Poetry has an obvious rhythm but so can prose. Writing can be so musical as, well, music writing. What type of cadence do you find in your own writing? Are you short and choppy? Long and lyrical? And why is your way better than anyone else?
The following is in verse because I am, at my core, a geek and a poet. Also, I am awesome; the end.
My cadence, you ask,
Is one to be marched to.
Even though I work on
Becoming something else,
The road is long and never ending
But for the moment, it is,
The sound of the drum beat.
Short and choppy, to me,
Sounds more like real life
But is not really for me.
I'd like to go on and and on
And on some more
But then I realize that sucks too.
The balance is somewhere between the
Two and is like reaching some point of
Nirvana - lyrical yet short.
My way is the best
But only for me
And, as said before,
Ever changing
Like the sea.
For I must have a silly metaphor
Or simile
In every blogging circle
Post that I write.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Saturday, March 2, 2013
WriYe Blogging Circle 2013: Inspiration (January)
As much as I want to write mind blowing stuff about the topic, I can't. Inspiration is like lightning. It strikes, never in the same way tiwce. And I better write it down or it rolls away like... no, thunder isn't right. Boo metaphor. You suck. Anyways, there are questions and I'm going to answer them. Other blog posts might go another way but this is the way this one wrote itself. Deal. So, roll them on like a boss. Or drum roll. Whatever really works in the end.
Where do you get your initial spark of inspiration?
See lightning metaphor/simile thing. Oh, for fanfiction, it is more along the lines of "..what if?". Example: Sucky ending of X-Men: First Class where it ends with the clear lines drawn of Charles vs Erik. Since, it was a reboot, I thought we'd have a MORE ORIGINAL ENDING YOU WRITERS. *takes a breath* So, that needed the "...what if?" of Erik taking Charles home to be helped and killing Moira. Or have Van Helsing having a happy ending. And so on and so forth. So, lightning for original and "what if" for fanfic.
Is it from anything important?
I...don't know? Maybe when it is from something outside of me instead of my mind. Like the story idea from a Nightwish song. Or intertwining 3 different movies that Jeremy Renner is in (Bourne Legacy, M:I 4, and Avengers) because the characters feel like they could all be the same person. Maybe that's important. Otherwise, I dunno.
What else about inspiration intrigues you?
I'd love to know more about how and why inspiration works. However that probably includes brain scans and scientific words.
What is your advice to others?
Read newspapers. Take a walk. Listen to music. And always ask "what if?".
Where do you get your initial spark of inspiration?
See lightning metaphor/simile thing. Oh, for fanfiction, it is more along the lines of "..what if?". Example: Sucky ending of X-Men: First Class where it ends with the clear lines drawn of Charles vs Erik. Since, it was a reboot, I thought we'd have a MORE ORIGINAL ENDING YOU WRITERS. *takes a breath* So, that needed the "...what if?" of Erik taking Charles home to be helped and killing Moira. Or have Van Helsing having a happy ending. And so on and so forth. So, lightning for original and "what if" for fanfic.
Is it from anything important?
I...don't know? Maybe when it is from something outside of me instead of my mind. Like the story idea from a Nightwish song. Or intertwining 3 different movies that Jeremy Renner is in (Bourne Legacy, M:I 4, and Avengers) because the characters feel like they could all be the same person. Maybe that's important. Otherwise, I dunno.
What else about inspiration intrigues you?
I'd love to know more about how and why inspiration works. However that probably includes brain scans and scientific words.
What is your advice to others?
Read newspapers. Take a walk. Listen to music. And always ask "what if?".
And sneak attack! We're back
I do feel like the title says everything I need to about this post. We can all pack up and go home due to the title. Word.
So, it's 2013 and it's March. I meant to be back earlier, because the WriYe Blogging Circle is starting again, but January and February were a mix of meh and awesome. Let me back up a bit.
So, it's December 12th, going into December 13th. Casey, the dog, is sleeping and suddenly he starts yelping loudly. Thinking it's a nightmare, I wake him up and go find him to make sure he's okay. He does this two more times and, after the third time, he can't get up. So I wake up mom and he has another episode. We find a 24 hour vet hospital, bundle him up, and get him there. He arrested in the parking lot and was declared dead. It just happened - they (the vet and the person helping) think it was a mix of seizures and stroke. They both think that he wasn't in pain and he just went. There one moment and gone the next. Christmas was hard because of this, but we got on okay. Save for grandma asking if we could get a puppy everyday.
So, it's January and we've decided on what type of breeds we want. And I go researching Cavachons and find Foxglove Farms Designer Puppies. We fall in love with the puppies because, you know, they're puppies.
Side note: Anybody saying we should have adopted? Please check yourself. Casey was a rescue who would have been put down otherwise due to biting a kid, dog aggression issues (he was just insanely overprotective of his humans), and not being socialized well as a puppy. We did look at shelters and other places. Most had older dogs, which we just went through, and pit bulls. Now, where I live, pit bulls are considered vicious and you are not allowed to have them outside, save for a quick run to the car for grooming and vet appointments. So, that was a no-go because we couldn't walk it and there's only so much yard running around can do. Plus, we also wanted to raise a puppy / young dog (around a year, year and a half at most) and most dogs were 3 years or older. We just left that situation - Casey was 3 when adopted - so...yeah. We went the way we did.
Back on track - after thinking about it and pressing mom into just calling already, we did. Our first two choices were already on hold but the third - our Cookie - wasn't. So we decided to buy her and give her a good home. She's spoiled rotten, but listens well and learns easily. We've had some accidents, but she's a puppy and I'm a stupid human sometimes. So, that's one of the big reasons that I didn't do a "dust off the blog" post earlier. And why it's been a bit hard to write. At least in January.
February was just...I had to get fanfic done in a set amount of time and it was killing me. I should never do that again. if I get like that, I should just drop out and spare myself the pain of cramming. Other people can cram, but I can't. I wish I could, because it would be awesome, but eh. Life is life.
So, that's everything. The first 2013 WriYe Blogging Circle post will be up shortly.
So, it's 2013 and it's March. I meant to be back earlier, because the WriYe Blogging Circle is starting again, but January and February were a mix of meh and awesome. Let me back up a bit.
So, it's December 12th, going into December 13th. Casey, the dog, is sleeping and suddenly he starts yelping loudly. Thinking it's a nightmare, I wake him up and go find him to make sure he's okay. He does this two more times and, after the third time, he can't get up. So I wake up mom and he has another episode. We find a 24 hour vet hospital, bundle him up, and get him there. He arrested in the parking lot and was declared dead. It just happened - they (the vet and the person helping) think it was a mix of seizures and stroke. They both think that he wasn't in pain and he just went. There one moment and gone the next. Christmas was hard because of this, but we got on okay. Save for grandma asking if we could get a puppy everyday.
So, it's January and we've decided on what type of breeds we want. And I go researching Cavachons and find Foxglove Farms Designer Puppies. We fall in love with the puppies because, you know, they're puppies.
Side note: Anybody saying we should have adopted? Please check yourself. Casey was a rescue who would have been put down otherwise due to biting a kid, dog aggression issues (he was just insanely overprotective of his humans), and not being socialized well as a puppy. We did look at shelters and other places. Most had older dogs, which we just went through, and pit bulls. Now, where I live, pit bulls are considered vicious and you are not allowed to have them outside, save for a quick run to the car for grooming and vet appointments. So, that was a no-go because we couldn't walk it and there's only so much yard running around can do. Plus, we also wanted to raise a puppy / young dog (around a year, year and a half at most) and most dogs were 3 years or older. We just left that situation - Casey was 3 when adopted - so...yeah. We went the way we did.
Back on track - after thinking about it and pressing mom into just calling already, we did. Our first two choices were already on hold but the third - our Cookie - wasn't. So we decided to buy her and give her a good home. She's spoiled rotten, but listens well and learns easily. We've had some accidents, but she's a puppy and I'm a stupid human sometimes. So, that's one of the big reasons that I didn't do a "dust off the blog" post earlier. And why it's been a bit hard to write. At least in January.
February was just...I had to get fanfic done in a set amount of time and it was killing me. I should never do that again. if I get like that, I should just drop out and spare myself the pain of cramming. Other people can cram, but I can't. I wish I could, because it would be awesome, but eh. Life is life.
So, that's everything. The first 2013 WriYe Blogging Circle post will be up shortly.
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