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creativity burst...
Dec. 3rd, 2009 08:55 amwell, either aunt flow, or the fact that i can breathe better than i have in almost a year has come with a burst of creativity this week.
the Dunne's Darlin's fanfic list has posted a drabble prompt/challenge of 'christmas traditions, any AU', and i've got an idea for it that takes place in my werewolf AU. it won't be a drabble because i'm *not* a master of the tight form(*), and i need to dig up some stuff about dad's dad, but i think it will be decent humor when i get done.
i finally got around to a first read-through of FaraD's beta commentary on 'Green Day' (thanks again, Fara!), and i found myself both nodding right along with it, and being inspired to finish my series of essays on What Makes a Good Story. i have the essay on Characterization and Oomph Factor left, and some of FaraD's commentary seemed to be perfect jumping off points for those. i've been holding off because it can be difficult to describe what either of those subjects mean to me, much less how to do them well. so i'm officially thanking FaraD for more than just her beta comments. :-)
and third, i had the most *awesome* dream last night.
( Dream of Awesome, Part 1 )
(TBC: I have a meeting to attend!)
(ETA: I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that I hate CMMI, too. Just for the record.)
( Second Half of the Dream )
-bs, happy
(*): drabbles are the prose version of the haiku. when it works, it's an amazing gut-punch of emotion and clarity and awe, and when it flops, it flops *hard*. like most things, it's *much* harder to make it work than make it flop.
the Dunne's Darlin's fanfic list has posted a drabble prompt/challenge of 'christmas traditions, any AU', and i've got an idea for it that takes place in my werewolf AU. it won't be a drabble because i'm *not* a master of the tight form(*), and i need to dig up some stuff about dad's dad, but i think it will be decent humor when i get done.
i finally got around to a first read-through of FaraD's beta commentary on 'Green Day' (thanks again, Fara!), and i found myself both nodding right along with it, and being inspired to finish my series of essays on What Makes a Good Story. i have the essay on Characterization and Oomph Factor left, and some of FaraD's commentary seemed to be perfect jumping off points for those. i've been holding off because it can be difficult to describe what either of those subjects mean to me, much less how to do them well. so i'm officially thanking FaraD for more than just her beta comments. :-)
and third, i had the most *awesome* dream last night.
( Dream of Awesome, Part 1 )
(TBC: I have a meeting to attend!)
(ETA: I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that I hate CMMI, too. Just for the record.)
( Second Half of the Dream )
-bs, happy
(*): drabbles are the prose version of the haiku. when it works, it's an amazing gut-punch of emotion and clarity and awe, and when it flops, it flops *hard*. like most things, it's *much* harder to make it work than make it flop.
