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[changeyourstars8]

Having yet another hi-my-brain-is-swiss-cheese-and-I'm-loopy day.

Feeling kinda twitchy because a writing project that I was working on has up and died in my head. It's happened more than once . . . I'll get an idea, do character profiles, come up with a general outline, start writing-- and then about thirty pages in it'll all go 'ha ha' and wink out. When it stays with me I'll end up with something like In the Darkness Find Me, which I'm very proud of (query letters will be sent out this Friday!) and sometimes the once-dead ideas will come back.

I've heard from more than one writer that you just have to sit down and make yourself write, but I tend to go with the other school of thought-- if you force it, it will be crap. I know this to be true for myself at least, because I've tried, and it was crap. ;-) Something else will come along. It's still frustrating, though.

Ah well. I'm better at collaborative projects. *G*

Anyway.

Was looking for a movie to watch yesterday night and I saw the box for Quills. I've only seen it once, about three or four years ago, because it made me cry and I keep thinking that one of these days I really should watch it again but I can't quite steel myself because I know it's gonna put me through the wringer.

Considering that, why do I even own it?



Yeah. That would be why.

You know what? There is too much blood in my sugarstream. That's the explanation for all this.

Comments

[jadelynx.livejournal.com]

Gah Quills... that movie was just horrible. I mean, it was really well done, and yeah, that picture sums up the only reason I'd ever watch it again, but man that movie was terrible. There is good crying and there is bad crying and that movie brought on bad crying. Bleh.

You know, speaking of collaborative projects... maybe we should get an RP message board or chat room going sometime. There may not be any books to come of it, but then again, who knows what storylines you guys could glean from it. If nothing else, they are always good for getting the imagination juices going.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

An RP message board could be amusing. *S*

And I don't remember too much about Quills-- basically sitting in my room and thinking, "Holy crow I hope mom and dad don't open the door because they will perfect their What-Are-You-Watching Looks of DOOM immediately" and Geoffrey Rush scaring me and Michael Caine scaring me worse and then one of the two characters I actually liked dying and hormones nearly making me ignore all that because Joaquin Phoenix was just seventeen different kinds of RAWR. ;-D

[jadelynx.livejournal.com]

I think maybe the lowest of lows was when Joaquin's character fantasized about having sex with the dead body...

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, that scene. That was an interesting moment in cinematic history. ;-) I remember wondering at the time if he was fantasizing about that or having a 'if I'd made different choices, we could've had this' daydream. Or if he was just going nuts. Hee.

Dang it, I really *am* going to have to watch this again sometime soon at this rate and then I just know I'll be depressed for a week. LOL

[abydosangel.livejournal.com]

Give in to the Abbe...

You know you wanna.

I admire your being able to write with someone. I do RP and still end up doing a lot solo. That whole 'narcissist' thing might have something to do with that though...

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Maybe I'll just stop the movie before it gets to the depressing parts. . .

And I love writing with someone because we can just bounce ideas off each other-- if I'm writing solo and I get in the zone, I'm fine, but all too often my brain just goes "Ooooh shiny!" and that's it. lol

[finniscs.livejournal.com]

::Thud!::

that was the sound of me falling over.

yah.

going back to work now. . .

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Hee. I know exactly how you feel. :-D