convinced, but for the time being Font is down.
On a more positive note, I feel like I'll be able to actually do some writing soon! I'll probably end up posting up another novel in the next week or more.
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