I have not been very productive with my projects the last year or so. I hope that will change this year. I feel the problem I’ve had is that I keep jumping between projects and not getting much done on any of them. I’ve run into this in the past too. I really need to… Read Article →
During the last part of my wife’s illness I dropped all my writing and filmmaking projects. I want to get back to them now. It isn’t just that I want to work on them; I feel that I need something to focus on now that she is gone. Retrospective One project I want to do… Read Article →
I redid a poster that I have on a wall in one scene of “The Barrier” this week. The poster isn’t a big element of the story, but it is a detail that some people might find distracting if it doesn’t look right. In the open house scene Arthur stands in front of a poster… Read Article →
Slow Progress on the “The Barrier” I did a little on “The Barrier” this week. My wife’s illness has progressed and that is a higher priority for me than this project, so I don’t expect to have much time for “The Barrier”. It’s been at least a month since I did any work on “The… Read Article →
My new story “Tom Swiftly and His Incredible Traffic Model” is now on-line for people to read. CAUTION: Story contains bad puns. Proceed at your own risk. https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/stories/tom-swiftly-and-his-incredible-traffic-model/ “Tom Swiftly and His Incredible Traffic Model” is a sample of transportation planning humour. Puns and Tom Swiftlies count as humour don’t they? The story tells the… Read Article →
I completed the second draft of “Tom Swiftly and His Incredible Traffic Model”. It is an improvement, but there is a problem I haven’t decided how to deal with yet. I’m not sure if Tom Swiftlys are considered puns or not, but I would lump the two together. They are both words at play. As… Read Article →
I surprised myself this week. I actually finished the first draft of “Tom Swiftly and His Incredible Traffic Model” just like I said I would. It came in at just a bit over 2,000 words. That makes it one of my non-formulaic short stories. That could change after a few more drafts. Most lines are… Read Article →
I made some progress on my short story: “Tom Swiftly and his Incredible Traffic Model”. I broke it up into seven sections and I have four done now. I might get a first draft done next week, although it looks like it will be busy. There were a few lines I wasn’t happy with, but… Read Article →
About 20 years ago I got an idea for a story about transportation planning. I’ve started and abandoned it several times. I think I’m finally on a track to get it done. The initial inspiration for the story came from the book “The Wealthy Barber” by David Chilton. After several attempts, the story I have… Read Article →
Although “The Barrier” is still a work in progress, I have started to think about other transportation planning stories. I have two ideas that I want to consider. Do either of them appeal to you? Defending What You Don’t Agree With The first is about a transportation planner who is assigned to develop a project… Read Article →
