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Follow the Fickle Muse
Dec. 11th, 2007 10:11 pmWrote a letter to the future, asking for directions
It came back to me 'return to sender'
There I go… am I here yet? Am I?
There’s got to be more to this.
-- Billie Myers, Am I Here Yet?
So. Return to Sender's exploded in my mind again. I'd prefer to keep working on Cloud Castles before it goes stale, but the muse goes where he will. *sigh*
It's an idea I've considered for RtS on previous occasions, but never as seriously as this, because it'll be hard, and it opens up even more difficulties than it solves. I took the cheat's way out for HSF because I could, but I won't be able to do that here.
It's spinning in my mind right now, leaving trails of fire wherever it touches, transmuting something fairly generic and mediocre into something truly extraordinary. However hard it will be - and however much more work - I think it'll be worth it. It fits in so many different ways, with the themes, with the technology, and with the characters.
It's the general theory of everything.
It's just that it's at least three times as much work. I'm not kidding. I'm not sure if it's even possible, let alone whether I can do it. I don't even want to name it in case I scare it off.
But hey, it sounds like fun anyway, so how about I give it a try? :) With any luck, my muse will run away screaming within a day or so and be ready to go back to Cloud Castles. :P
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In related news, I can highly recommend How To Write Killer Fiction by Carolyn Wheat. Definitely one of the better writing books I've read, pitched at exactly the right level of useful tips, structures to consider, cliches to avoid, strategies to employ, and they're all just guidelines anyway. :)
It came back to me 'return to sender'
There I go… am I here yet? Am I?
There’s got to be more to this.
-- Billie Myers, Am I Here Yet?
So. Return to Sender's exploded in my mind again. I'd prefer to keep working on Cloud Castles before it goes stale, but the muse goes where he will. *sigh*
It's an idea I've considered for RtS on previous occasions, but never as seriously as this, because it'll be hard, and it opens up even more difficulties than it solves. I took the cheat's way out for HSF because I could, but I won't be able to do that here.
It's spinning in my mind right now, leaving trails of fire wherever it touches, transmuting something fairly generic and mediocre into something truly extraordinary. However hard it will be - and however much more work - I think it'll be worth it. It fits in so many different ways, with the themes, with the technology, and with the characters.
It's the general theory of everything.
It's just that it's at least three times as much work. I'm not kidding. I'm not sure if it's even possible, let alone whether I can do it. I don't even want to name it in case I scare it off.
But hey, it sounds like fun anyway, so how about I give it a try? :) With any luck, my muse will run away screaming within a day or so and be ready to go back to Cloud Castles. :P
***
In related news, I can highly recommend How To Write Killer Fiction by Carolyn Wheat. Definitely one of the better writing books I've read, pitched at exactly the right level of useful tips, structures to consider, cliches to avoid, strategies to employ, and they're all just guidelines anyway. :)
