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Inevitable TV Post
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006In no particular order: Torchwood Episode 3: Really enjoyed The State Within: Twisty. Interesting. Polished. Really enjoyed Never Mind the Buzzcocks: Wasn’t certain last week. Seems to have found its feet again with new, well, everything
Characters on the Couch (Part 16)
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006This Follows on from: Characters on the Couch (Part 15). The first part can be found at: Characters on the Couch (Part 1). Five Steps to Use Your Character’s Archetype This simple process may help you use the idea of archetypes when writing a character. Step 1: Search for your Character’s Soul Think about your […]
Not the Usual TV Cooking Show
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection isn’t as polished as a Delia or an Oliver. Not as in-yer-face charismatic as a Ramsay or as passionate as a Stein. He sometimes appeared awkward presenting his recipes. This though is a new kind of cooking show. Torchwood joked about CSI Cardiff and the speed of a flying […]
Fiddling with Vue Python
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Spent the evening playing round with some ideas I’d had for using Vue’s python. Nothing directly to show or share just some stuff that will hopefully be of use in the future.
Death Scene Monologue and Keats
Monday, October 30th, 2006In the process of bumping off a minor character in the Fairy Tale Noir I decided he deserved a bit of a monologue before he goes. However he’s both a bit of a geek and has a bad habbit of wandering way off the point. So he wanders and I needed to do some research […]
Camera Phone Landscapes
Friday, October 27th, 2006A heron in the park on a misty morning as I walked to work. A sunset from the office window towards the Littlewoods Building.
Inevitable Torchwood Post
Thursday, October 26th, 2006Robin Hood men in Gap had me worried. I was concerned the creativity, box ticking types had taken over BBC’s new fun drama output. However I liked Torchwood. Epidsode Two may well mean it never gets a mainstream audience in some countries and it isn’t exactly a new idea although the little piles of ash […]
Characters on the Couch (Part 15)
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006This Follows on from: Characters on the Couch (Part 14). The first part can be found at: Characters on the Couch (Part 1). So why use Archetypes? As a writer there are several advantages to using archetypes when designing characters. Archetypes give characters personalities that readers can easily identify with. They make characters memorable by […]
Weird Al's at it Again… Just Not Here
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006So no official release for Weird Al‘s Straight Outta Lynwood in the UK. I feel an Amazon order coming on. If you don’t have a clue what I’m talking about go to the web site and download new songs like “White & Nerdy”, “You’re Pitiful!” or “Don’t Download This Song”.
Never let you're Characters off the Leash
Monday, October 23rd, 2006So I’ve been crafting the info dump in the Noir Fairy Tale. It was coming together pretty easily. The main character dumping info is a bit of a scatter brain. He keeps wandering off the point, shinning light into bits of the story he isn’t being asked about. Then out of nowhere he showed speaks […]