Plugging Away
I'm plugging away on the writing front. I'm working on a rough (emphasis on rough) draft of a synopsis for my latest story. I've gotten more feedback on it and wrote out my goal list to have the first three chapters polished and a synopsis finished by WRW's Retreat (even though I'm still now sure if I can afford it—ugh!). But it's nice to have goals. Now it's just the sticking to them that is hard, which is why I'm telling all of you. I'm accountable not only to myself but to all those who are reading my blog. You have a right to taunt me if I don't do it. :)
Has anyone seen No Country for Old Men? It's one of those movies, at least for me, which I need to discuss with someone else who loves to pick apart movies and books. When I attended the Michael Hauge workshop on story structure, we talked about character growth in regards to identity and essence and two of five things you need to do to make your audience in tune with your main character. It did follow the structure of showing current situation and having something happen which creates a new situation, then a point of no return, climax, etc. But I'm wondering if the main character whose growth is chronicled is actually Sheriff Bell and not Llewelyn (Josh Brolin), whom I originally thought. Also, just before I fell asleep that night, I wondered if the theme of the movie was "the only thing certain in life is death." Because a few characters talked about certainty in regards to what occurs in life.
And can I say that there's nothing worse than a psychotic hitman with his own principles? Javier Bardem was SCARY.
Has anyone seen No Country for Old Men? It's one of those movies, at least for me, which I need to discuss with someone else who loves to pick apart movies and books. When I attended the Michael Hauge workshop on story structure, we talked about character growth in regards to identity and essence and two of five things you need to do to make your audience in tune with your main character. It did follow the structure of showing current situation and having something happen which creates a new situation, then a point of no return, climax, etc. But I'm wondering if the main character whose growth is chronicled is actually Sheriff Bell and not Llewelyn (Josh Brolin), whom I originally thought. Also, just before I fell asleep that night, I wondered if the theme of the movie was "the only thing certain in life is death." Because a few characters talked about certainty in regards to what occurs in life.
And can I say that there's nothing worse than a psychotic hitman with his own principles? Javier Bardem was SCARY.
posted by J.T. Bock at 11:45 AM
4 Comments:
Death and taxes. ;-)
To me, it was a rather existential piece. Some of the futility of life, the certainty of death.
And Bardem . . . brilliant. Because yes, random killing is terrifying, but principle elevates the killing to a . . . calling.
And that is REALLY scary.
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Oh, yes, death and taxes. (I wonder what Ms. Parker would say about that move :P) Though I don't think that some of the main characters paid much in taxes. :)
Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad to hear what others think and that I was on the right track. I also heard that the sheriff was the narrator of the book, hence the main character. So that clears up a lot of the structure stuff for me.
I LOVED that movie!! No Country earned every one of their oscars. I wanted to buy the book, but when I noticed there were no double quotes for dialogue, I got scared and put it back. Oh well...
As for another thing tha's certain, I'd have to say not winning the Powerball Jackpot. At least that's true at the rate I'm going.
Yeah ... uh ... no dialogue quotes. That could get a little confusing.
Me, too, with the Powerball thingy. But someone has to win eventually. So why can't that someone be one of us??? That's for certain!
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