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Sep. 27th, 2005

sphynx curious
Oh, what the hell. I'll post something.

So I had my job interview yesterday, and they seemed to really like me. The only unfortunate part was I had to do math without a calculator, which, as you may know, makes my brain fall out. But I got everything right! How much does that rock? As Sarah from Labyrinth would say, "I think I'm getting smarter! It's a piece of cake!" FOOMP!

Shit. I'm stuck in an oubliette again. Well, now that I'm here, I guess I'll mention how freaked out I've been by my dreams. They've been so real lately. And for the most part, really unpleasant. Oh well. I think I'm just getting quite nervous about school starting and everything. I mean, at least when I was at York I was with a big group of stupid Americans who could all slowly figure things out together. Here I am a lone stupid American who hasn't really read anything about what I'm supposed to do. Oh well. I will survive.

I'm also feeling really uninspired with the comic. I've worked on it, but it's been like pulling teeth, mostly because I have NO IDEA how to write a comic. I looked at the script template on Dark Horse's website, but that's just industry standard stuff. There's nothing about pacing, or a good average percentage for narration (the first issue is turning out to be largely narration. I'm trying to cut down on it, but it's all important stuff. I don't know. I think it's a cool story, but in my hands I feel like it's going to suck. I am not a good writer. You know this. You read my live journal. I'm boring and not funny at all. Oh well. Enough whining. I'll work on it more before getting completely frusterated. But I swear. It's just not going to be that good. I guess it IS a draft.... Ugh. I need to stop worrying about so many things. I can feel my hair going grey.

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[info]incinerated wrote:
Sep. 27th, 2005 02:17 pm (UTC)
Could you turn narrative into flashback sequences?

Effective storytelling tool, them.
[info]chiefsheepy wrote:
Sep. 27th, 2005 03:17 pm (UTC)
You might spice it up with someone, like Guinnevere, providing a humorous counterpoint or opinion every so often, like a Greek chorus.
Send me a bit of what you have so far and I can give you further advice. I'm pretty good at trimming things down and leaving the good bits, if you remember Speech/Debate.
[info]chiefsheepy wrote:
Sep. 27th, 2005 03:38 pm (UTC)
There's a little independent press doing a miniseries called "Dracula vs. King Arthur."
Here's a preview.
[info]ladysusan118 wrote:
Sep. 27th, 2005 03:39 pm (UTC)
I remember Neil Gaiman saying something once about letting the graphics talk as much as the text...not that that's an easy thing to do at all...I think it was in that Powells.com interview I posted a while back.
[info]master_cobweb wrote:
Sep. 28th, 2005 12:21 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I think it's just difficult because I'm a writer, not a cartoonist. I don't know how the images will show things. But it's a collaborative effort. I'll give my brother the story, he'll say, oh, I don't need dialogue here, and it will be awesome.
[info]flying_octopus wrote:
Sep. 27th, 2005 09:12 pm (UTC)
Kirsten. I say in all seriousness. This comic will rock all of the geek universe to pieces. Do not doubt it for a second. I believe.
[info]thefamiliar wrote:
Sep. 27th, 2005 10:40 pm (UTC)
Oh Em Gee, is that a pig?!?! I can't tell what it's looking at, but they manage to be even MORE cute when they look up like that. Something about their little profiles...

*squeee!*
[info]master_cobweb wrote:
Sep. 28th, 2005 12:22 pm (UTC)
That is the late, great Senor Toothnip. He was a great little piggeh.
[info]master_cobweb wrote:
Sep. 28th, 2005 12:21 pm (UTC)
That actually really cheered me up! Thank you. You are great! :)
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