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What’s over the horizon?

by on February 18, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Aloha everybody! We’re nearing the end of the Dreamland Story Arc, so I thought I’d give you a little update on the upcoming story arc: Crush Depth!

Unfortunately I’ve not yet finished the actual script for the story, owing to having to deal with work work through lunchtimes when I’d normally be scripting. The detailed plot has been done for a while, though, and I’m about halfway complete on the script itself, so if I dedicate some time to working on it I’ll be able to get it done and reviewed before I start illustrating it! read more

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Musings on Valentines Day

by on February 15, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Like so many others, I used to actively resent Valentines Day. I thought today was going to be like all my other Valentines Days alone (i.e. all of them), but something occurred to me; what good does it do? All bitterness does is bring you down and bring everyone around you down; If you can’t be happy, then at least try and make others or let them be happy. At least that way you leave the world at least as good a place as you found it.

Sure, Valentines Day is over-commercialised, and sure, people should be able to express affection at any other time of the year to each other. But there’s no harm in making a little extra effort on one day, is there? If somebody wants to use Valentine’s Day to give them an excuse to make their lover extra happy, more power to them. If somebody only declares their love for their partner on Valentine’s Day, it’s no business of mine and certainly not for me to ruin with bitterness and crankiness. read more

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Gong hei faat choi!

by on February 11, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Gong hei faat choi everybody! A very happy and prosperous year of the snake to you all, and I hope your health is better than mine has been for the last few days! Back up on my feet now, but still a bit wobbly. Nothing that’ll keep me off work!

If you celebrate, hope you had a nice meal with your family and if you’re young enough/single enough, you got something good in your lai see!

Anyway, joi gin! Must hit the hay if I’m to crawl into the office tomorrow. I’ll answer the questions that were posed last week at some point during the day! read more

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Light or dark future, sir, ma’am?

by on February 4, 2013 at 6:00 am
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So, the new season of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror is almost here; For those of you not in the know, it’s a very, VERY dark TV series that explores the impact of technology on society through dramatic form. Going over the synopses for the first series, the future presented in this somehwat hellish universe is utterly terrifying. People under the thumb of ruling parties, corporations, their own greed and sadism; It’s not only a grim, bleak portrayal of the future, but serves to analyse the social dystopia we inhabit here and now. read more

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Ahh, Continental.

by on February 1, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Well, I’m back! That was a good introductory trip for business, and it was also a pretty good trip for inspiration! The city I was based in is a real engineering design and manfacturing powerhouse, with multiple sites composed of many, MANY buildings. It was somewhat impressively intimidating, towers of industry imposing order on the landscape. It was also quite eerie, the faceless fascias of the offices and factories numbered and lettered in logical order calling to mind notions of some hidden laboratory complex, humming with secrets behind every wall. read more

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Let’s build a world!

by on January 25, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Part 2 of our impromptu writing class/musing continues today with a little delving into world-building.

The most successful properties and franchises have flourished because they have constructed plausible, engaging universes around themselves. Even for the most fantastic of stories, a well designed ‘world’ can enhance the reader’s suspension of disbelief and provide an interesting background against which the characters and plot can develop. Without it, it’s that much harder to flesh out the characters and their motivations, or to truly grasp the measure of their personality as there’s not much to compare them to. As readers, in order to relate to and care for the characters we need to know a little bit about where they come from, what they’ve experienced, what drives them. read more

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Genesis of a character

by on January 21, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Aloha everybody, I’ve been making a concerted effort in advancing the work I’ve been doing on my novel as of recent, and I thought I’d share a little bit about how I develop initial characters with you! (Partially because I’ve not got a huge amount of actual news to share, but also because it might be interesting to some of you!)

First, I identify the need for an agent in the story. Usually, I have a general event that takes place that affects the setting overall in some way. The best way of making a reader care about these events is to have them influence characters; That way, readers have someone to identify with and relate to, as it’s quite difficult to make someone care about (say) a mountain. You need an emotional core, a human face. read more

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