Happy Blog Day Everyone
Another week has flown by and again it feels like I've not got a lot done.
Writing wise, I've made more notes than proper writing and have some alternate chapters to write up. I already know which way I'm leaning with them, but I have to be sure. If I stick to the original plan then I'll have a lot of words that'll need shredding. It's always sad to have to kill words off, but I'm extremely good at using way more than I should, leaving my text a little bloated. Haven't quite mastered the art of saying a lot with a little.
If luck is with me than in Autumn, I can look at plans for the third book in the series, but I feel like I need to change up how I plan these, as my current method isn’t working. For those wondering, my current method is chapter summaries, which I then completely ignore as something bettef flickers into life in my head. This is why I'm thinking of making some big last minute changes now when I really shouldn't be. Next time, I need a plan so good that I won't want to change it...unless I realise my past self was a twit and that a 'brilliant idea' was, in actual fact, a completely pants one. That'll probably be more the case to be fair.
If anyone has any tips for planning, please feel free to share them.
The Comic Tales of Brennan and Riz
This week wasn't originally planned to be a follow on from last week, it kind of just happened like that. Does this mean that next week's will follow on? Possibly? All depends on whatever idea creeps into my brain first, as you can tell here, its jam packed with irrelevant ideas that probably shouldn't be paid attention to. For instance, when Brennan says "shouldn't you say something first?" That's refering to Monty Python and the Holy Grail (where the holy hand grenade originates from), and the instructions the priest reads out. What Riz says however, is taken from the Worm's games (I distinctively remember one of the songs of the game starting with one of the worms shouting incoming in their little squeaky voices). Why worms? Because the Holy Hand Grenade was added to the game's arsenal in Worms Armageddon. Makes sense right? Right!?
The last thing Riz says though, is actually taken from a classic Bugs Bunny cartoon where he goes up against Marvin the Martian. There's no connection to Monty Python here, I just really liked that bit so thought it would be funny for Riz.
See? A random collection of references lives free in my head at all times.
That's all for this week, Phantom Dawn will return with Chapter 11, so please keep an eye out for that!
Till next time...
keep on writing.
Peter James Martin
Quick Links
Malarkey's Imaginomnibus Volume 1
Malarkey's Imaginomnibus Fade to Noir
Malarkey's Imaginomnibus Hubble Bubble
Malarkey's Imaginomnibus Ominous Orbs
Daemon Soul Awakening- Amazon, books2read
No comments:
Post a Comment