Beginnings
Kabuki: those who hear not the music think the dancer's mad. Emi is lost in motion ... when we find her. Slowly dancing with the ghost of music past.
Small Gods: Now consider the tortoise and the eagle. The tortoise is a ground-living creature. It is impossible to live nearer the ground without being under it ...
The Buddha of Suburbia: My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred, almost. I am often considered to be a funny kind of Englishman, a new breed as it were, having emerged from two old histories.
I am trying to write a book.
I haven't written anything but school essays, class notes, and doodling in my diary for years.
Now, I want to write a (short) graphic novel.
I have to do it in less than 2 months.
Let me re-phrase that: my goal is to create a short story that has wit, uses illustrations extensively to highlight and augment the story-telling process, and is applicable to an audience largely comprised of young adults (18-24). This will be a story of self-discovery, well, for the main character anyway.
Haha. Very funny. But I need to have faith that this is actually possible. Well, some sort of book better be possible, because I am taking book design this year and I am there4ore required to come up with SOMETHING. I have been interested in this kind of thing for a while; my Dad and my friend keep feeding me comic books and graphic novels, etc, my best friend of 9 years is almost over her head in anime, RPG, she's an author, etcetc, and these interests are things that she's shared with me ....
So it would seem to be a logical choice. That, and I'm not really interested in a book about cats, bicycles, politics, or the extinction of dinosaurs. I've been to so many art shows with my Dad, seen different arts magazines, spent a year in Art Fundamentals at Sheridan; a blessed year doing NOTHING but doodling (with marks attached at the other end), and I want to produce a book from all of it.
Oi. So to start, I want to study a few books, find out their themes, their character development, the language, pacing and plotline. And somehow use all that information to try to sculpt a story. Then maybe, after the course is over, get it published.
But I'm beginning to think the extinction of dinosaurs might be an easier topic; one that I could handle almost without thinking.
3 comments:
Suggestion: write a biography of yourself, telling the story of your art fundies year. I said biography, not autobiography -- because you would write it from the perspective of someone or something else. Who's perspective? How about you as a 10-year old? You as a 88-year old? An imaginary friend? A piece of clothing? Your art supplies? The certificate you would earn at the end of the year?
I'm full of it. Ask me for other ideas.
Yeah, you are.
But you always were! ;) teehee; that's a good thing ... I guess.
To your suggestion: Yes and no. I am writing a biography. But not entirely. I am writing out and drawing on (pun intended?) my own experiences. My journalism experience. My own "self-realisation" questions, and stuff like that along the way. You and aka alias have both "given me ideas". I already know my idea, the hard part is writing a manuscript. How do I want to start? How does anyone write so many words and make them captivating, etc, and last but not least, can I sell this "package" my concept, etc, to my prof, whoever that will be. (Reg Beatty, I hope!)
No writing ever starts at the beginning or end at the end. Just write. Let the beginning and end come later. Creative writing is just that, creative. You're not writing a manuscript. You're developing one.
Good luck.
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