In my experience, writing about the fantastic is predicated on a willingness to dive into the unknown. Few things are as thrilling as channeling unfamiliar concepts and worlds through my mind. While I humble myself by openly admitting “I don’t know,” I embolden myself by saying, “I’m willing to try.”
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31 responses to “Musings”
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Good job; you overcame fear and conquered it with great results! How many people would be greater if they wouldn’t let it control them… The barrier is sometimes merely a thought process…
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Thank You Emotional Notions! I’m actually motivated by comfort; ironically, the way to be most comfortable in the net sense (for me) is to apply myself in the short term LOL. I guess I’m selfish in the long term.
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Saw it this summer. Had Tom Hanks & others. Critics did not like it, and it did not do well at the box office. Kind of like FAANG meets “1984.” (FAANG = Facebook, Apple, Adobe, Netflix, Google) Based on the novel you mention: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4287320/ I suspect it was too close to what is happening now for the audience to like it.
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Thanks Man! I was reflecting on how i can’t really “write what I know” when it comes to monsters and such LOL
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They’re your monsters, until of course you’ve written a few pages or so, then they tend to take on a life of their own.
I had a bunch come drifting out of nowhere, and I thought ‘Where did you lot come from???’.
They just smiled and passed me by to get into action with the heroes.
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Exactly! I was listening to a writer saying one of the key issues with writing is being willing to write something you didn’t intend; that’s the only way to let your manuscript transcend your “design capability.” I’d say close to half of my stuff came out of nowhere and surprised me after I sat down to write something else.
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Well I know what you mean and I know this is next bit isn’t going to answer your question in the way you meant, but if you’ve been following the news, the Dark Tower movie is actually a continuance of the original saga. Roland has the horn in the beginning and Stephen King tweeted it with the caption “last time around…” So awesome!
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Reblogged this on heroicallybadwriter and commented:
Best advice for anyone starting out writing SF or Fantasy
Kent Wayne 
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