Blog, 5/30/2012
School is officially out, as of the 24th. Currently, I’m trying to replay Cave Story to get the best ending, where you save Curly Brace. Google it. There are about five wikis dedicated to this game.
I had such a weird dream last night. I was at a McDonald’s and really hungry, and I had a whole bowl full of those awesome fries they serve. But I had to go to the bathroom. I got up, intent on leaving the fries there for only a minute, when a waitress comes up and acts like she’s going to take them away, so I say I’m not done yet. Then this hulking guy comes up, grabs my bowl, shovels a whole bunch of fries into his mouth and lumbers off. I was so pissed I started punching and kicking him–and even if I say so myself, my punches and kicks are nothing to be sneezed at, as I take karate. But it didn’t matter if I roundhouse kicked him to the knees, or socked him in the gut, or even kneed him in the groin–it appeared I was fighting a hungry, giant, nonsentient, eunuch robot. The McDonald’s had a “program” for people whose food had been stolen, apparently, where they either talk it out over an open mic or draw a picture with printing paper and Crayola markers. I did not want to talk it out or draw a picture. I was pissed. And I wanted to hurt this cuss as much as possible.* But even kicks to the head as he was sitting down didn’t faze him. The people sitting at his table didn’t even bother to look at me. I woke up before I could put a bomb in the bowl, sadly.
Don’t tell Freud.
*If you get the Fantastic Mr. Fox reference, take some bonus points.
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5:41 pm on May 30th, 2012
How do you start writing? i’ve been writing for years and so far…well I suck. I have a book published…not for profit but it was a surprise for my family…i find i cant start any story off properly…any help would be appreciated much
1:23 pm on May 31st, 2012
You wouldn’t believe how many thirty-page starts I have hanging around my hard drive. The trick to ideas is that you can’t do everything at once. Every story has a plot, at least one character, and at least one place. You just have to come up with one of those before you come up with the others. Personally, I always start with a plot or a character, and the character is often easier if you don’t have any ideas. Plots are more difficult to come up with. But you CAN easily create an interesting person, and them put them in a place that would make an interesting combination, and then something happens. Definitely easier than trying to come up with all three at once! Your order might be different. If you’re good at describing things, you might come up with a place first.
Additionally, you might keep looking for interesting elements elsewhere. J.K. Rowling originally had a throwaway character called Lily Moon (before she named Harry’s mom), who eventually became Luna Lovegood. She had the idea for Luna’s personality, and found a use for her.
You really have to be doing this for a while, though, before you get good. So if you think you suck, congratulations! You’re at least not sucking AND laboring under the delusion that you’re good. AND if you keep writing, you won’t suck permanently. I sucked when I started writing. I still kinda suck. But less so.
Good luck!
1:24 pm on May 31st, 2012
Also, if you have other questions or need a friendly editor, my email is myexplodingcat (*at*) gmail (*dot*) com.