The writer’s group I joined suggested we come up with ideas we could pitch. I Decided to share some here on my blog. The idea is to develop ideas for short “conversation” movies. I wrote up some of my thoughts about that a while ago: https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/stories/conversational-stories/ The Slow Speed Date Only two people show up… Read Article →
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Some years ago, I wrote a short story called “Billy’s Big Discovery”. Recently I thought about revising and expanding it into a longer story. It was clear right away that there were several problems I would need to overcome if I want to build the story into something longer. The Story The story is about… Read Article →
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 →
Recently I read Malcolm Gladwell’s new Book “Talking to Strangers”. His discussion of the effectiveness of torture reminded me to think about a story I started and abandoned years ago. His comments gave me a new angle on the issue, so I had another look at the idea. Opposition to Torture I am opposed to… Read Article →
I saw “Blade Runner: 2049” last week. The character Joi reminded me of a story idea I had many years ago that I called “Virtual John”. It was a story about the virtual resurrection of John Lennon. Joi In “Blade Runner: 2049”, Joi is a holographic artificial intelligence who acts as the protagonist’s girlfriend. While… 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 →
A while back I developed my ideas about how Mars would be explored to firm up the back story of my story “Felix”. This week I came across some material that suggests that real scientists have thought along the same lines. In my earlier blog post: https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/felix-and-the-exploration-of-mars/, I suggested that before people would visit Mars,… Read Article →
