tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post1710441412787616637..comments2024-03-10T00:26:33.241-08:00Comments on <strike>Muse Riding Shotgun</strike>: IWSG: Tales I Once Wanted to TellMason T. Matchakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10382636658554302699noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-14771042130583299042014-06-11T17:39:53.590-07:002014-06-11T17:39:53.590-07:00That could be part of it. The characters for my pl...That could be part of it. The characters for my plot-in-progress are really fleshing themselves out and getting interesting, so I'm hoping that one turns out well.<br /><br />Even if one of those characters STILL needs a name. O_oMason T. Matchakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382636658554302699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-80651677543809106612014-06-11T11:02:15.936-07:002014-06-11T11:02:15.936-07:00You know, for me it's not the plot, it's t...You know, for me it's not the plot, it's the characters. I fall in love with the characters, and then I have to tell their stories. That's why I read too. I fall in love with characters. Truthfully, for me the whole story process has become about how the characters change through the story, not the actual "what happens." Maybe you just need a character who gives you the motivation to stick with it, eh? Crystal Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912469552483168148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-39055620471574460592014-06-08T19:56:41.235-07:002014-06-08T19:56:41.235-07:00"A reader lives a thousand lives before he di..."A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one." --George R. R. Martin<br />Kind of applies to writing too. ^_^<br /><br />And on one hand, I know it only takes one good idea, one good story, to start a career. But I also know there are a bunch of published authors who never put out a second book. Grr. Arg.Mason T. Matchakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382636658554302699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-33514664913389245852014-06-08T19:54:58.192-07:002014-06-08T19:54:58.192-07:00I try. ^_^ I've just had so many times where...I try. ^_^ I've just had so many times where my instincts proved wrong or said "Eh, we're done here" to not be wary about it.Mason T. Matchakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382636658554302699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-37028351293020277142014-06-08T08:00:00.455-07:002014-06-08T08:00:00.455-07:00"More lifetimes only means more ideas, after ..."More lifetimes only means more ideas, after all." Good point. I'm going to stop wishing for more lifetimes. Another good point: "Ideas are never wasted." Like they say on Shark Tank, all you need is one good one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-28689035661942463042014-06-05T20:50:35.011-07:002014-06-05T20:50:35.011-07:00l think the ideas have to spark and excite the wri...l think the ideas have to spark and excite the writer to spark and excite the reader. Go with your instincts. :-)<br /><br /><a href="http://emaginette.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/iwsg-2-stage-fright" rel="nofollow">Anna from Shout with Emaginette</a>emaginettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324981140248692448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-89537036690760320682014-06-05T18:01:01.783-07:002014-06-05T18:01:01.783-07:00Good luck. ^_^ For me, Abraxas is the only old p...Good luck. ^_^ For me, Abraxas is the only old project that I've done well to dig up, as everything else I've tried to rewrite or rework over the past few years has either turned out badly or sputtered out. Hopefully that won't always be the case.Mason T. Matchakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382636658554302699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-45064475036641270002014-06-05T17:59:56.569-07:002014-06-05T17:59:56.569-07:00I hear you. That's easy to do when you're...I hear you. That's easy to do when you're putting ideas together. My current plot-in-progress was nothing but world ideas for months, and I only (finally) came up with a story to set in it last month.Mason T. Matchakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382636658554302699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-64690198873156607752014-06-05T17:59:07.612-07:002014-06-05T17:59:07.612-07:00I think I will go back to it someday - dark Lovecr...I think I will go back to it someday - dark Lovecraftian stuff appeals to me too much for me to completely turn away from it. But having two plots that I thought would work and then scrapped kind of wore me out on the idea.Mason T. Matchakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382636658554302699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-71864979055750457582014-06-05T17:58:20.443-07:002014-06-05T17:58:20.443-07:00Won't be much different from my usual writing,...Won't be much different from my usual writing, then. ^_^Mason T. Matchakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382636658554302699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-49592329403630786812014-06-05T17:57:55.810-07:002014-06-05T17:57:55.810-07:00Thanks. It took me writing this to really realize...Thanks. It took me writing this to really realize it. ^_^Mason T. Matchakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382636658554302699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-60627373790926903272014-06-05T12:42:40.881-07:002014-06-05T12:42:40.881-07:00I love all my orphaned projects. Sometimes, I look...I love all my orphaned projects. Sometimes, I look back at those old ideas. Sometimes I want to write them. Sometimes I feel like they're foolish. And sometimes they land on my to do list...<br /><br />Yeah, the next project is an oldie. Renahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02767762370997304308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-20834589134543929032014-06-05T11:45:58.209-07:002014-06-05T11:45:58.209-07:00I worked on a fantasy story for over a year before...I worked on a fantasy story for over a year before I realized I really didn't have the plot solidified enough to write it. I was spending all my creative energies on all the little details that hinted at the existence of an alternate world instead of what happened once that world was discovered.Chemist Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-63315773483473698352014-06-05T06:03:07.508-07:002014-06-05T06:03:07.508-07:00I love the idea for your dark fantasy novel!! Wait...I love the idea for your dark fantasy novel!! Wait, pull it back out and dust it off - I wanna read it!!<br /><br />Sigh. No, I get it. And they're definitely not wasted ideas at all. Liz Blockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160510626027597666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-46454226136837257742014-06-04T18:36:15.729-07:002014-06-04T18:36:15.729-07:00Not wasted, as you are learning to pull together i...Not wasted, as you are learning to pull together ideas. When the right one hits, you will write like a maniac.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667260282067472646.post-83502146790190656102014-06-04T18:12:51.124-07:002014-06-04T18:12:51.124-07:00I like your attitude. Nope. They're not wasted...I like your attitude. Nope. They're not wasted. :)<br /><br />IWSG #215 until Alex culls the list again.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08516493326566981116noreply@blogger.com