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Snoink OMG
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keystrings ahah since i’m a hockey fan, i have to give context. i’m going to assume that person means cole caufield who’s currently a member of the montreal canadien hockey team (the red jerseys). he’s quite popular as a good young player xD
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Literally me watching Single White Female this evening
(I saw this article years ago and I remembered it as 40 minutes but when I clicked there was 50 minutes left in SWF when I clicked to see how much time was left which makes this article even funnier)
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I don't know what's with the last few movies I have watched having very unlikable characters with no one really to root for.
I watched the Blair Witch Project last night and that movie was very good but holy moly I could not stand any of the characters. Heather (the girl in all of the posters/that one clip everyone has seen regardless of how much else you now about the movie, is awful and she would not stop talking. I got to around the 30 minute mark of that movie before I started rooting for The Blair Witch to take them out.
I could rant more about how Heather is the worst. As a director, she shows a tremendous amount of irresponsibility throughout the events of the film. She endangers her crew on numerous occasions and because she is too blinded by her own ego and ambition. She is also very annoying, complaining about the conditions of the woods when she is supposedly an experienced hiker.
Fair Play didn't bother me as much because everything had a point and it was very well done, but that movie's two leads were very unlikable and both bad people as well.
I think I just need a palette cleanser with characters that aren't the worst. I'm trying to watch horror/thriller or otherwise dark movies in October and like... characters who do not suck would be cool.
That's all.
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74 pages into the script of So Long, Farewell. I feel like this draft is a mess and tries to do too much... but we are almost there. The only thing about centering your script around the performance of a popular copyrighted musical is it becomes really difficult to completely write around performances of certain scenes without it being obvious you're writing around them. So I've included certain scenes specifically and I'll deal with the logistics of them later because I want this to be a thing I could feasibly shoot for a small budget.
I really believe in the core idea of this script, and considering I've been writing about these characters in some sort way or another but never finished anything... to finally have put them in a finished, long form work is really exciting.
We'll worry about revisions next.
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Nothing like popping off my phone case to clean/fix some water damage that rendered my touchscreen moot to discover the back of my phone is cracked.
Good news is I fixed the touch screen issue, but jeez, why is my phone cracked? At least it's not the screen (because I do have a screen protector) and I think it's probably good that I only noticed now (the case is solid and undamaged... though I have to wonder how that works) but I do have to wonder how long it's been like this. I guess this is what you get when you buy cheapo cases on Amazon.
Actually, now that I think about it, my case was on VERY strongly and I wonder if the pulling is what did it just now, but I've taken it off before and never had an issue. Oh well. I'll live.
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Someone please explain to me how BAMBI is out of date and needs modernizing.
I'll wait.
Disney's Live-Action Bambi Movie Will Make Changes To Original Story & Bambi's Mother's Death, Says Writer
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Sep 30, 2023
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Michael Gambon, aka Dumbledore, passed away today, and I can't help between Alan Rickman, John Hurt, Robbie Coltrane, and now him, a piece of my childhood is dying each time one of those actors leaves us.
I'd fallen out of love with Harry Potter long before JK Rowling showed us who she really is, mainly because I moved onto other stories that I felt were better told. As long ago as high school I was of the belief that "well, Harry Potter had its place when I was a kid". Still, if that series did anything for me, it was my training wheels into more complex stories and worlds. Taken completely on its own, I think a lot of aspects of the writing don't hold up, but certain things still do.
It's hard to state how big of a deal Harry Potter was for my generation. I feel like it's one of those things that will always be timeless but it was one of those things you just had to be there for. (I had a long and very interesting conversation about Harry Potter and fantasy with one of my trans driving students who was also a fantasy writer... I very much appreciated his perspective on how the series itself isn't that inventive in the context of the genre)
Still, I will never call the series bad. Nothing can take away from the many good memories I have of that series- my favorite is staying up for the midnight release party of Deathly Hallows the night before I left for camp. I spent every spare moment reading the book, and by the end of the week, I'd finished and was known was the "Harry Potter girl".
And it's hard to put to words how much it feels that something that once meant to so much to you maybe never really existed in the first place.
winterwolf0100 I’m definitely struggling with his death as well. As a trans person myself, it’s been difficult seeing many of my peers saying things like “if you still enjoy Harry Potter, you’re supporting JK Rowling!” When that isn’t how I feel at all. It was a monumental part of my childhood, one that I can’t just separate from myself because it really built who I am. Seeing that he passed was absolutely heartbreaking, and I still haven’t quite processed it. I just feel kind of empty right now.
Sep 29, 2023
Elinor <333
Sep 29, 2023
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In today's edition of "unexpected twists"
A friend of mine that was going to move to LA at the same time as me became a complete ghost come June. We were talking pretty regularly before then about moving and and how excited we were and everything we needed to do to get ready. At the very least, I knew he was still alive because I'd see him be online on discord, but he'd otherwise completely vanished and was not connecting with either me or any of our mutual friends. Again... I'm just glad I had the confirmation that he was literally still alive otherwise that's where my mind would have gone because that's how abruptly he disappeared.
Either way, I figured I'd let him figure stuff out and I would move on and move out here and not waste my time with people who don't follow through. It was disheartening and sad when it became clear he would not be moving here. Previous to this, he'd also read one of the earlier drafts of AoY and like... apparently finished it, and wrote his notes, but did not send them to me? I asked a few times before I finally gave up, and between that and not moving I figured he had larger commitment issues he needed to work on.
So, this morning, I get a novel from from him about how he had to delay his move to deal with a consecutive series of family emergencies, but he's here now and I will be seeing him tonight at a social event. I figured something like that might be the case, but I wasn't about to hold my breath. I honestly don't want him to feel like he needs to explain himself, and he can tell me as much as he wants to. I can only imagine the scope of whatever it was that caused him to delay his move and drop off the face of the earth. Apparently he and his girlfriend have been here a few weeks, but he's been on the DL because of the aftershocks of his family emergencies. I just told him "hey, you're here now, that's what matters".
And yeah, the fact that he didn't send me his notes was annoying, but I'm just going to let that go because that's the least of everything else going on. I empathize with him and everything he went through and the fact that he made it out here in spite of the setbacks. I think I'm just going to not swap anything with him in the future until I can gain a little bit more trust back in that aspect.
It will be interesting to see how tonight goes. Either way, I'm feeling a lot because this definitely wasn't what I was expecting. I consider myself a fairly forgiving and understanding person, so as long as you try to make things better it will be okay.
I guess the other thing is it goes to show how easy it is to make assumptions (especially with anxiety) and assume things are personal when they're really not. I've just had so many people drop off the face of the earth and or have a conflict and there's never any follow-up or resolution, and I guess it's nice to be reminded that people do care enough to make the effort to maintain their relationships.
Snoink I am one of those people who occasionally drop off the map because of anxiety. I just... can't even deal so I just go radio silent. It's a problem. Anyway, if he reached out afterward, he probably does care about maintaining your friendship. Try not to take it too personally. ^^
Sep 28, 2023
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I don't want to come across as mean, but --
I've read enough bad scripts as a coverage analyst, enough so that I've noticed patterns, and I'm sure a lot of this applies to novels too.
There's one script that has a really interesting idea (a 30 minute short about a couple is going to hike at a sketchy place) but it's completely ruined by the dialogue in the ENTIRE SCRIPT being the "As You Know" trope. A lot of these scripts are BAD. The coverage company knows this because they constantly shade the writers in their emails to us, this was one gem:We are seeing some on the team scoring almost every script at the 8-9 range. We only wish those were accurate scores...but most of the time it’s obvious that you’re being far too generous with material that is seriously flawed. Yes, we actually read those high-scoring scripts and we often scratch our heads wondering what you were thinking by assigning such high scores.
I have to say, unrealistic dialogue and people saying exactly what they think at all times. I have to wonder what people are thinking when they're writing such scenes.
There was another script I read where the protagonist and her boyfriend are driving around looking for parking in the city, they park three blocks away (which is not terrible for that kind of situation), the boyfriend makes a rude asf comment about how far away they are and the protagonist JUST ACCEPTS IT. Then, at the restaurant, <she> apologizes because they couldn't park closer! The boyfriend's meant to be a good guy, too. I just didn't buy it.
Again, this sounds rude, and that's not my intention, but I have to wonder how adults think "this is completely how people act" or if some people don't care about authenticity or verisimilitude. I got into an argument with another writer who did tell me they don't care about these things, especially in genre pieces, but eh... whatever.
I'll always be for emotional truth in all fiction but especially in the most genre of genre pieces.
winterwolf0100 Totally agree, realistic dialogue is so important, ESPECIALLY in a script! It’s crazy how many I’ve read where the concept is really interesting, but the execution is lacking.
Sep 29, 2023
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um so
I was at a mixer tonight, I met a literary agent and we to to talking about what she does and my novel and she discouraged me from self-publishing and told me to send her AoY?
And now I'm freaking out? I'm going to do my best to get my hopes up for expectations for anything because I still have severe hesitations about following the traditional publishing path, but this is the second time someone in the industry has told me to trad publish actually in the last week and putting the doubt back in my head about self-pub.
She also seemed a bit standoffish and kind of had this Regina George attitude but I don't know if that's just her personality and I don't know if she'd just tell me that if she didn't mean it? Man I don't know.
We'll see. No expectations but whatever comes of this I feel like she's going to be a good resource! Meeting people! Making things happen!
BluesClues Without knowing who it was or anything else, I will say that literary agents get so many queries that she definitely would NOT have told you to send it if she didn't mean it! Even a new agent could get upwards of 500 queries a week, so they definitely do not solicit queries just to be polite. If you do decide to query her, be sure to mention in the first line of your query that you met her in person - personalization doesn't guarantee anything, but it definitely doesn't hurt, especially when it's an in-person connection like that!
Sep 28, 2023
Elinor ahhh. I told her I wouldn't reach out for a month at the very earliest and she said that was fine.
There's a part of me that wonders if I didn't want to trad publish because I didn't like the odds, but the main thing is making sure I retain control over my work.
It's just an invitation to query, so anything could happen yet and I have plenty of time to look into this more.
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Does anyone interact with Ennegrams at all? I'm reading about them and I think I can fit almost of all my characters into the nine types. Either way, it's fun to recognize these patterns in our work -- and it shows us we're creating authentic people
I also think it's interesting that most my protagonists are Type 4s...
I don't think I have any characters that are type 8s or 9s but this will be fun to come back too - these are just the ones off the top of my head that jumped out at me as soon as I read the descriptions.
Type 1: The Reformer
Jake
Type 2: The Helper
Ann
Type 3: The Achiever
Cole
Karen
Type 4: The Individualist
Alex
Charlotte
Marcy
Type 5: The Investigator
Dorothy
Type 6: The Loyalist
Laura
Type 7: The Enthusiast
Eileen
Madison
Olive
alliyah (I love enneagram, I am type one through and through - which number do you resonate most with?)
Sep 27, 2023
Elinor I think I'm a mix of type 3/4 - I'd be interesting to see what I got if I did a quiz, but it's definitely interesting that most of my protagonists are Type 4!
Sep 27, 2023
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oh hi I wrote that script
The End of the WorldElinor wrote:For a bit, I've been wanting to write a short script inspired by Chandler Halderson and Cat Mellender, from the perspective of a girlfriend who realizes her boyfriend is a killer. There is a... lot to unpack with that case that I won't get into now, and it hits so close partially because it happened about an hour west of where I live. It's also hard to believe that such an unassuming person could be so evil. And poor Cat changes and not for the better between this video and the trial.
(People are giving her shit for calling Chandler when he was in prison, but imho, seems like a case of extreme denial that probably didn't hit her until the trial)
Between Eagle Rock and Time in a Bottle, my work has been pigeonholed as "innocent girl, conniving man" and I think that's part of the reason I've been hesitating on this, especially since I'm telling people about All Our Yesterdays and people think Cole is going to turn out to be the sam type of character.
These days, I'm more interested in telling stories about the nuanced ways in which people treat each other, and what I've recently been defining as "good people who do bad things" vs "bad people".
If any of you take the time to watch this video, you should understand pretty quickly why I'm invested in this story, beyond the fact that it happened so close to where I live.
I also don't think Shadow of a Doubt did as much with the "person I love is a serial killer" as it could have, and maybe I want to try.
Plus, I was ready to type out this whole rant about how I've been feeling and struggling with the desire of wanting taking the joy out of writing. There's a video I revisit when I'm feeling this way, and it talks about writing for the sake of writing.
So, maybe I need to do this short film, and maybe something will come of it, maybe it won't. The point is to get it written.
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I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning and it's going to be one of those days
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