tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36835112.post5475447032458749466..comments2023-04-09T03:34:12.677-04:00Comments on William's Ramblings: Words, Words, WordsWilliam Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779582298787431216noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36835112.post-47378935623339976012009-11-18T11:38:18.599-05:002009-11-18T11:38:18.599-05:00Perhaps that is called daydreaming. I like to call...<i>Perhaps that is called daydreaming. I like to call it "my job." :)</i> - I love that, William! I daydream all the time… I’d like to be able to call it “my job”… :-)<br /><br />It’s very interesting what you’re saying about music. I find that for me, too, music is an inspiration, but when I’m thinking of a particular story I can only listen to a particular type of music, one that keeps me in that mood. I cut out everything else. It could go on for days, and days, and days…Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36835112.post-18890856195622753282009-11-16T10:34:28.040-05:002009-11-16T10:34:28.040-05:00When I finally decided to get in gear and finish m...When I finally decided to get in gear and finish my story for TALES OUT OF MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY, I put on the headphones and listened to Mozart's Requiem while typing away. The next day I went back to revise what I'd written -- and barely remembered typing any of it. Many thanks, Wolfgang...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36835112.post-53834017345163036992009-11-15T16:19:01.658-05:002009-11-15T16:19:01.658-05:00With any luck at all, over the next decade science...With any luck at all, over the next decade science will discover the source of ideas for us writers. There are some indications that ideas are contagions, and that by drinking out of someone else's glass. Imagine the aftermarket for Stephen King's used kitchenware. <br /><br />Another viewpoint is that ideas find us, and that we need not worry over finding them. According to leading proponents of this idea, it is helpful to wear certain colors which tend to attract ideas. Most agree that the mating call horns used to attract ideas are irrevelant, as it is plain from much research that ideas are genderless.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36835112.post-51840843922464092712009-11-13T15:36:45.667-05:002009-11-13T15:36:45.667-05:00Charles - A very apt quote.
Steve - Quite right....Charles - A very apt quote.<br /><br />Steve - Quite right. Often it is the BIG idea that people are waiting for. I know many editors who have said they'd like to read stories where small things happen.William Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09779582298787431216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36835112.post-10258343067236671662009-11-13T14:58:51.600-05:002009-11-13T14:58:51.600-05:00I think the main issue that they think novels have...I think the main issue that they think novels have these Wonderul Stupendous OMG That's so Frigign' Amazing kind of ideas to start with. And they're waiting for that to come in. So when then get bothered with the, "Okay, so we take zombies, and they're actually accountants when they aren't working tax season..." ideas they dismiss them as less than worthy.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36835112.post-71028545967109603402009-11-13T10:52:04.128-05:002009-11-13T10:52:04.128-05:00It's like a quote i like. "Some folks wi...It's like a quote i like. "Some folks will stand amid stones and decry their lack of a weapon." Some people will stand amid inspiration and claim they have none.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com