Last night, I finished Coraline by Neil Gaiman. It was a good book. I think that I was a little disappointed with the ending. There were definitely some discrepancies between the book and the movie. For example, there wasn't a friend Coraline's age in the book, and there wasn't a doll that the other mother sent into Coraline's world to spy on her. I think the ending may have been a little more climactic in the movie, but I can't remember. Overall, it is a good book. Although, it didn't actually pass my first page test. Despite that, I kept reading, because I really wanted to see how the story played out in the book. Coraline is such a wonderfully strange and eerie story. I struggled to embrace the deceptively simple narration in the book, but it is a children's short novel. That said, I do think that the simple narrative ends up being a powerful asset to telling the story. The narration is simple and innocent, which ultimately, allows for the story to be so strange and eerie.
More ideas for my story...they came to me while I was shaving before work one afternoon. The king and queen wear porcelain masks. It is rumored that they are even more beautiful than their daughter, and that people would be driven mad by their beauty. The dragon first, then the witch. This'll build up the tension more. I think I mentioned this: witches abhor beauty.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
The Princess and the Nocturnal Enuresis: Part V1/2
I'm getting very close to actually writing something on my story. I'm realizing that I may need to tweak Part V a little bit, maybe a lot. Before long, there just might be a part VI! Here goes:
Everything changed when I reached the age of twelve, just a year ago. My eldest sister was fifteen and still had not been married. Of course, I wasn't either. It's not really surprising since we were peasants, but still! All little girls dream of falling in love with a gorgeous, rich, kind, gentle prince. Oh well, I guess it's for the best. Not that I'm married now, but if I had married as a peasant it would have been more out of necessity than anything. It would have been some older man, only slightly rich, and he would've married me as a means to relieve my mother and father of the burden of caring for me. And not to mention, the fact that I'm fertile.
My mother and father, and I had been hiking through the woods, probably to find food, or to bargain with a witch. It takes great foolishness or great desperation to bargain with a witch. My parents were victims of both. Witches dwell deep in the darkest regions of the forest, where thieves and murderers hide, where strange creatures lurk, where evil comes to play. The legend is that the witches know the forest. It is their child, and everything in it belongs to them. Everyone in it belongs to them. They see your heart, your desires, and however unjust or cruel they choose to be, they determine your fate. They determine whether you fall to the thieves and murderers or whether you pass unnoticed, whether or not you fall prey to the menacing beasts of the Dark Forest, or whether or not you escape the forest unscathed. But those with dark hearts...The witches are intrigued by those with dark hearts. Those are the ones that they keep for themselves.
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Okay, so no Part VI yet. I'm still working out whether they come across the witch first or the dragon. I need to work out more details on that.
Good night everyone!
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I love you sweetheart!
Everything changed when I reached the age of twelve, just a year ago. My eldest sister was fifteen and still had not been married. Of course, I wasn't either. It's not really surprising since we were peasants, but still! All little girls dream of falling in love with a gorgeous, rich, kind, gentle prince. Oh well, I guess it's for the best. Not that I'm married now, but if I had married as a peasant it would have been more out of necessity than anything. It would have been some older man, only slightly rich, and he would've married me as a means to relieve my mother and father of the burden of caring for me. And not to mention, the fact that I'm fertile.
My mother and father, and I had been hiking through the woods, probably to find food, or to bargain with a witch. It takes great foolishness or great desperation to bargain with a witch. My parents were victims of both. Witches dwell deep in the darkest regions of the forest, where thieves and murderers hide, where strange creatures lurk, where evil comes to play. The legend is that the witches know the forest. It is their child, and everything in it belongs to them. Everyone in it belongs to them. They see your heart, your desires, and however unjust or cruel they choose to be, they determine your fate. They determine whether you fall to the thieves and murderers or whether you pass unnoticed, whether or not you fall prey to the menacing beasts of the Dark Forest, or whether or not you escape the forest unscathed. But those with dark hearts...The witches are intrigued by those with dark hearts. Those are the ones that they keep for themselves.
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Okay, so no Part VI yet. I'm still working out whether they come across the witch first or the dragon. I need to work out more details on that.
Good night everyone!
© 2013 Ihaveadryfish.blogspot.com
I love you sweetheart!
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
More ideas
It feels like forever since I last posted anything on here. And even longer since I have written anything more on my story. I may have said this already, but I'm realizing that there are some timeline issues with the story that I'm currently writing. I may need to re-read my progress on my story in order to really figure out the age that Regina needs to be in order for the timeline to make sense and most importantly, for the story to be poignant. I will do that now...
Looks like I'm more on track than I thought. I'm thinking that I will keep things the way they are. Mostly, anyway. I may have to change the line at the beginning where Regina says that they moved away years ago. That'll just depend on whether I decide that she is recounting this story years later or whether this story is recent. If I tell it years later, I can tell it as though this is something that Regina has been needing to get off of her chest for years. She can be brooding and bitter about the whole circumstance. I can also show the broader implications of how this circumstance has affected kingdoms near and far. If she tells the story soon after the circumstance, it can be fresh in her mind. Furthermore, the implications could be the same, but they could happen faster, showing just how quickly circumstances affect society.
Good Night!
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I love you sweetie!
Looks like I'm more on track than I thought. I'm thinking that I will keep things the way they are. Mostly, anyway. I may have to change the line at the beginning where Regina says that they moved away years ago. That'll just depend on whether I decide that she is recounting this story years later or whether this story is recent. If I tell it years later, I can tell it as though this is something that Regina has been needing to get off of her chest for years. She can be brooding and bitter about the whole circumstance. I can also show the broader implications of how this circumstance has affected kingdoms near and far. If she tells the story soon after the circumstance, it can be fresh in her mind. Furthermore, the implications could be the same, but they could happen faster, showing just how quickly circumstances affect society.
Good Night!
© 2013 Ihaveadryfish.blogspot.com
I love you sweetie!
Monday, December 2, 2013
Story Joint
I LOVE this video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uHUb2qXVdw Writing is my passion, and this one hits it on the head. My second passion would be reading. Thanks to all the downtime that I have at my job, I am able to spend that time reading.
A couple weeks ago, I finished G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton. I know, I'm reading enough books already. I came across this one at work. I was just reading it to pass a dull night. I ended up reading 70 or so pages, so I had to finish it 'cause I was hooked. Truth be told, I get hooked fast, my personal book test rule is that if you are not interested in reading more after that first page, then just put it down and read something else. The exception to that rule is J.R.R. Tolkien. (Get past the first couple chapters, and then the story picks up.)
Anyway, G is for Gumshoe was a great read. It's a mystery/crime thriller (a genre that I really enjoy) with a clever plot twist. It's fast-paced and exciting. There's also some humorous moments, as well as witty observations made by the leading lady peppered throughout the story. I don't often care what kind of food the book characters eat or what the wallpaper looked like in a certain room, but it was funny the way the author was able to take something so mundane and associate those things with a childhood experience that the character had earlier in life. It gave the lead character dimension to see that side of her. My only complaint would be the couple pages of sexual dialogue and content. Other than that, it was entertaining. The leading lady, who is the narrator, has a good voice. The book continues at a good pace from the very beginning.
I can't remember if I mentioned this or not, but there is a website called www.readanybook.com You can't read any book. It doesn't have every title out there, but it does have many popular ones. And it's FREE!! From classics like David Copperfield, Emma, etc. to contemporaries like Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, DaVinci Code, Twilight (I only mention that one 'cause it's popular, but from the few pages that I've read...terrible literature!! Poorly developed plotlines, poorly developed characters, Stupidly worded narration and dialogue. I know there's more, but that covers the bases, at least. I just feel that anyone that read those books and liked them, just hasn't read many books, and therefore, does not know what good writing looks like. Sorry hon...no offense to you...I'm ranting...)
Now that I've finished G is for Gumshoe, I'm back to reading Dune by Frank Herbert. I love this book so much! I've decided that when I finish a book, I'll give my personal review/analysis of it. For now, I will say that I'm loving the first book so much that I've ordered books 2-6 in the Dune saga. Although there are more Dune books than that, books 1-6 are the ones written by Frank Herbert himself.
Good night!
© 2013 Ihaveadryfish.blogspot.com
A couple weeks ago, I finished G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton. I know, I'm reading enough books already. I came across this one at work. I was just reading it to pass a dull night. I ended up reading 70 or so pages, so I had to finish it 'cause I was hooked. Truth be told, I get hooked fast, my personal book test rule is that if you are not interested in reading more after that first page, then just put it down and read something else. The exception to that rule is J.R.R. Tolkien. (Get past the first couple chapters, and then the story picks up.)
Anyway, G is for Gumshoe was a great read. It's a mystery/crime thriller (a genre that I really enjoy) with a clever plot twist. It's fast-paced and exciting. There's also some humorous moments, as well as witty observations made by the leading lady peppered throughout the story. I don't often care what kind of food the book characters eat or what the wallpaper looked like in a certain room, but it was funny the way the author was able to take something so mundane and associate those things with a childhood experience that the character had earlier in life. It gave the lead character dimension to see that side of her. My only complaint would be the couple pages of sexual dialogue and content. Other than that, it was entertaining. The leading lady, who is the narrator, has a good voice. The book continues at a good pace from the very beginning.
I can't remember if I mentioned this or not, but there is a website called www.readanybook.com You can't read any book. It doesn't have every title out there, but it does have many popular ones. And it's FREE!! From classics like David Copperfield, Emma, etc. to contemporaries like Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, DaVinci Code, Twilight (I only mention that one 'cause it's popular, but from the few pages that I've read...terrible literature!! Poorly developed plotlines, poorly developed characters, Stupidly worded narration and dialogue. I know there's more, but that covers the bases, at least. I just feel that anyone that read those books and liked them, just hasn't read many books, and therefore, does not know what good writing looks like. Sorry hon...no offense to you...I'm ranting...)
Now that I've finished G is for Gumshoe, I'm back to reading Dune by Frank Herbert. I love this book so much! I've decided that when I finish a book, I'll give my personal review/analysis of it. For now, I will say that I'm loving the first book so much that I've ordered books 2-6 in the Dune saga. Although there are more Dune books than that, books 1-6 are the ones written by Frank Herbert himself.
Good night!
© 2013 Ihaveadryfish.blogspot.com
I love you sweetie!
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