I feel that “The 89th Key” was a good learning experience for me. I’ve organized some of my thoughts about what I learned. The Outline I have used outlines for most of my stories and all of my movie scripts. With “The 89th Key” I put more effort into the outline. I think I put… Read Article →
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Long ago I decided I wanted to write a Doc Savage adventure. Now I finally did. You can download and read it from my website: https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/stories/the-89th-key/ The 89th Key – A Doc Savage Adventure A strangely familiar sound brings death rather than reassurance. The quiet contemplation of a charity concert is broken by the sudden… Read Article →
I worked on the plot and characters for “The Disruptors” this week. I’ve developed a bit of a process to organize this part of the writing. My plan had been to focus on “Bright Freedom”, but this week I got side tracked into “The Disruptors”. I feel bad that I put off a project, but… Read Article →
I worked on my novella, “Bright Freedom” this week. My goal was to develop the characters more. I came across some old notes from three years ago. My concept of the story has changed since then. For the most part , I developed some background for the characters this week. I had thought about the… Read Article →
I’ve left my story “Bright Freedom” unfinished for a long time. This week I took a stab at a rewrite. I find that the rewrite is harder to do than the first draft. My first attempt at this story was back in 2010 and early 2011. It was initially a movie script. I didn’t plan… Read Article →
In my on-going effort to accomplish little by starting too many projects, I’ve started work on an action adventure book. Over the last few weeks I think I’ve come up with a reasonable premise for the story. My Inspiration I’ve wanted to write a novella or a short novel for quite a while, but haven’t… Read Article →
When I looked into some of the ancient astronauts stuff a few weeks ago, I came across a lot of discussions of the Fermi paradox. I think I’ve come up with a possible explanation that I haven’t seen before. The argument made by Enrico Fermi was that while it would take millions of years for… 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 →
I want to develop more back ground for my science fiction story “Felix”. This isn’t a serious proposal for Martian exploration, although I do think it is plausible. I’ve found “Felix” a real struggle to write. Partly because it is a longer story than what I’ve done before. However, more recently I have started to… Read Article →
I created a new version of “The Barrier” this week and posted it to YouTube. I made several changes to the first two scenes. Next week I plan to move on to a new project, or do some of the house work I’ve neglected. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATcKnFAwlU0 or Scene 1 I only made a few minor changes… Read Article →
