April is rolling around the corner, and although this is the second year I've known about it, I'm still not sure if I should do it. (I found out about it from HPFF, and then I might've found a link to NaNoWriMo from there, or from HPFF again).
Is scriptwriting as fun as novel? Does it mess up your writing switching between the two? Should I just follow along with a book? Are there any specific plots you would want to have in a script compared to novel? I'm not sure about it... I already wrote a script, and know the format, and have a scriptwriting program... but it still wasn't the greatest fun.
Anyone have any advice?
Also, on another note, I haven't wrote much in... well, forever. VERY bad bits and pieces about random different things.... I never knew you could miss a story this much. It's heartbreaking, with nothing to do in my spare time. When people ask me what I do in my spare time, instead of saying my usual writing a novel... well, I'm left speechless. It's tragic.
I think I'm just.. intelliectually blocked at the moment. :S
- Sarah
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Book Covers!
I found this awesomely cool site! It makes a "movie" cover for you - but if you don't fill out a few fields, it works just as well for a book cover. I made a cover for Tyvven and Empyrean, which are shown here. As for the whole writing bit, I've been stuck doing homework - or trying to cuz I have complete writer's block on everything I'm supposed to do. I have a write a sports article - VERY hard if you don't read sports articles or even watch the games - and a speech on why cats are better than dogs (that one's pretty easy, but I just can't seem to figure it out). I'm stuck with doing my non-computer/Word related stuff, like painting, but I can't get off my computer.
So glad it's a long weekend. I'm actually going to work today. Ugh.
And as for the Empyrean poster thing, the picture in the background is "the school". In Tyvven, it's just a random picture I thought worked well.. maybe somewhere in Tyvven (which is the name of the parallel world).Well, off to try to do something productive...
Sarah
P.S. here's the link for the poster thing: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/poster.php
Friday, February 13, 2009
Tyvven
- - - NEW STORY! - - -
I'm so happy! I finally thought of a new story, and one that I can keep! I can't believe I've never thought of it - the idea's been in my head for ages. But it never really surfaced. Well, now it has. Here's the zero-times-edited, subject-to-change beginning.
Tyvven
It was a cold, crisp, clear day. The whole world looked like a perfect autumn picture, leaves lining the ground in almost every fall colour, a crisp wind stirring through the partially bare and looming trees. At the moment, it didn’t look at all scary. Now, when I think of it, I’m terrified. Maybe that’s because of what happened just after, or just something I missed. I was preoccupied, trying to capture my escaped cat as I struggled to understand what had happened on the math test I’d had previously. Now, things like math tests seem trivial.
Very, very trivial. Back then, I was so different. A grade below B and I’d cry my heart out. The faintest wisp of gossip, and I was drawn to the source like a fly to honey. Now, I know worse, and because of that, I’ve been changed forever.
But back in the forest on that perfect, autumn day, I’d just spied my cat hiding in a prickly bush of thorns. Now, I thought, was the time to get out those cat treats. I brought them out of my pocket and shook the tin, opening it and setting a few of the smelly fish-and-beef biscuits on my hand.
“Bailey… come her Bailey… want some treats?” I asked her, “Well you gotta come here.” I knew my cat couldn’t understand a single word I said - except maybe ‘treats’, but nonetheless, she came bounding towards me. I reached out to grab her, just half a meter away from me.
As soon as my hands touched her soft furry coat, a harsh, metallic clang filled my head, and I screamed as I realized the cold, leaf-covered ground was fading away, I, falling right through it.
Please say your opinion! :D thanks.
Sarah
I'm so happy! I finally thought of a new story, and one that I can keep! I can't believe I've never thought of it - the idea's been in my head for ages. But it never really surfaced. Well, now it has. Here's the zero-times-edited, subject-to-change beginning.
Tyvven
It was a cold, crisp, clear day. The whole world looked like a perfect autumn picture, leaves lining the ground in almost every fall colour, a crisp wind stirring through the partially bare and looming trees. At the moment, it didn’t look at all scary. Now, when I think of it, I’m terrified. Maybe that’s because of what happened just after, or just something I missed. I was preoccupied, trying to capture my escaped cat as I struggled to understand what had happened on the math test I’d had previously. Now, things like math tests seem trivial.
Very, very trivial. Back then, I was so different. A grade below B and I’d cry my heart out. The faintest wisp of gossip, and I was drawn to the source like a fly to honey. Now, I know worse, and because of that, I’ve been changed forever.
But back in the forest on that perfect, autumn day, I’d just spied my cat hiding in a prickly bush of thorns. Now, I thought, was the time to get out those cat treats. I brought them out of my pocket and shook the tin, opening it and setting a few of the smelly fish-and-beef biscuits on my hand.
“Bailey… come her Bailey… want some treats?” I asked her, “Well you gotta come here.” I knew my cat couldn’t understand a single word I said - except maybe ‘treats’, but nonetheless, she came bounding towards me. I reached out to grab her, just half a meter away from me.
As soon as my hands touched her soft furry coat, a harsh, metallic clang filled my head, and I screamed as I realized the cold, leaf-covered ground was fading away, I, falling right through it.
Please say your opinion! :D thanks.
Sarah
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