I'm a pretty whacky, energetic, out there person but sometimes I like to just take a step back and think and reflect on stuff. I love to read and write so a lot of my thoughts and ideas are heavily influenced by books, poems, and essays that I read. So here is what goes on that lil' head of mine
what goes on in that lil' head of mine?
Six Tips on Writing from John Steinbeck
- Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.
- Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. It also interferes with flow and rhythm which can only come from a kind of unconscious association with the material.
- Forget your generalized audience. In the first place, the nameless, faceless audience will scare you to death and in the second place, unlike the theater, it doesn’t exist. In writing, your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person—a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
- If a scene or a section gets the better of you and you still think you want it—bypass it and go on. When you have finished the whole you can come back to it and then you may find that the reason it gave trouble is because it didn’t belong there.
- Beware of a scene that becomes too dear to you, dearer than the rest. It will usually be found that it is out of drawing.
- If you are using dialogue—say it aloud as you write it. Only then will it have the sound of speech.
I don’t mean to rant like a little girl, but the girl I met on the beach during the Super Moon is pretty freaking awesome. Last night we spent around 7 hours analyzing and listing references and metaphors in books, poems, songs, TV shows, and movies; at times being completely serious and other times making the most outlandish claims. It was the most fun I’ve had in a long time. I love my friends but they almost never spot the slew of things I do in everyday conversation such as: references to movies, shows, books, songs, events, etc. but she spots most of them. Either that or they never understand when I try to be ironic by being the opposite of social norm or expectation or whatever. Maybe I’m just weird, but I love to show my beliefs and make commentary on issues and/or events at any moment through acting in a certain way or speaking in metaphors and such. I guess I’m just happy that I found someone who’s weird just like I. Having someone who sees what I do and does the same things that I do is pretty cool. It’s hard to find people who like literature much less appreciate it and love it. I apologize if I’m coming off as arrogant and narcissistic in this post. I’m not trying to say she and I are better or smarter or more sophisticated than other people because we most certainly are not; this is just our weird thing and passion.
But back to this girl. She’s amazing. We basically watch every TV show and Movie together, heck, we even read each other’s English homework and do it together. How geeky of us. It’s awesome because the only person I knew who really appreciated Community for all it’s glory was my brother but I can’t exactly sit down with him and talk about every genius thing about the show. Now I finally have someone to talk about. A lot of my friends love How I Met Your Mother but I don’t think most of them pay attention to how well it’s written and all the amazing things that go on. There I go again sounding pretentious. Sorry. But not many people are down to break down and analyze a show, movie, song, or book. Even when people were talking about the ending of Inception (which I thought was stupid. The spinny thingy doesn’t wobble in a dream; it keeps spinning forever. Notice how in the other scenes it spins for a much longer time without wobbling at all or showing any signs of wobbling? But I digress) my friends were content with just arguing if it was a dream or reality without really breaking down the movie. Which is cool, but I like breaking shit down, I like trying to get into the mind of the artists. And this girl is exactly like me in that regard, plus she loves sports as much as I do and is almost as competitive as I am. Fack, this is a lot longer than I intended. I have a lot more to say but who the hell wants to read all this. Just glad I found someone who shares my weirdness and passions
