Going over the similarities of stories, between greek, movies, heros journey etc.
Generally 3 parts:
Movies: setup, crisis, climax/denovenent
Greek: thesis, antitteis, synthesis
Hero's Journey: leave, initiation, return
Seeing the link with Seinfeld...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Story Idea Exercise
The first exercise didn't amount to anything productive, but probably opened up my thoughts.
The second beginning with simply "My apartment", with I think 5 minutes to do it, ended up with a somewhat strange result I didn't quite expect, I found myself almost typing without thinking about what I was doing.
This is what resulted...
"The apartment is dark and lonely, I look around at the shadows dancing around the room. It's almost terrifying, except that I know where the shadows are coming from.
A mythical place in the back of my mind is opening up and I lose sight of the world around me, there is a swirl of colours and I don't know what is happening. The light is blinding and I hear the sound of a gentle bell ringing...
It fills my head and I feel dizzy and confused but a warmth fills me and I feel calm and safe. The colours fade into the darkness as the lights outside turn off and the shadows evelope the room in a darkness darker than before, the room is swallowing me in its suffocating blackness.
I can hardly see my own hand in front of my face.
I light floods into the room, a car drove past outside, the light from it's headlights shining through. I see a dark shadow where there once was nothing...the shadow is solid."
The last exercise writing without using the letter 'e' for about four minutes
I ended up with this:
"I found a coin on the cold damp ground. It's shining gold colour is forbidding a touch.
I want to touch it, to pick it up and carry it as my own, but it warns me of the guard with it's smiling "
Those are things I wouldn't really write if I was really thinking about it...
Very interesting...
The second beginning with simply "My apartment", with I think 5 minutes to do it, ended up with a somewhat strange result I didn't quite expect, I found myself almost typing without thinking about what I was doing.
This is what resulted...
"The apartment is dark and lonely, I look around at the shadows dancing around the room. It's almost terrifying, except that I know where the shadows are coming from.
A mythical place in the back of my mind is opening up and I lose sight of the world around me, there is a swirl of colours and I don't know what is happening. The light is blinding and I hear the sound of a gentle bell ringing...
It fills my head and I feel dizzy and confused but a warmth fills me and I feel calm and safe. The colours fade into the darkness as the lights outside turn off and the shadows evelope the room in a darkness darker than before, the room is swallowing me in its suffocating blackness.
I can hardly see my own hand in front of my face.
I light floods into the room, a car drove past outside, the light from it's headlights shining through. I see a dark shadow where there once was nothing...the shadow is solid."
The last exercise writing without using the letter 'e' for about four minutes
I ended up with this:
"I found a coin on the cold damp ground. It's shining gold colour is forbidding a touch.
I want to touch it, to pick it up and carry it as my own, but it warns me of the guard with it's smiling "
Those are things I wouldn't really write if I was really thinking about it...
Very interesting...
The Beginning
First Interactive Story Telling Class...
A little lost...but I think this class will probably help me write stories...
I've written decent stories before...but it's usually been hard, and the result possibly doesn't flow properly or have a proper ending...
This class will hopefully help me in more ways than one.
A little lost...but I think this class will probably help me write stories...
I've written decent stories before...but it's usually been hard, and the result possibly doesn't flow properly or have a proper ending...
This class will hopefully help me in more ways than one.
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