Comments for Miracle of Rare Device

Comment on What I’ve been up to by danielle

danielle — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:32:50 +0000

at the school i work at, you can major in “book arts.” the room where the classes take place is down the hall from my office and it looks pretty cool! good luck with your many projects!

Comment on Virgil was still the frog boy… by beau

beau — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:03:29 +0000

Brilliant! That was a fun read.

Comment on Writing a Novel by drweezer00

drweezer00 — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:26:36 +0000

I think this method could definitely work for a screenplay. My first thought was to say that a screenplay’s sensory elements come through most in the actual making of the film: ie the shots and the nuances of the actors. But that is not the case at all. If the writer of a screenplay has a clear sense of character yearning, and how that yearning affects the way they experience their world through their sense, then it is bound to come out through the dialogue as well as in the general development of the story. All this boils down to is that great stories are not told from the intellect, they are told from the unconscious.

Comment on Writing a Novel by Beau

Beau — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:49:27 +0000

I want to try this for a short story sometime, but in the meantime I wonder how this technique would apply to a screenplay. Most books give you to the opposite approach: write down only the abstractions, the gist of what happens in a scene. At first it seems like a screenplay could only benefit from that approach, given the emphasis on structure. But it would be interesting to explore the characters first before the plot…and it could probably make it a lot easier if you were writing a TV spec script for an existing show. I will try this out.

Comment on A Rare Device: Poetry by Beau

Beau — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:14:40 +0000

Great read for a dreary day like today. That last one was really cool with the haiku right in the middle. Kind of like Tarantino putting anime in the middle of Kill Bill, hehe.

Comment on Passers-by (a short story) by beau

beau — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:10:16 +0000

Very nice, I’m noticing bits of style that could only be yours, like tops of volcanoes popping out of the ocean. I started working with Kevin on my screenplay, which means I’m really writing, but also that it’s very difficult. Aren’t you in Houston? I’ll call you tomorrow.

Comment on The Book of Echoes by bill bonds

bill bonds — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:48:51 +0000

I think “Bookstore Clerk” should be written in her handwriting, not Peter’s. We should write our own destiny. All the other pages were in her handwriting. Maybe I misinterpreted, maybe a reason that he wrote this one caption. I wasn’t really ready for this story to end. I wanted to know what her other lives were and if Peter was in her book.

Comment on California Queen by bill bonds

bill bonds — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:03:36 +0000

This is my favorite of the group. Illustrates the fact that loneliness can sometimes be worse when you are not alone. Also how war changes people, sometimes for the worse. Good use of metaphors and similies - not overworked. Might rethink the mucus ball puke thing. Somehow seemed out of context.

Comment on The Center of the Universe by bill bonds

bill bonds — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:45:32 +0000

I have to say, this lost me halfway through the tangerine juggling. It has potential, but my mind started to wander. Some redemption with the ending.

Comment on The Year of the Pig: in three parts by Motl

Motl — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:57:53 +0000

Why aren’t we discussing perfect ovals? I say fuck circles. Pretentious bastards.