I just published a short article about the taxpayer subsidy for political parties in Canada. Note: The original post has been taken down. If you are interested in reading the article, let me know and I can post it on this website. I had thought that there was only the per-vote subsidy, which Stephen Harper… Read Article →
Monthly Archives: April 2011
I know I need to make the characters in my stories more compelling. I have read lot of advice on how to do that, but I haven’t found much of it very helpful. It seems to me that most of what I read assumes that you already have an intuitive understanding of what makes people… Read Article →
All that I’ve read about the heroes you create for your stories say they have to be proactive. That is, they need to push the story forward. The problem I’ve had with my heroes is that I want to focus on people who are unsure of themselves. While they may not be overtly in conflict,… Read Article →
Recently I chatted briefly with a much younger person about mash ups. I’d heard the term, but never gave it much thought. While there is a range of mash-ups, they all involve the recombination of pre-existing material into something new. I’m a bit slow sometimes, so I only just realized I had a similar idea… Read Article →
I read recently of a plan to make a movie from H. P. Lovecraft’s story At the Mountains of Madness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness#Film Some years ago I mulled over the story as a possible film. It was a quite unrealistic goal for me, but it was a useful and enjoyable exercise. Several of his stories are structured… Read Article →
I was a little shocked to realize that I hadn’t done a progress update on My Most Difficult Case since last October. I’ve made some good progress since then. I’ve “locked” the video for the film. I don’t plan to make changes to it now, so I can move on with the sound. The film… Read Article →
I’ve been promoting my new story The Glencoe Project this week. I have gotten some good feedback on it. It wasn’t all good in the sense of positive, but useful. Some people suggested that more people would find my story interesting if I added some kind of crime to the story. I suppose that would… Read Article →
I just posted What Would a World with 90 Per Cent Unemployment be Like? https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/articles/what-would-a-world-with-90-per-cent-unemployment-be-like/ I’ve mulled over this idea for some time, but had thought I’d just do a short blog about it. Not that the article is particularly long.
