This week in I focused mostly on the writing of my story. Last weekend I spend at least six hours trying to compress my story enough to fit its summary into one single spaced page. It proved to me much more difficult than I had originally anticipated. Throughout the week i spent about 4 to 5 hours give or take a few trying to get my story ready to print out and turn in for my professors and GSI's can read and critique it.
One thing I encountered during a meeting with one of my faculty was that It would be better to change what it was that my character became, sos not t put any limits on myself creatively (sorry that comment was a bit vague but i don't want to reveal to much of my story before its time).
I think what I should do next is get the story written and begin designing characters.
So... maybe this whole blogging in public thing isn't working out (given your top secret project). Why don't you e-mail us the page you wrote?
ReplyDeleteI think you should focus on either the story or characters: tackle one aspect at a time. Obviously, both will evolve together, but don't spread yourself too thin. Given your project- you need to think in terms of steps --and don't be hesitant about giving yourself a structured timeline with strict deadlines this early on. If you're going to emulate the industry, you have to act like you're in it.
-SEAN