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Aug. 18th, 2008 01:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
itsallovernow1. It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out that there was not a sudden upsurge in shark attacks in the past six months, but instead Yahoo was twigging into what I read and sending me stuff it thought I'd be interested in. Considering I constantly straddle the line of awe at technology's ability to read my mind and utterly creeped out by the Big Brotherness of it all, I am both annoyed and a teeny, tiny bit grateful to know that there aren't packs of hungry sharks roaming the Pacific Coast.
2. I'm already mourning that lack of Olympic Swimming. Yeah, there's still great stuff happening, but the swimming brought me intense joy last week.
3. It is possible that I may be framing the new story I'm working on around iconic lines in noir thrillers. I would be more proud of that if I hadn't realized that creating a whole scene just so I could say, "It's Chinatown, Jake." is possibly not the most mature approach to writing.
4. I'm actually pretty excited to be TV free after the Olympics are over. Sure, I'll miss it, miss commercials, miss the buzz, but I'm drifting away from commercial television anyway, and this will save me money.
5. I have been cannibalizing my experiences for character detail lately (and always, but now at least I'm willing to admit it). So, a challenge: Take 5 cursory details and make a character. Or alternately, tell me the 5 small details that you find iconic in your favorite characters. Not just fannon stuff, but the little things that ping for you.
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lizlet and I have collectively decided on a phrase that defines a way of life, but I do believe it needs iconizing. So, first 5 people to icon "Keeping the crazy in since 2008" get a drabble of their choice.
2. I'm already mourning that lack of Olympic Swimming. Yeah, there's still great stuff happening, but the swimming brought me intense joy last week.
3. It is possible that I may be framing the new story I'm working on around iconic lines in noir thrillers. I would be more proud of that if I hadn't realized that creating a whole scene just so I could say, "It's Chinatown, Jake." is possibly not the most mature approach to writing.
4. I'm actually pretty excited to be TV free after the Olympics are over. Sure, I'll miss it, miss commercials, miss the buzz, but I'm drifting away from commercial television anyway, and this will save me money.
5. I have been cannibalizing my experiences for character detail lately (and always, but now at least I'm willing to admit it). So, a challenge: Take 5 cursory details and make a character. Or alternately, tell me the 5 small details that you find iconic in your favorite characters. Not just fannon stuff, but the little things that ping for you.
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lizlet and I have collectively decided on a phrase that defines a way of life, but I do believe it needs iconizing. So, first 5 people to icon "Keeping the crazy in since 2008" get a drabble of their choice.
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Date: 2008-08-19 02:13 am (UTC)5. My character loves nature, but rarely ventures outside her own garden. She loves language but her poetry isn't really understood during her lifetime. She wants to know God, but she struggles with her faith. Even while her eyesight grows dimmer, her insight into the deeper questions becomes more acute. I think she prefers baking to cleaning and gardening over mending and sewing, because she likes kneading bread and feeling the soil.
I thought all writers cannibalized real life for the work. I don't think we can stop.