Well, last might I decided to start work on a short story. One thing I've discovered is that for some reason I can write more easily in a notebook than on a computer. I'm not entirely sure why. For some reason, when I try to write on a computer, I write about a paragraph, then my mind goes blank, and next thing I know, I'm surfing the web.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to be completely writing it out by hand. There's no way I could sell it to any sort of publisher that way--though I'm not entirely sure that I'd be able to sell it anyway. I'm just doing the rough draft in a notebook. If I actually manage to finish the story, the second draft will come when I transfer it to the computer.
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Writing
So I make a resolution to write every day, and then today I forget about it until I'm at work, where I can't write. Luckily I still have time to write right now, and since It's still Sunday here, this counts. I suppose this is a good time to talk about some of the ideas I've had about stories I could write.
One idea--and if I do this one, I'll do it anonymously--is to parody/rewrite some of the works of a certain insane, homophobic, half-witted troll, who shall remain nameless because otherwise he would harass me for the rest of my life with death threats and insane rants.The main reason I haven't is because doing so anonymously would be kind of cowardly, and even if this freak has harassed people I know, he hasn't harassed me, so picking a fight with him would be pointless.
Last year when I was trying to learn the banjo, I came up with the idea of a man who calls himself Banjo Player X and travels through a sort of post apocalyptic world or something. I have been thinking of a couple of story ideas involving him. One involves a super hero I once had an idea for called Spatula Man. The other would be "Banjo Player X Vs. the Yoyogod."
I don't mean myself as the Yoyogod, of course. Back when I was a teenager, I wrote a story called "The Yoyogod," which was published on an early Internet magazine. I didn't get paid for it, and the magazine has long since disappeared, which is good because the story sucked. It was about a scientist who was trying to stop a being who could cast magic spells by performing yo-yo tricks. Lately I've been thinking I could reuse the idea as a Banjo Player X story. I'll have to see hoe it turns out.
One idea--and if I do this one, I'll do it anonymously--is to parody/rewrite some of the works of a certain insane, homophobic, half-witted troll, who shall remain nameless because otherwise he would harass me for the rest of my life with death threats and insane rants.The main reason I haven't is because doing so anonymously would be kind of cowardly, and even if this freak has harassed people I know, he hasn't harassed me, so picking a fight with him would be pointless.
Last year when I was trying to learn the banjo, I came up with the idea of a man who calls himself Banjo Player X and travels through a sort of post apocalyptic world or something. I have been thinking of a couple of story ideas involving him. One involves a super hero I once had an idea for called Spatula Man. The other would be "Banjo Player X Vs. the Yoyogod."
I don't mean myself as the Yoyogod, of course. Back when I was a teenager, I wrote a story called "The Yoyogod," which was published on an early Internet magazine. I didn't get paid for it, and the magazine has long since disappeared, which is good because the story sucked. It was about a scientist who was trying to stop a being who could cast magic spells by performing yo-yo tricks. Lately I've been thinking I could reuse the idea as a Banjo Player X story. I'll have to see hoe it turns out.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Another Year, Another Blog
Why exactly am I starting another blog? I have three other blogs here on Blogger, two of which I never update. Those two were ideas I got bored with, and the other is a book review blog. I also have a Live Journal, but that site has been annoying me lately. I probably even have a few other old unused blogs around the Net that I've forgotten about.
I decided it was time to start a new blog. I need somewhere to write random ramblings, and this seemed like the place to put it. This all ties in to my New Years resolution. I've decided I want to try and get back into writing.
Back when I was a teenager, I used to love writing. I would write goofy little short stories about a super hero called Super Hero Man. They weren't very good, but they amused my friends. After I graduated high school, I discovered how much work it was to write, and get published. Eventually I drifted away from writing. I did a little more when I eventually went to college, but I still didn't stick with it.
Now I've decided to have another go at it, but I'm way out of practice, so I decided to make a resolution to try writing something every day. To begin with, it'll be blog posts. Once I've gotten back into the habit of writing, I'll try my hand at fiction, and maybe poetry. I might post some of it here, or I might try and get it published.
Oh, and for anyone who's wondering, I have been keeping to my resolution. This may be January 3 and only the first post on this blog, but I wrote two book reviews the last two days. First was A Town Called Suckhole and then came Rico Slade Will Fucking Kill You. They are bizarro fiction books, which is what I'm leaning towards trying to write, but only time will tell if I actually manage to write anything instead of spending all my free time playing The Sims 3.
I decided it was time to start a new blog. I need somewhere to write random ramblings, and this seemed like the place to put it. This all ties in to my New Years resolution. I've decided I want to try and get back into writing.
Back when I was a teenager, I used to love writing. I would write goofy little short stories about a super hero called Super Hero Man. They weren't very good, but they amused my friends. After I graduated high school, I discovered how much work it was to write, and get published. Eventually I drifted away from writing. I did a little more when I eventually went to college, but I still didn't stick with it.
Now I've decided to have another go at it, but I'm way out of practice, so I decided to make a resolution to try writing something every day. To begin with, it'll be blog posts. Once I've gotten back into the habit of writing, I'll try my hand at fiction, and maybe poetry. I might post some of it here, or I might try and get it published.
Oh, and for anyone who's wondering, I have been keeping to my resolution. This may be January 3 and only the first post on this blog, but I wrote two book reviews the last two days. First was A Town Called Suckhole and then came Rico Slade Will Fucking Kill You. They are bizarro fiction books, which is what I'm leaning towards trying to write, but only time will tell if I actually manage to write anything instead of spending all my free time playing The Sims 3.
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