The other morning, I woke up with a burning urge to write. I felt really creative! I couldn't wait to get words on a page!
...And I ended up writing, like, half a page of the sad teenagers story. And that was all I did all day, and then I got mad at myself because I felt I'd been unproductive, and that I'd wasted my urge to write.
The next day I did nothing, not even half a page. I said to mum that I thought the problem was that I didn't want to work on any of the three stories I had on the go, as it were (sad teenagers, human abominations, and magical girls). Which is true, I didn't. So she said, "Do you have any others you can work on? Or could you think of a new idea?"
and I, in a horrified tone said, "NO! OF COURSE NOT! I SHOULD WORK ON THESE!"
Except that, of course, I see a lot of writing advice that says if you're getting nowhere with one thing, go and do another so you don't end up hating the original thing.
So I sat down and thought about something I have admittedly wanted to write for some years now. Which would be something based on Welsh myth. The only problem is that I am not so familiar with Welsh mythology as I want to be (I know way more about Irish but that's to do with contents of mythology books and stuff I read in my late teens). So I did some googling! And aside from anything else, it cleared up a mystery I've been puzzling over for years, which is the story about the lady from Llyn Y Fan Fach. I have half-remembered this story since I was a kid (but was aware I didn't make it up) but didn't really know what to look for, so I'm glad I found that.
And I read some other bits and pieces, and I knew what I wanted to name one of the characters, so I noodled around, and now I think I have a thing! I even sort of have an idea of what will happen in the story, but I am unsure about how to go about it. I need to think up some more characters to play about with, because currently I only have the main character, and the person telling the story, and that is not enough.
(I like making characters, as my book of RPG characters will tell you, so it's not like it's even a hardship. If I could concentrate on it for long enough, I would totally be one of those people with five billion OCs. But I can't. I don't know how other people do it).
Anyway, TL;DR version is I have another story even though it's the last thing I need.
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Couple of links you may or may not find interesting?
Persistent Melancholy: An Examination of Unifying Musical Gestures in Nier - I need to go back and reread this, as it's got some really interesting stuff in it. HOWEVER BEWARE OF MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE GAME if you decide to read it and you haven't played it.
Hollywood in Translation: A Look at Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which is about the differences between the EN and JP scripts for said film, written by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
nintendoh
(I found this REALLY interesting!)
The Case For Character Creator: The Game - which is exactly what it sounds like and DUDE I WANT THIS THING THAT DOES NOT EXIST.
Why the Raven Cycle isn't getting any diversity cookies from me - which details the problems I had with the racism in TRC but couldn't articulate well enough at the time.
...And I ended up writing, like, half a page of the sad teenagers story. And that was all I did all day, and then I got mad at myself because I felt I'd been unproductive, and that I'd wasted my urge to write.
The next day I did nothing, not even half a page. I said to mum that I thought the problem was that I didn't want to work on any of the three stories I had on the go, as it were (sad teenagers, human abominations, and magical girls). Which is true, I didn't. So she said, "Do you have any others you can work on? Or could you think of a new idea?"
and I, in a horrified tone said, "NO! OF COURSE NOT! I SHOULD WORK ON THESE!"
Except that, of course, I see a lot of writing advice that says if you're getting nowhere with one thing, go and do another so you don't end up hating the original thing.
So I sat down and thought about something I have admittedly wanted to write for some years now. Which would be something based on Welsh myth. The only problem is that I am not so familiar with Welsh mythology as I want to be (I know way more about Irish but that's to do with contents of mythology books and stuff I read in my late teens). So I did some googling! And aside from anything else, it cleared up a mystery I've been puzzling over for years, which is the story about the lady from Llyn Y Fan Fach. I have half-remembered this story since I was a kid (but was aware I didn't make it up) but didn't really know what to look for, so I'm glad I found that.
And I read some other bits and pieces, and I knew what I wanted to name one of the characters, so I noodled around, and now I think I have a thing! I even sort of have an idea of what will happen in the story, but I am unsure about how to go about it. I need to think up some more characters to play about with, because currently I only have the main character, and the person telling the story, and that is not enough.
(I like making characters, as my book of RPG characters will tell you, so it's not like it's even a hardship. If I could concentrate on it for long enough, I would totally be one of those people with five billion OCs. But I can't. I don't know how other people do it).
Anyway, TL;DR version is I have another story even though it's the last thing I need.
~
Couple of links you may or may not find interesting?
Persistent Melancholy: An Examination of Unifying Musical Gestures in Nier - I need to go back and reread this, as it's got some really interesting stuff in it. HOWEVER BEWARE OF MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE GAME if you decide to read it and you haven't played it.
Hollywood in Translation: A Look at Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which is about the differences between the EN and JP scripts for said film, written by
nintendoh(I found this REALLY interesting!)
The Case For Character Creator: The Game - which is exactly what it sounds like and DUDE I WANT THIS THING THAT DOES NOT EXIST.
Why the Raven Cycle isn't getting any diversity cookies from me - which details the problems I had with the racism in TRC but couldn't articulate well enough at the time.
