They say that reading is part of writing, so I think I can count some of my recent reading as work on “Felix”. I’ve read a bunch of stuff about Lovecraft and ancient astronauts recently, which is something touched on in my story. Pseudoscience When I first learnt of Erich von Däniken’s “Chariots of the… Read Article →
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As I continue to struggle with writer’s block, I ask myself, why do I want to write “Felix”? Maybe that will get me restarted. On one level a story can be just a story; an exercise in entertainment. But to write a story a writer needs motivation. What is my motivation? In general I see… Read Article →
I got back to work on “Felix” this week. My approach now is to go back over the themes of the story and the characters to clarify what I want to say. I planned to talk about that in my blog this week, but I wasn’t sure how much I want to reveal. In the… Read Article →
I continued to use the STATE animation program to help me rewrite “Felix” this week. I finished a couple of scenes. I made a few changes to the scene I started on last week. In it the two astronauts explore “the target area”. Then I extracted the dialogue from the STATE file. STATE stores the… Read Article →
I actually got back to work on “Felix” this week. I think my idea to use the animation program STATE to help me write will work. A couple of weeks ago I installed the animation program STATE on my computer. It is a hacked version of the Xtranormal program. I was reluctant to use it… Read Article →
I took another stab at my “Felix” rewrite, but got stalled very quickly. I started to look at ways to get started again. At least I have an idea how. “Felix”, a science fiction story set on Mars, was inspired by a H. P. Lovecraft story. What has me blocked is that there are several… Read Article →
I find it difficult to get started on my rewrite of my science fiction story “Felix”. Once I get started, I am sure it will go OK, but I haven’t got started yet. I feel frustrated at my lack of progress. Part of the problem I think is that the rewrite is daunting. There seems… Read Article →
I wasn’t very productive with my film and writing projects this week. I dabbled away on “Felix”, “Bright Freedom”, “The Barrier” and “Two Friends”. “Felix” (see: https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/category/stories/sciencefiction/) I did do some analysis of my story “Felix”, my Lovecraft/ Science fiction story, in preparation for a rewrite. Mostly I tried to work on the structure and… Read Article →
A couple of weeks ago I looked back at what I did in 2013. In this post, I will talk about what I want to get done in 2014. Some projects never seem to end. I would like to hear what projects you think I should focus on. Felix My first priority this year will… Read Article →
I started to get back to my story “Felix” this week, although I am still involved with “The Barrier”. Just before Christmas may not be that good a time to start a new project. “Felix” I wrote a first version of “Felix” a year ago. It is a science fiction tale that I based on… Read Article →
