Too Many Ideas - Posts Tagged ‘Writing’
Characters on the Couch (Part 3)
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006This Follows on from: Characters on the Couch (Part 2). The first part can be found at: Characters on the Couch (Part 1). The Ruler Archetype "Power isn’t everything. It’s the only thing" These characters seek control, prosperity and positions of leadership. They want to be in charge of their situation. At their best they […]
That Sunday Post about Writing only 13 Hours Late
Monday, July 24th, 2006This should be a post about the frustrations of having a really good few hours writing and then realising you’ve info dumped a huge chunk of the story rather than having the main character interact with characters, risk danger and generally do heroic stuff. It should be about the *joys* of editing (TM) where the […]
Characters on the Couch (Part 2)
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006Following on from: Characters on the Couch (Part 1). Drivers Each of the archetypes is associated with one of the drivers giving a general impression of what they want to do. The key drivers that Jung identified were stability, mastery, belonging and independence. Modern discussions sometimes refer to stability as “providing structure”, mastery as “thumb […]
Some Blogs while Hiding from the Sun
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006A year ago I didn’t really see the point of blogging. Now I’m hooked and I find myself reading more blogs regularly. Here are a few of my favourites… Very True Things: Steve Pugh the SFSFW’s hard working web masters blog. DarkDwarf – on life, working at the the Assassination Bureau and trying to get […]
Pull the other one it has bells on!
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006I won’t be getting the hour back I just spent writing README files for all the Vue Python scripts I’ve put on my site. I wouldn’t have bothered but I started getting some weird e-mails about redistributing the scripts on DVD at my expense. I’ve not seen that scam before and I can’t see many […]
Characters on the Couch (Part 1)
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006A Jungian approach to characters for Writers How do you get inside a character and understand what makes them tick? How can you use their desires, history and motivation to create memorable personalities? One possible technique is to draw on archetypal characters found in mythology that many writers use when creating characters. These archetypes can […]
Too Many Projects
Monday, July 10th, 2006I should change my blog’s title to too many project. I’m such a sucker. I should get my head examined. As though I don’t have enough projects on the go at the moment. I get talked into writing a 15,000 word story for an anthology last week. I didn’t even put up a fight. Still […]
Memorable Characters the M&S Way
Friday, June 16th, 2006A little idea for creating memorable characters that came to me while watching TV. Describe what makes your character stand out from the ordinary in the style of a Marks & Spencers advert. The formula goes something like (X is your character)… Start with "Not just a X it’s a " Now describe the character’s […]
One Hundred and Fifty First Post
Saturday, June 10th, 2006By my count this is 151 posts. I still haven’t released my new website but I’ve only 1 page left to go before I can release it into the wild so maybe tomorrow, if I don’t melt overnight, I let it loose. Other than the heat a good day. Chores done. Shopping done. Tomorrow should […]
Arædan Draft 2 Done
Thursday, May 18th, 2006I wrote the missing fight scene. Which turned out to be a lot of dialogue so it may need rewriting in the third draft. I’m going to pass copies to a few friends now to see what they think. I’ve also decided to cut the accents off the name so it’s easier to figure out […]