The right tool for the job...

[jducoeur]

Roight. Having spent much of the past couple of weeks agonizing over not having enough plot for Shades of Memory, I finally remembered JMS' maxim on the subject. Loosely paraphrased, it recall it as, "Look at each character. What do they want? What will they do to get it? What will others do to prevent them from getting it? Answer that, and plot will take care of itself."

Just the right tool for loosening up the mental muscles and getting past writers block...

Comments

[nazrynn.livejournal.com]

Sounds vaguely familiar.

BTW. Good taste in music there....

[jducoeur]

Good taste in music there....

Thanks. Harmonix was good to me -- I'm extremely fond of the PS2 games Frequency and Amplitude, and got into a lot of current music through them. Crystal Method was one of the better finds: while I only do electronica in moderation, I like good chewy electronica when I do...

Techno

[nazrynn.livejournal.com]

My list of techno CDs is pretty short, but it came from listening to New Age music when I was in college. Crystal Method, Moby, Tangerine Dream, Orbital, Fatboy Slim, Darude, things off The Matrix and The Saint soundtracks... MTV Amp (which is mostly off The Saint soundtrack). That sort. I've discovered I don't particularly enjoy trance, but anything with a good upbeat flow to it and nothing that sounds like whining sirens works.

:)

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Good quote. The just-invented corollary (and the current problem with The Atlantis Affair) is, "If there's nothing to prevent them from getting it, *you've* got a problem!"

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

As my boss always harps on when we're doing level breakouts "What's the blockage?"

Bujold

[metageek.livejournal.com]

Yes, Bujold tackles plotting that way. She says to herself, "OK, so what's the worst thing I can do to this character?"

[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

I never pictured you as a Crystal Method fan. My brain breaks.

[jducoeur]

You've clearly never dug through my CD collection. It's more diverse (and louder) than you probably expect. I start with hard rock and get noisier from there...