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The HBO series Carnivale has been inspiring me. We recently picked up Carnivalé on DVD,and are enjoying season one. This series was broadcast on HBO in 2004 and only lasted two seasons before being cancelled,but not before attracting attention and kudos for its haunting stories,great cast,and movie-quality production values. Carnivalé presents . . . →Read More:On Creativity:Carnivalé and the Hero’s Journey I first read this piece from designer Bruce Mau about a dozen years ago. It’s still good to read these words from time to time,and take them as a personal challenge… Incomplete Manifesto for Growth (brucemaudesign.com) “This design manifesto was first written by Bruce Mau in 1998,articulating his beliefs,strategies,and motivations. The . . . →Read More:On Creativity:Bruce Mau’s “Incomplete Manifesto for Growth” I’m still getting used to working with Scrivener,but its design is encouraging me to organize my manuscript in a better way. When I wrote Owe Nothing,I saw individual scenes first;specific exchanges between characters,or particular story “beats”that were important to me. However,I didn’t start with much of an overall framework . . . →Read More:On Process:How Scrivener is changing how I write… Have I said how much I am loving Scrivener? I am loving Scrivener. When I started writing my first novel,Owe Nothing,my initial tools were a notebook (the dead-tree-based,spiral-bound kind) and a variety of ballpoint pens. I wrote a dozen pages at a time,“long hand”as they say.I would write at home, . . . →Read More:On Process:Getting to Love Scrivener I’ve been revisiting and researching famous stories and hero myths,starting from the most recent,pop cultural stories and their influences,and then digging down deeper into personal territory,furrowing paths that lead me to my mother and father,and to my images and beliefs of myself. I’m a fan of pop culture,comic books, . . . →Read More:On Research and Creativity:Archetypes and Inspiration…  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Learning,Life,Pop Culture,Process,Research,Writing  fiction,Life Story,novel,owe nothing,Writing I’ve only ever read snippets of Joseph Campbell’s books on heroes and heroic tales and myths,so I never expected to find influences in his works. Yet,the influence is there. Many other writers and film-makers *have* studied Campbell (not the least of them being George Lucas). So,in being a fan of modern epics . . . →Read More:On Research:Joseph Campbell and The Hero’s Journey One comment - (Comments are closed) Learning,Process,Research,Writing adventure,Culture,fiction,Life Story,Writing In a recreation centre basement,a middle-aged man feels that old anxiety –the anxiety of having to speak in front of a group of strangers. The address he must make now is especially poignant. He clears his throat and swallows the fat dry lump that had formed there. He pictures a room filled with . . . →Read More:On Connecting to those worlds out there… Once in a while,an artist will inspire me,and make me appreciate connections to other artists,from the current time,or from a relatively distant point in the past. . . . →Read More:On Creativity:Multiple Media and a Billion Artists Once in a while,when one feels they are in a bit of a creative slump (I suppose “downturn”is the fashionable term for it nowadays),it helps to be reminded of some of the great artists whose work has inspired me in the past. I have recently become inspired (again) by Orson Welles. I’ve . . . →Read More:On Creativity:Inspired by Orson Welles 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Learning,Life,Pop Culture,Process Art,Culture,design,Life Story,Writing For me,the energy and desire to write always seems to get bogged down in the necessity to research. It’s just part of the process. In my fiction,a certain amount of factual research is needed in order to pin characters,places and things down in a realistic,believable way. When it works,and I . . . →Read More:On Writing:Chasing Echoes and Ghosts |    | ||||
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