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dolariExile, Day 2
BRAINSTORM!
Working title (and definitely NOT a final title): "A Wish for Wings that Work"
"When I was younger, I used to believe that my wings simply never sprouted. I knew my halo was there even if I couldn't see it. I'd look up, and my halo would move with my head. But I was so sad my wings never came in."
"My mother used to call me her angel, so I knew I was right. She stopped calling me that when I grew up. She even told me to stop thinking I was an angel. But I knew, deep in my heart, I always was one."
"My name is Andrea. And I'm an angel. I think."
And I've already got a climax and an ending...now to fill in the blanks.....
Yesterday, I only got about 4 hours of sleep befome Mom came by. We threw out the sofa, the box springs and mattress. We loaded everything in the truck, cleaned the house and then mom moved stuff around in the truck. While she was out, I went back into the Apartment.
And I thanked it.
Yes...I thanked it. I felt like I was losing a friend, and I old it I hope that the next tenants treated it well.
We drove home the alst time, and we were quiet most of the way. Once home, I unpacked a bit, got the computer up and running. I was up until 5AM online...I got a free Juno acount just so I could connect to the Internet via my Dreamcast.
I woke up today, and made business cards for my dad. His new logo is SCADS etter than the old one, and now looks like someone branded it into the paper. Very cool indeed.
Then I did something I hadn't done in almost ten years. I went to the San Antonio Animation Society meeting. I had joined the Cartoon/Fantasy Organization back around 1989, and got to know most of the artist there pretty well. Eventually, I became the tape librarian for a few years, and when the group became Fans of Animation in South Texas (FAST) I really got involved, bringing in my own VCR, TVs and even tapes to show. Eventually the group petered out to nothing and we went from over 400 people gathering in a deluxe four story apartmetn party room, to ten people watching an hours worth of Japanese cartoons at a Mr. Gatti's. I went to the last even they did.
Today, some twelve years later, I went back. I only saw four people there I recognized from the old group. One has grown up from the little kid he was when I went, two were virtually unchanged, and one was very old, grey and bald. The other fifty or so people were completely new.... It was very nice to see all the fresh faces, most watching TV, others playing video games, and even more drawing comics.
The group is much less "regulated" than the old C/FO and FAST was. Only one of the four there seemed to recognize me, and that was a welcome relief. I had rubbed much of the group the wrong way, being a brash young woman who was so full of herself and thinking she would revolutionize the comics industry (Did I ever get published? A few times...in a support group mag :) ). So I played a few rounds of Capcom VS SNK 2 (yes, I can't get away from that game), and Super Puzzle Fighter. And then was treated to abeautiful story which I think gave me my brainstorm: Risky/Safety. It's a story about a soultaker and angel in training.
I left when the group dispersed around 10PM, full of energy and vibes...all the while in the back of mind, this story began to churn. It began to split into two stories...one about a woman who thought she was an angel, and another about an angel who wanted to be human. The second one would have been injected into Polychron Chapter 3.
After a LONG talk with Aadroma the story solidified as a stand alone, not connected to the Polychronicon. I was surprised to check into the back of my mind to start setting up this story, when the character was already there. I asked her who she was and I got that introduction you see above. Except that she told me she thought her name might be Ariel. She was thingking about it. I began to think of an ending, when she supplied me with one right off the back. As well as a climax. She even decided to rename herself Andrea (After choosing between Ariel and Sylvia). Right now she's in the back of my mind, constructing her story...I'm looking forward to experiencing it.
I may make a webcomic out of this. Something that I can BUILD from SCRATCH into a web comic. I need another name for the strip, though...."A Wish for Wings that Work" is an old Bloom County TV special.
Suggestions?
[PS Please forgive ALL my typos...it's late, and I'm exhausted from so much story work)
BRAINSTORM!
Working title (and definitely NOT a final title): "A Wish for Wings that Work"
"When I was younger, I used to believe that my wings simply never sprouted. I knew my halo was there even if I couldn't see it. I'd look up, and my halo would move with my head. But I was so sad my wings never came in."
"My mother used to call me her angel, so I knew I was right. She stopped calling me that when I grew up. She even told me to stop thinking I was an angel. But I knew, deep in my heart, I always was one."
"My name is Andrea. And I'm an angel. I think."
And I've already got a climax and an ending...now to fill in the blanks.....
Yesterday, I only got about 4 hours of sleep befome Mom came by. We threw out the sofa, the box springs and mattress. We loaded everything in the truck, cleaned the house and then mom moved stuff around in the truck. While she was out, I went back into the Apartment.
And I thanked it.
Yes...I thanked it. I felt like I was losing a friend, and I old it I hope that the next tenants treated it well.
We drove home the alst time, and we were quiet most of the way. Once home, I unpacked a bit, got the computer up and running. I was up until 5AM online...I got a free Juno acount just so I could connect to the Internet via my Dreamcast.
I woke up today, and made business cards for my dad. His new logo is SCADS etter than the old one, and now looks like someone branded it into the paper. Very cool indeed.
Then I did something I hadn't done in almost ten years. I went to the San Antonio Animation Society meeting. I had joined the Cartoon/Fantasy Organization back around 1989, and got to know most of the artist there pretty well. Eventually, I became the tape librarian for a few years, and when the group became Fans of Animation in South Texas (FAST) I really got involved, bringing in my own VCR, TVs and even tapes to show. Eventually the group petered out to nothing and we went from over 400 people gathering in a deluxe four story apartmetn party room, to ten people watching an hours worth of Japanese cartoons at a Mr. Gatti's. I went to the last even they did.
Today, some twelve years later, I went back. I only saw four people there I recognized from the old group. One has grown up from the little kid he was when I went, two were virtually unchanged, and one was very old, grey and bald. The other fifty or so people were completely new.... It was very nice to see all the fresh faces, most watching TV, others playing video games, and even more drawing comics.
The group is much less "regulated" than the old C/FO and FAST was. Only one of the four there seemed to recognize me, and that was a welcome relief. I had rubbed much of the group the wrong way, being a brash young woman who was so full of herself and thinking she would revolutionize the comics industry (Did I ever get published? A few times...in a support group mag :) ). So I played a few rounds of Capcom VS SNK 2 (yes, I can't get away from that game), and Super Puzzle Fighter. And then was treated to abeautiful story which I think gave me my brainstorm: Risky/Safety. It's a story about a soultaker and angel in training.
I left when the group dispersed around 10PM, full of energy and vibes...all the while in the back of mind, this story began to churn. It began to split into two stories...one about a woman who thought she was an angel, and another about an angel who wanted to be human. The second one would have been injected into Polychron Chapter 3.
After a LONG talk with Aadroma the story solidified as a stand alone, not connected to the Polychronicon. I was surprised to check into the back of my mind to start setting up this story, when the character was already there. I asked her who she was and I got that introduction you see above. Except that she told me she thought her name might be Ariel. She was thingking about it. I began to think of an ending, when she supplied me with one right off the back. As well as a climax. She even decided to rename herself Andrea (After choosing between Ariel and Sylvia). Right now she's in the back of my mind, constructing her story...I'm looking forward to experiencing it.
I may make a webcomic out of this. Something that I can BUILD from SCRATCH into a web comic. I need another name for the strip, though...."A Wish for Wings that Work" is an old Bloom County TV special.
Suggestions?
[PS Please forgive ALL my typos...it's late, and I'm exhausted from so much story work)
