Yeah, Sure, What the Heck-

[weirdlet]

Yoinked variously from Beckyh2112, Avocado-Love, Attackfish, and Suzukiblu.  Have at it, folks- I shall do my best to answer.


I think it would be fun to talk about stories, but the usual memes are like, "What happens next?" "Tell me about Character A?" Which isn't so much talking about stories as it is writing more of a story. But you know how sometimes you read something and you're like, "I got ___ out of this story, I wonder if I have that right?" or "What on earth was ____ supposed to be?" and it's too awkward to ask the author? Now you could totally ask!

I've heard people say that writing is hard because you have to make decisions, but we never really talk about the decisions we make with stories or why we make them. We talk about plot bunnies, but not about how we actually turn them into a story.

And it seems like a lot more fun to do that than to do working.

So, if you wanted, ask me questions! (Or use this to ask your flist to ask you questions).

What were you trying to do [here]? Why did you decide to ____? This is what I thought about xyz, is that what you were going for? What made you write ____? Why did you decide to do this? And so on.

Comments

[weirdlet.livejournal.com]

Hm. Visually? I'd say probably the LotR movies (Jackson, not Rankin-Bass), just because, of the versions I'm familiar with, that was the first I saw and the most unapologeticly badass. Big, grungy, scavenged and cobbled and very clearly combining don't-give-a-fuck with it-works-it-sticks. Plus the Uruks were just awesome.

Although, for sheer musical talent, Rankin-Bass can't be beat...

Writing-wise, well- it's hard to pick. I tend to like hard-nosed, badass, stubborn warriors whom everyone think are savages but who do, at the heart of it, have their own culture and ideals of what's civilized. It might be to challenge your bridegroom to hand-to-hand combat at the wedding, but it works for them. I don't play WoW, and in a lot of things orc culture/orgins/whatever is left open beyond 'they're the basic danger to your peasants and minions to your bad guy, and they're ucky'- so a lot of my interpretation is just me in my head going 'hm, I don't like that, I *do* like that- yoink!'

[gamiel.livejournal.com]

have you seen this?
http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2711195.html

[weirdlet.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that must be issue 3! I'd only seen #0, 1 and 2 before.

[weirdlet.livejournal.com]

Addendum-

*BWA* hahhahhahhahahahaha! Oh my god... Good stuff.

[gamiel.livejournal.com]

A suggestion of orcish reading material -
‘Wrath & Rage: A guidebook to orcs & half-orcs’ to D&D.3, published by Green Ronin publishing. First edition 2002

‘Gundabad’ to middle-earth role playing, published by Iron Crown Enterprises. First edition 1990

‘Gorgoroth’ to middle-earth role playing, published by Iron Crown Enterprises. First edition 1990

[weirdlet.livejournal.com]

Ooh, neat