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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Effectiveness...

this is a short but sweet post...

Remember it's always more effective to say "He crunched his fists together" than to just say "He grew angry!"

better to say "He pee'd his pants" than to say "He was scared!"

better to say "She screamed and clutched her hand" than to say "She got hurt in the hand"

better to say "Ge smiled brightly as she walked away" than to say "he was happy after seeing her"

Show me things I would normally see on a TV screen or in an anime, not something that can only be read...

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Where is Inspiration?

Inspiration is the key element that makes us all jiggle with excitement and motivation to go out and be creative, but sometimes we don't know where to get it from, and sometimes we still need more inspiration even after we've started out work.... so where do you get yours?

Well I'm seriously asking anyone who reads this to tell me, but since this is a blog website I have to share a little about where I get mine....

I got a lot of inspiration before, during and after writing my novel and where did I get the necessary inspiration and motivation to continue working from?

After I started writing my novel I became bored and stopped for almost a month, and it wasn't till after I watched this video that I decided to keep going again: HERE , What is it? It's a story someone drew by her self, and it made me realize how lazy and how little I contribute to society. So I decided to get off my lazy.... chair... and start writing again....

Well what do you know, come time around again and I start to get lazy and lose interest in this book, even though lot's of people told me it was good, I still somehow lost inspiration and motivation... HERE , basically it's an anime series with almost no plot, but it has a lot of character development and as I watched I began to study the characters develop and I compared it to my story and I realized the methods of character development weren't so different and I decided to keep writing!

Well I needed some music while I write or else I get bored so here are a few tracks I listened to while writing. Now I should tell you that if you appreciate any of these awesome songs, you should support the composers by buying it... because how would you feel if people kept reading your book for free on the internet without your permission?... these song's will always be here until YouTube removes them for Copyright reasons or until the record label decides to put advertisements next to the video....

Keep in mind my song selection is very Anime/Nintendo Influenced....

For the SAD and SERIOUS parts:

God Knows (Instrumental Version) HERE
Elfen Lied Theme - Lilium HERE
Clannad Ending Theme (Violin) HERE
Mosiak Kakera HERE
Awkward Song (OfTheSeven) HERE
Kaiko HERE
Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask - Song Of Healing HERE

This is an Inspirational Poem I read about the Legend Of Zelda Majoras Mask...

Day to night, dark to light,
Fall the sands of time.
Let the years like the gears
Of a clock unwind
In your mind walk through time
Back to better days.
Memories, like a dream,
Wash your tears away.
Like a star in the sky darkness can't reach you.
Light the night, joy is light 'til the new dawn.
Cast away your old face
Full of gloom and spite.
With this mask I will ask
To borrow your light.
Day to night, dark to light,
Fall the sands of time.


This poem influenced the final chapters of my sad story....


For the Happy and Comical parts:

Hare Hare Yukai HERE and HERE
楽譜で少女綺想曲
(Piano Version) HERE
SSB Yoshi's Island HERE
ABUNAI SISTERS
HERE
Scarlet Flandre Rough Time HERE
Hurricane Mixers HERE

For the Epic and Cool moments:

07 Ghost Ending Theme HERE
Persona 3 intro HERE
Confidence HERE
Re Re HERE
USO HERE

And just some songs for over all:

Super Mario Galaxy 2 End Credits HERE
Wii Wether Channel Music (Night Time) HERE
Legend of Zelda Wind Waker - Outset Island HERE
Super Smash Bros Brawl Flower Field HERE
Kaze no Kioku HERE



Now nothing can compare to what I believe to be the greatest inspiration of all, nature.... going outside and just enjoying creation is such an awesome thing if you know how..... I think the reason Japan known as such a creative country is because it is tradition to set aside 30 minutes of their day just looking at nature and being silent, I believe that the sky, trees, ocean, and stars are the biggest inspirations for me.... I especially enjoy thinking of tropical islands such as in Wink Waker, or what it would be like if Mario Galaxy were real....

I hope these th9ings will only improve your writings....


- Andrew T.