Project Poet (formerly Project OPaK) Underway!
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The Play’s the Thing
So, right now, one of the classes that I’m taking is a class on Early English Drama (before Shakespeare) as one of my required courses in the program. I had a story that relied on a “Poet” who told stories, but when I learned that playwrights during the early dramatical development were also called “poets” and that playwright was a bit of a pejorative term (to indicate them as a lowly profession like wheelwright or wainwright), I decided to make the main character a “Poet” who wrote a play. From there, the basic story that was in my head will play out for “Project Poet.” This story, while a Fantasy story, doesn’t include magical elements, which is unusual for me. I’m not sure (at this point) if it will even have a sword fight or combat. Think of it as a sort of “medieval Law and Order.”
To Thine Own Self Be True
While I’ve drawn a fantasy map of the country and have a brief history of the world (only about a generation or so–nothing on the level of Tolkien’s massive Silmarillion), but still it is important to the story so I wrote it out. However, what I’m really trying hard to focus on creating a set of memorable characters. I’ve been trying to really increase my characters over this past year and this is just a continuation of the process. I want to have 3 really strong and memorable characters in this story–the protagonist, the antagonist and the main supporting character. I’m focusing hard to try to make sure that I give each of them strong character traits and emotional beats in the story rather than focusing all my efforts on plot.
What’s Next?
So my next project will be “Project Scholar.” So Project Scholar is a Science Fiction story that deals with an “alien” planet (not Earth, but with Earth-like humans) who face an world ending event and only a scholar can save them. I’ve had this idea for a while, but only recently (within the last couple of years) decided to write out a bit of the backstory and rough draft. Over Christmas Break an idea of how the character might actually look/act appeared, so I’m going to try to write it and see what happens. I already have a rough outline for the action–now I need/want to the develop the character more and see what type of character he is.
Work also continues on Ship of Shadows Graphic Novel after a long hiatus. I’m currently alternating between 250 words a day between the two projects (Project Poet & Ship of Shadows Graphic Novel) and I’ll update everyone via the blog whenever I finish these two creative writing projects (in their current drafts, at least).
Well, that’s all I have time for today. Have a great day!
Sidney
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Read Faerie Knight in the anthology Fae, Rhonda Parrish, Ed. or the Kindle Edition
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Read WarLight in the anthology Visions VI: Galaxies, Carrol Fix, Ed. or the Kindle Edition.
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