tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post1354301822532906234..comments2024-03-27T23:42:36.619-05:00Comments on Mock Ramblings: Second Draft - progress, or another false hope?Michael Mockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-49842087737312801082011-08-16T17:37:52.852-05:002011-08-16T17:37:52.852-05:00I love dialogue. If I could, I'd just have eve...I love dialogue. If I could, I'd just have everybody standing around and talking all the time. Even in scripts, though, you have to have some occasional action, so this probably isn't the most practical thing for a writer to do. It's something innate to watch myself for.emilypersonhttp://from1angle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-57378471051346078412011-08-16T09:37:40.594-05:002011-08-16T09:37:40.594-05:00Plot is my strong point. Dialogue is where I... we...Plot is my strong point. Dialogue is where I... well, frankly, I kind of suck. In person, too, which is probably connected. <br /><br />One of my favorite moments in the Blue Beetle comics was Jaime Reyes trying to talk like a superhero:<br /><i>Eclipso: You stink of science, not magic!<br />Jaime Reyes: And you stink of . . . evil stink? Evilosity? Banter. Sucks. <b>So much.</b></i>Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-55336056156331428022011-08-16T05:54:12.840-05:002011-08-16T05:54:12.840-05:00Lately, when I actually want to write I have to sw...Lately, when I actually want to write I have to swim or clean or… do pretty much anything but write. It's only when I get free time that squeezing out a hundred words becomes an exercise in frustration. I need to work on that, especially since I recently signed up for a story exchange…. Gah, plot, why are you so hard?emilypersonhttp://from1angle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-66214858570397061832011-08-15T12:57:55.652-05:002011-08-15T12:57:55.652-05:00Well, to be fair, it's not very nice of the cu...Well, to be fair, it's not very nice of the cursor to taunt you like that.<br /><br />I used to have a sort of ritual that I went through to put myself in a writing mindset. Nowadays it's good odds that by the time I got halfway through the ritual I'd be out of writing time; I don't even try that anymore. But that's problematic, too; if I just sit down and try to force the words out, I won't do my best writing. Then I'm likely to get stuck or frustrated or both.<br /><br />So, yeah. It's a nice little Catch-22.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-32785180330547650652011-08-15T11:40:02.249-05:002011-08-15T11:40:02.249-05:00At least I'm not the only one. I'm trying ...At least I'm not the only one. I'm trying to do two short stories that will combine with two (musical) EPs to form one story. I'm done with one story and totally blocked on the other. In fact, I totally hate the other one. Despise it. So I've got five pages and some interesting formatting done and a cursor that just stares at me, blinking, blinking, blinking.<br /><br />Now I hate the cursor.Personal Failurehttp://foreverinhell.comnoreply@blogger.com