{"id":567,"date":"2010-01-29T02:36:13","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T06:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=567"},"modified":"2010-01-29T03:08:09","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T07:08:09","slug":"i-have-lived-another-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=567","title":{"rendered":"I have lived another day…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I still haven’t gotten past page 8 of my screenplay [The Shadow Prince<\/em>]. I seem to be having trouble getting the tone I want from the scene I’m working on, because I’m not really sure what I want, and it’s a pretty dark scene. It might not seem that dark to a reader (or movie viewer) who reads (or watches) it in a minute or two. But trying to understand the world from that character’s point of view, it’s pretty terrible, nothing I’d want to experience. So it’s one of the basic challenges of writing: how do you get a character to react believably to an experience real people could never have? One could write a book chapter on that. Or maybe an entire book. (And probably someone has.)<\/p>\n

I finished reading William Goldman’s book Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade<\/a>\"\" the other day. Very good book. But, gah, kind of frustrating because you know you can’t just all the sudden be a part of the [film] industry, and it’s all written from the perspective of someone who’s in<\/em> the industry. Don’t you hate when famous rich people do that? They’ll be in an interview and nonchalantly say “so I had lunch *famous name here* and discussed my project” … blagh.<\/p>\n

Also, I created a formspring.me page<\/a>, after seeing a bunch of other people do and jumping on the bandwagon. Basically anybody can ask you anonymous questions through it. Might be fun, might be stupid and annoying, but it’s all the rage. I put widget for it on the side of this blog, as you should be able to see. As if the columns weren’t cluttered enough.<\/p>\n

Hey, guess what? They’re calling for snow Friday night and Saturday! I am scheduled to work on Saturday! If the fates are kind, maybe, just maybe, I won’t have to go? We’ll see. Come on, sky. Give me a storm. Paint the outdoors an ocean of white. Let it tear the people from their schedules, let it frighten and anger the innocent drivers on their weary ill-fated journeys through the restless roads. And let me sleep! O, dear fates, let me sleep and rest and dream of the goodness I shan’t wake up to see!<\/p>\n

Bravo! Bravo!<\/p>\n

Thank you, thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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