Making a Murderer, Iceland lead the way and jail the bankers, The writers Challenge, Planet x, Life expectancy and living your dreams, The power of social media and the power to share, Trump
Im back to help Robb go through some of things populating the world and whats got us thinking.
Have alisten and let us know what you all think
Cheers
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Everything’s An Illusion eps:17-Trump to Making a Murderer
Everything’s An Illusion eps:17-Trump to Making a Murderer
The day the sharks rise is the day i fear
Whos this cat. way IQ of f fucking chicken !! ahahah :)
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Good on yaz for getting on Iceland. What they did was so cool man
I have a friend who is intimitely involved with the COMER case here in Canad who are bringing a similar case to the Supreme Court of Canada, super interesting
Turning your podcast on right now, perfect timing for my work morning
thx guys!
Good on yaz for getting on Iceland. What they did was so cool man
I have a friend who is intimitely involved with the COMER case here in Canad who are bringing a similar case to the Supreme Court of Canada, super interesting
Turning your podcast on right now, perfect timing for my work morning
thx guys!
Great podcast, sorry it took me a few days to reply. Now I forget all the cool points I wanted to discuss, lol
I am so stoked to hear that both of you are writers... I loved hearing about that on the show. Most especially, I liked 3 things:
1. That you said that while you can do video editing or photoshop for hours and hours no problem, how writing is so strangely exhausting, and is not only difficult to psyche one's self up to actually sit down and write, but also the fact that after 2-3 hours tops I am completely exhausted. Writing is a really hard and mysterious thing, I love hearing how different writers handle this challenge
2. That you said how the 1st draft is only the beginning. To complete a first draft is indeed a major accomplishment worthy of congratulations, but the wise know that it always still has a lot of polishing to do. Re-writes and the courage to go in and find all the things that can be tightened or eliminated is always needed imo to produce anything worthy of really saying its done.
3. Life Expectancy and living your dreams; I just turned 40 and it lit a fucking fire under my ass. Suddenly I am realizing there is only a limited time left to get shit done, and what a fuckup I'd feel like if I didn't get certain projects finished. This is important because for me at this point its all about picking my battles; I always have at least 10 different creative ideas and project ambitions in the works, but time is so limited I have to decide which are more important. The idea of having 100 projects started but nothing finished is a really sad prospect. I cannot do them all (at least not with the work/lifestyle I currently have), so I have to be quite ruthless and decide which ones will end up being sort of a waste of time for projects that are way more meaningful to me.
The artist's life is a fight man, and I cheer for both you mofos for having the strength and courage to fight it. Its not easy sometimes. I just came back from an overnight with a brilliant artist friend of mine, and was so inspired but then came back to a wall of work and bullshit and it depressed the hell out of me. How is it that the most meaningful things in life seem so often to take last priority??
#2 is why I personally like to PLAN as much as I can before I write anything. I have experienced writing without a clear plan and just a vague idea of where the story is going and I have found it to just make a colossal mess. The way I work now is that I meticulously plan out EVERYTHING before I even start, a total draft of all the acts/scenes, a total map of every character arc & turning points, motivation, wants and needs etc etc for every character. I find this cuts down the re-writing a ton.
I'll start a thread one day with some scans from my notebooks of how I map these things out, I just did a bunch over the Christmas break it helped enormously
Its so weird the more I listen to your show the more common interests I discover
I am so stoked to hear that both of you are writers... I loved hearing about that on the show. Most especially, I liked 3 things:
1. That you said that while you can do video editing or photoshop for hours and hours no problem, how writing is so strangely exhausting, and is not only difficult to psyche one's self up to actually sit down and write, but also the fact that after 2-3 hours tops I am completely exhausted. Writing is a really hard and mysterious thing, I love hearing how different writers handle this challenge
2. That you said how the 1st draft is only the beginning. To complete a first draft is indeed a major accomplishment worthy of congratulations, but the wise know that it always still has a lot of polishing to do. Re-writes and the courage to go in and find all the things that can be tightened or eliminated is always needed imo to produce anything worthy of really saying its done.
3. Life Expectancy and living your dreams; I just turned 40 and it lit a fucking fire under my ass. Suddenly I am realizing there is only a limited time left to get shit done, and what a fuckup I'd feel like if I didn't get certain projects finished. This is important because for me at this point its all about picking my battles; I always have at least 10 different creative ideas and project ambitions in the works, but time is so limited I have to decide which are more important. The idea of having 100 projects started but nothing finished is a really sad prospect. I cannot do them all (at least not with the work/lifestyle I currently have), so I have to be quite ruthless and decide which ones will end up being sort of a waste of time for projects that are way more meaningful to me.
The artist's life is a fight man, and I cheer for both you mofos for having the strength and courage to fight it. Its not easy sometimes. I just came back from an overnight with a brilliant artist friend of mine, and was so inspired but then came back to a wall of work and bullshit and it depressed the hell out of me. How is it that the most meaningful things in life seem so often to take last priority??
#2 is why I personally like to PLAN as much as I can before I write anything. I have experienced writing without a clear plan and just a vague idea of where the story is going and I have found it to just make a colossal mess. The way I work now is that I meticulously plan out EVERYTHING before I even start, a total draft of all the acts/scenes, a total map of every character arc & turning points, motivation, wants and needs etc etc for every character. I find this cuts down the re-writing a ton.
I'll start a thread one day with some scans from my notebooks of how I map these things out, I just did a bunch over the Christmas break it helped enormously
Its so weird the more I listen to your show the more common interests I discover
Cheers Masato :)
Writing is a real challenge , I love the idea of completing a huge Fantasy novel, where you have created an entire universe/reality as real as the one your mind currently operates within. like the AI concept, birthing an entire reality from thought !
Cutting the dead wood and the trees from the story is so hard , for me there are so many trees to cut down. But you are spot on it has to be done :)
True it is hard sometimes to just sit everything else aside and follow that which makes you happy but I truly believe that is the difference between those who make a living from that which they love and everyone else. That single minded believe that they will do what they want to do and the universe and all its bullshit will just have to bend to there will !!
My Girlfriend is writing her first novel at the moment and for the last year she has done almost everything yo have noted. Everything is planned, understood and ready to be executed. I tend to get and idea and let my subconscious mind tie it all together as it exits via the keyboard. Then re write and re write. Then it will hit me again , the sleeping computer in the subconscious starts tiding up all the craziness from the last session. I have a general idea of my story but the inns and out, the characters, the journey, the lessons, trials etc . They are all being built as I go , until I fulfil the ideas of my original concept. 15 Years hahahah
Maybe planning it all out would have been quicker, that is me half way there so I am hoping the next half will be done by the end of 2016 :)
We do have a lot in common man. Driven by passion and curiosity :) keep up the great work :)
Writing is a real challenge , I love the idea of completing a huge Fantasy novel, where you have created an entire universe/reality as real as the one your mind currently operates within. like the AI concept, birthing an entire reality from thought !
Cutting the dead wood and the trees from the story is so hard , for me there are so many trees to cut down. But you are spot on it has to be done :)
True it is hard sometimes to just sit everything else aside and follow that which makes you happy but I truly believe that is the difference between those who make a living from that which they love and everyone else. That single minded believe that they will do what they want to do and the universe and all its bullshit will just have to bend to there will !!
My Girlfriend is writing her first novel at the moment and for the last year she has done almost everything yo have noted. Everything is planned, understood and ready to be executed. I tend to get and idea and let my subconscious mind tie it all together as it exits via the keyboard. Then re write and re write. Then it will hit me again , the sleeping computer in the subconscious starts tiding up all the craziness from the last session. I have a general idea of my story but the inns and out, the characters, the journey, the lessons, trials etc . They are all being built as I go , until I fulfil the ideas of my original concept. 15 Years hahahah
Maybe planning it all out would have been quicker, that is me half way there so I am hoping the next half will be done by the end of 2016 :)
We do have a lot in common man. Driven by passion and curiosity :) keep up the great work :)
^ very cool
These are all the reasons why I chose screenwriting as my preferred medium as opposed to novel-writing.
A novel can be as many pages as you like or need, which imo allows a lot of writers the freedom to be long-winded and not re-write as much as they possibly should.
But a screenplay MUST fit into less than 2 hours, so there is absolutely no room for wasted scenes. The writer must be ruthless in cutting, and super-efficient in stripping the story down to its basic essential elements. Tighten, tighten, tighten.
I love that efficiency, & have much respect when a good story can be organized in under 120 pages. I don't read long novels much, but when I see these epic-thick fantasy novels, sometimes I wonder if it is not because its really an epic saga, but because the writer failed to be succinct and ended up with a huge tome simply because he stayed to an un-planned and messy long-winded 1st draft that could/should be half the size.
Sometimes however it is warranted, for example when someone tries to adapt a novel into film they end up cutting it down so bad it feels hurried or sparse.
These are all the reasons why I chose screenwriting as my preferred medium as opposed to novel-writing.
A novel can be as many pages as you like or need, which imo allows a lot of writers the freedom to be long-winded and not re-write as much as they possibly should.
But a screenplay MUST fit into less than 2 hours, so there is absolutely no room for wasted scenes. The writer must be ruthless in cutting, and super-efficient in stripping the story down to its basic essential elements. Tighten, tighten, tighten.
I love that efficiency, & have much respect when a good story can be organized in under 120 pages. I don't read long novels much, but when I see these epic-thick fantasy novels, sometimes I wonder if it is not because its really an epic saga, but because the writer failed to be succinct and ended up with a huge tome simply because he stayed to an un-planned and messy long-winded 1st draft that could/should be half the size.
Sometimes however it is warranted, for example when someone tries to adapt a novel into film they end up cutting it down so bad it feels hurried or sparse.
I also love how you talk about "creating an entire universe/reality as real as the one your mind currently operates within. like the AI concept, birthing an entire reality from thought !"
It really is a trippy phenomenon. Sometimes I see all the novels on a shelf and think 'my god, there is a soul and whole reality inside every one of those!' None of them would exist had there not been a writer who existed inside these worlds and had the love and passion to write them down. For each one of these stories there is at least 1 person (the writer) for whom the characters and story REALLY EXISTS!! Even more sad to me is when people have this rich warm world and characters but take them to the grave and no one ever gets to see
Its so weird, there are literally millions of worlds out there beyond our own. What are these worlds? What are the nature of them? Where do they come from? Are they really just words on a page, or it is some kind of alchemy where ideas somehow become real? I have great difficulty believing that the characters I write about are not real in some way, I love them as if they were.
Where did your concept for the story come from? What made you decide that it must be told? What pushed you to the almost impossible task of manifesting it out of your mind?
Thanks so much for your responses, I think its important for writers to share their experiences, we are often alone in this strange journey.
It really is a trippy phenomenon. Sometimes I see all the novels on a shelf and think 'my god, there is a soul and whole reality inside every one of those!' None of them would exist had there not been a writer who existed inside these worlds and had the love and passion to write them down. For each one of these stories there is at least 1 person (the writer) for whom the characters and story REALLY EXISTS!! Even more sad to me is when people have this rich warm world and characters but take them to the grave and no one ever gets to see
Its so weird, there are literally millions of worlds out there beyond our own. What are these worlds? What are the nature of them? Where do they come from? Are they really just words on a page, or it is some kind of alchemy where ideas somehow become real? I have great difficulty believing that the characters I write about are not real in some way, I love them as if they were.
Where did your concept for the story come from? What made you decide that it must be told? What pushed you to the almost impossible task of manifesting it out of your mind?
Thanks so much for your responses, I think its important for writers to share their experiences, we are often alone in this strange journey.
It really can be hard to find the time.
What kind of stuff are your screenplays about?
What kind of stuff are your screenplays about?
The day the sharks rise is the day i fear
^ Hey man
My stories are about a girl, her parents, and a mystical White Light, who are all being pursued over 3 consecutive (re)-incarnations by an old Martial Arts Master who wields a mystical Red Energy. They must understand the nature of these energies, and how/why their destinies are so intertwined.
Basically it is an exploration of the difference between a Taoist ideology, where one subdues their ego/merges with the Whole and lets the flow of the universe guide them (White Light), VS the concept of WILLPOWER, and the potential of the ego to impose its will onto reality (Red Energy). Characters learn the values and powers of both philosophies and must solve the (apparent) conflict between them to ultimately solve their relationship conflicts and free themselves from repeating them lifetime after lifetime.
The first incarnation is in Japan, 2nd in Canada, and the 3rd starts in Brasil finishing in Japan where it began.
Originally intended to be animated... lots of Martial Arts, the 2nd script is all about an MMA tournament! Adventure and Fantasy mixed with real character drama and philosophical concepts. Lots of themes about family, parenting etc
I have a website here but it is long out of date, needs to be updated badly (lots has evolved since I put this up:
http://whitelighttrilogy.com/
My stories are about a girl, her parents, and a mystical White Light, who are all being pursued over 3 consecutive (re)-incarnations by an old Martial Arts Master who wields a mystical Red Energy. They must understand the nature of these energies, and how/why their destinies are so intertwined.
Basically it is an exploration of the difference between a Taoist ideology, where one subdues their ego/merges with the Whole and lets the flow of the universe guide them (White Light), VS the concept of WILLPOWER, and the potential of the ego to impose its will onto reality (Red Energy). Characters learn the values and powers of both philosophies and must solve the (apparent) conflict between them to ultimately solve their relationship conflicts and free themselves from repeating them lifetime after lifetime.
The first incarnation is in Japan, 2nd in Canada, and the 3rd starts in Brasil finishing in Japan where it began.
Originally intended to be animated... lots of Martial Arts, the 2nd script is all about an MMA tournament! Adventure and Fantasy mixed with real character drama and philosophical concepts. Lots of themes about family, parenting etc
I have a website here but it is long out of date, needs to be updated badly (lots has evolved since I put this up:
http://whitelighttrilogy.com/
I also started a thread here with some of my writing process and notes that you may find interesting:
writing-real-characters-masato-s-notebook-t3278.html
writing-real-characters-masato-s-notebook-t3278.html
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