So originally this was a story that I adapted to be a fan fic for the game Rift Planes of Telara. Really the main markers of it being fan fic is the names used - but really it could adapted for any setting, but beings that the story was inspired by it I have still left the names intact. This was written several months ago.
Read below the break and let me know what you think.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Why the Writing? Why the Blog?
Why the Writing?
My life is very satisfying. I have a loving partner, a job (though it barely pays the bills), three beautiful cats, and roof over my head. I never go hungry, my bills are paid - though not nearly on time; I all around don't want for much, but something is missing...
DRAMA!!
Everyone says that they hate drama in their life, myself included. They hate it in the workplace, at home, and just everywhere in general. If every hates drama though, than why is it what we crave. Movies and tv shows are filled with the stuff, and we all know how well those do. These dramas make millions and attract just as many people as followers. People line up days early before a hit movie releases, or tune in week after week to find out what their favorite characters are in for next. The same is just as true for books. None of these would be successful mediums of entertainment if they portrayed lives similar to our own. People want to experience, from a distance the impossible, things that they would never be even equip to handle in their own lives.
I am just like everyone else, I crave these impossible dramas. I love (though at times hate) watching and reading my favorite characters live through the impossible. Even when everything start to fall in place, and I am hoping against everything that there may finally be a happy ending, I know and yearn for the moment when everything falls to pieces. I thrive on these moments, they get me through my work days. They are why I dump a ton of money (relative to how much a I make hehe) into tv, movies, and of course books every year. The creator's of these moments hold a sway in my life that I can never give up, but now its my turn.
Being able to pull tears of sadness or joy, cheers and cries, this sort of power is the tool of a masterful creator of drama. In my writing I yearn to be able to create those moments that when everything is about to fall apart - everyone is on the edge of their seats - I can put it together as a tease just to break it in their faces. They will hate it on one side for the characters that have become close friends not getting what they should, but will love it because it is the excitement that would never fly in their real lives. I can stand back and say - I created that, I wrote that, I killed that main character.
That is why I want to write - to have my creation loved and hated all at once, to be able to inject that dramatic fix into everyone's world.
Why the Blog?
I know how my dramas play out. I know the twists and turns, so much to a point that they are no longer dramatic. The only why to keep the adventure alive is to share it.
So that is what I will do!
I will be posting my adventures in creation. Snippets, planning, finished projects, triumphs, and my disappointments.
Plus I am hoping it will keep me motivated, because something has to.
Anyways, that is my first post. I will come again tomorrow, and sometime in the following days I will posts bits of my work and we will see where it goes from there.
My life is very satisfying. I have a loving partner, a job (though it barely pays the bills), three beautiful cats, and roof over my head. I never go hungry, my bills are paid - though not nearly on time; I all around don't want for much, but something is missing...
DRAMA!!
Everyone says that they hate drama in their life, myself included. They hate it in the workplace, at home, and just everywhere in general. If every hates drama though, than why is it what we crave. Movies and tv shows are filled with the stuff, and we all know how well those do. These dramas make millions and attract just as many people as followers. People line up days early before a hit movie releases, or tune in week after week to find out what their favorite characters are in for next. The same is just as true for books. None of these would be successful mediums of entertainment if they portrayed lives similar to our own. People want to experience, from a distance the impossible, things that they would never be even equip to handle in their own lives.
I am just like everyone else, I crave these impossible dramas. I love (though at times hate) watching and reading my favorite characters live through the impossible. Even when everything start to fall in place, and I am hoping against everything that there may finally be a happy ending, I know and yearn for the moment when everything falls to pieces. I thrive on these moments, they get me through my work days. They are why I dump a ton of money (relative to how much a I make hehe) into tv, movies, and of course books every year. The creator's of these moments hold a sway in my life that I can never give up, but now its my turn.
Being able to pull tears of sadness or joy, cheers and cries, this sort of power is the tool of a masterful creator of drama. In my writing I yearn to be able to create those moments that when everything is about to fall apart - everyone is on the edge of their seats - I can put it together as a tease just to break it in their faces. They will hate it on one side for the characters that have become close friends not getting what they should, but will love it because it is the excitement that would never fly in their real lives. I can stand back and say - I created that, I wrote that, I killed that main character.
That is why I want to write - to have my creation loved and hated all at once, to be able to inject that dramatic fix into everyone's world.
Why the Blog?
I know how my dramas play out. I know the twists and turns, so much to a point that they are no longer dramatic. The only why to keep the adventure alive is to share it.
So that is what I will do!
I will be posting my adventures in creation. Snippets, planning, finished projects, triumphs, and my disappointments.
Plus I am hoping it will keep me motivated, because something has to.
Anyways, that is my first post. I will come again tomorrow, and sometime in the following days I will posts bits of my work and we will see where it goes from there.
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