Ron A Swan's Blog: rAveNswAn, page 2
May 6, 2015
Saturday Night Live (SNL) skit series ideas
Learning how to use a script writing app by writing out some Saturday Night Live skit series ideas I have. Then I need to figure out where to send them.
I have several skits for each, stay tuned for more details.
Here are the two main themes:
1) The Man Whose Essence Is Off
2) Mr. Probability - The Odds Man Out
I have several skits for each, stay tuned for more details.
Here are the two main themes:
1) The Man Whose Essence Is Off
2) Mr. Probability - The Odds Man Out
May 1, 2015
Two Love Bugs Flying into the Light
My goal with this one was to provide what I call Pretzel Perspective...it's twisted.
Two Love Bugs Flying into the Light
by Ron A Swan
He spent his life flightless
Grew up grounded all the time
And could never see why
So when he grew up
He knew he wanted to fly
But spent his adult life pilotless
Grounded yet again, but this time
Because he could not see well
In a cruel twist of fate
He became an electrician
And though he lived his life grounded
The transformer he was working on was not
And when the volts hit him
He flew to his death
But at least he’d finally gotten to fly
She spent her life out of the spotlight
Grew up in her sister’s shadow all the time
And could never see why
So when she grew up
She knew she wanted to be in the limelight
But she spent her life lightless
Shadowed again, but this time
Because she was not seen well
In a cruel twist of fate
She became a camera technician
And though she lived her life shadowed
The lighting above her was not
It was also not secure
And when the lights finally hit her
She saw the light of death
But at least she’d finally bathed in the light
Their stories seem sad
Their lives seem unfulfilled
And in cruel twists of fate
Both in irony killed
For neither had flown
Nor under light shone
But if you believe that
Based on what you’ve read alone
You couldn’t be further from the truth
They met on school grounds
In the shadows of nightfall
His feet left the ground
The moment he met her
And she’d never stopped glowing since
And the time that they spent
Between the time that they met
And their ironic fates
Was worth more than two lives fulfilled
Now eternally mates
Two love bugs flying into the light
Two Love Bugs Flying into the Light
by Ron A Swan
He spent his life flightless
Grew up grounded all the time
And could never see why
So when he grew up
He knew he wanted to fly
But spent his adult life pilotless
Grounded yet again, but this time
Because he could not see well
In a cruel twist of fate
He became an electrician
And though he lived his life grounded
The transformer he was working on was not
And when the volts hit him
He flew to his death
But at least he’d finally gotten to fly
She spent her life out of the spotlight
Grew up in her sister’s shadow all the time
And could never see why
So when she grew up
She knew she wanted to be in the limelight
But she spent her life lightless
Shadowed again, but this time
Because she was not seen well
In a cruel twist of fate
She became a camera technician
And though she lived her life shadowed
The lighting above her was not
It was also not secure
And when the lights finally hit her
She saw the light of death
But at least she’d finally bathed in the light
Their stories seem sad
Their lives seem unfulfilled
And in cruel twists of fate
Both in irony killed
For neither had flown
Nor under light shone
But if you believe that
Based on what you’ve read alone
You couldn’t be further from the truth
They met on school grounds
In the shadows of nightfall
His feet left the ground
The moment he met her
And she’d never stopped glowing since
And the time that they spent
Between the time that they met
And their ironic fates
Was worth more than two lives fulfilled
Now eternally mates
Two love bugs flying into the light
April 26, 2015
The Kite and the Coin Toss
My 100K-word novel,
The Kite and the Coin Toss
, is a dystopian historical fiction that flips Stephen King’s 11/22/63 approach at time as it strikes through the continuum, and then sews it back together with a twisted thread of traditional American ideals, history and the will to be free.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1776
The signers of the Declaration of Independence knew upon ratification, they had either signed for their freedom or signed their own death warrants. It was a proverbial flip of a coin in which they called ‘heads’ and bet on freedom, but would it land in their favor?
The coin landed ‘tails.’
Two hundred and thirty-five years later in this world of ‘tails,’ Joshua Franks lives in George's Cross within the province of Burgoyne in the country of New England.
Joshua attends college at King’s Gift, the University of Cornwallis where he learns in English History the origin of the empire-wide holiday, Signer's Day of Reckoning. He also learns George’s Cross had originally been a city named Philadelphia. These are historic drops of knowledge that pale in comparison to the ocean of hindsight that soon floods Joshua.
Joshua believes knowledge is power, but knowledge can only be of value when the right person knows the right thing at the right time. He now knows the right things, only he is not the right person, nor in the right time to benefit from the knowledge gained.
Then he learns how in July 1752, well before the Signer's Day of Reckoning, Benjamin Franklin flew a kite in a thunderstorm. Struck by the lightning bolt of epiphany, Joshua realizes Benjamin Franklin would be the right person and lived at the right time. If only Mr. Franklin knew then what Joshua knows now, the coin of America's fate may have landed ‘heads,’ thus Joshua’s world could be free from tyranny.
Over two centuries in time stand between Joshua and Mr. Franklin. Though just a four-letter word, ‘time’ may be insurmountable to reach back over, but due to a recent turn of events, it is becoming equally difficult for Joshua to reach forward to tomorrow.
Keeping in the analogy of a coin toss, I wrote The Kite and the Coin Toss because I believe the proverbial coin’s final half-rotation to land ‘heads,’ thus pushing it beyond the gravity of odds and towards freedom, was fanned by a handful of extraordinary and exclusive decisions, acts and events. I wanted to take a trip in time down the path of ‘tails.’ Lastly, I wanted to emphasize the collective value of key patriots’ decisions to step beyond the path of ordinary, as their revolutionary cause was both worthy and required nothing less.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1776
The signers of the Declaration of Independence knew upon ratification, they had either signed for their freedom or signed their own death warrants. It was a proverbial flip of a coin in which they called ‘heads’ and bet on freedom, but would it land in their favor?
The coin landed ‘tails.’
Two hundred and thirty-five years later in this world of ‘tails,’ Joshua Franks lives in George's Cross within the province of Burgoyne in the country of New England.
Joshua attends college at King’s Gift, the University of Cornwallis where he learns in English History the origin of the empire-wide holiday, Signer's Day of Reckoning. He also learns George’s Cross had originally been a city named Philadelphia. These are historic drops of knowledge that pale in comparison to the ocean of hindsight that soon floods Joshua.
Joshua believes knowledge is power, but knowledge can only be of value when the right person knows the right thing at the right time. He now knows the right things, only he is not the right person, nor in the right time to benefit from the knowledge gained.
Then he learns how in July 1752, well before the Signer's Day of Reckoning, Benjamin Franklin flew a kite in a thunderstorm. Struck by the lightning bolt of epiphany, Joshua realizes Benjamin Franklin would be the right person and lived at the right time. If only Mr. Franklin knew then what Joshua knows now, the coin of America's fate may have landed ‘heads,’ thus Joshua’s world could be free from tyranny.
Over two centuries in time stand between Joshua and Mr. Franklin. Though just a four-letter word, ‘time’ may be insurmountable to reach back over, but due to a recent turn of events, it is becoming equally difficult for Joshua to reach forward to tomorrow.
Keeping in the analogy of a coin toss, I wrote The Kite and the Coin Toss because I believe the proverbial coin’s final half-rotation to land ‘heads,’ thus pushing it beyond the gravity of odds and towards freedom, was fanned by a handful of extraordinary and exclusive decisions, acts and events. I wanted to take a trip in time down the path of ‘tails.’ Lastly, I wanted to emphasize the collective value of key patriots’ decisions to step beyond the path of ordinary, as their revolutionary cause was both worthy and required nothing less.
December 20, 2013
Character Names
There are many things I enjoy about writing, for example, coming up with character names!
It may seem like a little thing, but there is a lot of responsibility associated with naming characters. It is a pseudo-tangible representation of a character's identity!
In life, we are not named off the person time will reveal us to become, but when naming a character, you often have an idea of just that.
I feel obligated to try and name the character with their identity in mind. I will add how I love it when I finally land on a name that feels right for them. Lastly, since I take the time to provide monikers apropos for them, I like all of their names.
I am out of time now, but will leave you with two primary character names from Through The Kindness Of Ravens; Jakeb Hoke and Jesher Rook.
It may seem like a little thing, but there is a lot of responsibility associated with naming characters. It is a pseudo-tangible representation of a character's identity!
In life, we are not named off the person time will reveal us to become, but when naming a character, you often have an idea of just that.
I feel obligated to try and name the character with their identity in mind. I will add how I love it when I finally land on a name that feels right for them. Lastly, since I take the time to provide monikers apropos for them, I like all of their names.
I am out of time now, but will leave you with two primary character names from Through The Kindness Of Ravens; Jakeb Hoke and Jesher Rook.
