"In the beginning, there was nothing but the Great Self, Brahman. That is to say, nothing but Brahman existed." This is one of the kick ass pillar God's. One of the Gods that is the substance which the other gods are made of. A Yahweh, sorta speaking. Well, Brahman got so lonely that he also became fearful. These emotions caused him to create the Creator- a Creator that's not important to this post , but had to be mentioned.
Anyway, I got to thinking about how Brahman could be important to myth makers and storytellers like myself. Truth be told, when we are on the verge of coming into the public and start hocking our wares, we are so nervous that we become afraid. There is nothing which will produce fear and statis greater than thinking that something that you've put your heart and soul into will be publicly rejected or worst, deemed valueless. Lack of support from community, family, and friends will put such fear in your heart and can lead to the development of a mental illness or breakdown. During this time of the year, being lonely enough to create a being to share time and space with can happen to anyone- especially us fellow creative types. So what's a writer to do, besides write? Communicate, express yourself, get that creative energy moving, that's what. Now is not the time for things to get stuck without having some sort of support system for your voice in place. Now, with the public service announcement shared, let's look at what a healthy writer can look forward to when they are lonely and fearful. Creativity. Creative energy like never before. Energy which we can and should ride. That is unless you've bypassed such energetic motivational need. In that case, let the fear go and learn to create out of joy. They joy of creating will block the loneliness and fearful thoughts. When we're first coming out there is so much nervousness and it comes from a lack of confidence. We're moving like rabbits with their fearful zigs and zags defensive movements. But after a while the fear of the unknown has to be let go of. That's what it all comes down to, because the mind is a beautiful servant to a focused master. Select to be in joy and do your joy thing so well that it attract others, both in and supportive of the field of creativity that you're in. Even Brahman did it- let go of the loneliness enough to create everything we see on this earth. Which is why I have belief that we can and will do it also. Until later fellow myth makers, storytellers, and lovers of all things story. Thanks for listening! Sabrina Louise Andielle
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Writing in a bubble is one of the things we writers are warned about. That's when you just have thought figures expressing actions and words. An outline sort of speaking. You, as a storyteller, have neither clearly formed nor received the images of the characters in your telling nor have you colored in the environment, the atmosphere. This is fine when you're first capturing the story. Even when you are planning the story. Because the first goal is to receive the story. You always know when you have bubble writing when the further you go the less detailed your story is. You know you have a bubble when all you have is a skeleton.
If you are emerged in your story, you'll know when you have reached joints that require flesh by allowing the story to organically unfold. By page 100 you should have clothes on your people. These clothes play a role in the story the way clothes play a role in our reality. How is her jacket and pants to play better than a dress? By page 100 you should have introduced the layout of the land so that the characters can move about unrestrained. What is the difference between the environment and the atmosphere, not for the reader but for the characters? By page 100 mannerisms should have been introduced for the main characters. In other words by page 100 you're no longer introducing, which can be a sketch, but are now moving beings around in order to express an opinion or truth. Here's a hint or piece of advice to organically deal with working out of a bubble. During the first draft be willing to work until you meet early block milestones. The first 5 pages- characters and situation is introduced- there isn't much detail required and as a matter of fact the more the worst. The first 5 should be a written pitch of what is going on to who. The first 20 pages- situation is placed in an setting- is when the jest of the setting is presented. The first 20 should be a written pitch which includes the where this going on is going on. The first 50 pages- packed with characters, situations, and reasonable out- shows the entire advertised product. The first 50 gets the reader invested in the story but it still is only snowflake details. Up until the first 100 pages, we, the reader, should be on a honeymoon with the story. And, it is on page 101 when we start to look for true substance. As a writer we've gone so far at a slow to medium pace and one of the ways to speed things up is to invite the environment (dressings) into the story. This is when the brainstorming and sketching comes back in. This is when you go back to those early ideas and see what can be savaged and what still needs to be in the file cabinet. After you have went through your scraps, time to sit down and become an open channel again. Now that you have an idea craved in stone you can start to ask what do the people, places, and things look like. Ask and you shall receive. Know that you are the ending point for the collective knowing that all stories come from. There is no need to try to force this. Let the creativity that brought you up to this point carry you through the next 200 pages. With the middle being action and action only, you will be surprised how much action can be taken up with the descriptions. Don't be surprised if you find yourself receiving ideas for the 200 pages as a by product. It works trust me. Thanks for Listening! Sabrina Louise Andielle I think I've mentioned I'm going a different route with Hour of Change. I'm going to seek an agent instead of trying to continue publishing books by myself; so, yeah, I've telling you once more, okay?
Funny, the thought of having to put my work before a professional someone who can help me leap professional publishing hurdles more swiftly and accurately is a little nerve wreaking. Again, there is a level of professionalism which must be presented before you really can begin stretching your legs with an independent, creative streak. Being that I'm committed to this, I'm willing to color in the lines now with a minimum flare of "originality of me." I understand that storytelling and story writing are two different things and now that I come out my apprenticeship of one area its time to enter the other. I'll be the first to admit that the process of self-publishing is a team effort; at least now I can. And, a team is something that I do not have, no matter how much praise and encouragement I receive. If you ain't paying money then most of the time only your true friends have time to assist you and most of the time they know just as much as you, if not less; especially when you're just starting out. The energy, emotion, and expression needed to start a publishing house from nothing with nothing, knowing nothing is damn near impossible and that is something that I didn't understand when I started Seasoned Storytelling. But being that this Universe loves the underdog, I'm not giving up. I'm just going to gain an education on how to own a publishing house the way I've learned everything else, through an apprenticeship. What apprenticeship you ask. There are no such thing as an apprentice now a days, you have formal higher education. Okay, then I will gain a education by becoming a professional author under a professional publisher. There's is nothing to lose but pride. So pride be gone! I've been working hard, diligently, and differently on my first proposal project: The Chronicles of Mow Yen: The Hour of Change, for six months now and I have now reached a couple of hurdles. First, I received feed back via Beta Readers of my first 50 pages and with the exception of a few minor adjustments those pages are ready to be in the Beta Manuscript. Second, I just completed the first draft of the second 50 pages. Third, and last, I have planned the entire middle out and although it's not written in stone, it's a great guideline which will keep me on target of presenting well paced action. See, I've learned to set the stage. I've learned how to wrap up. Now I'm polishing my skill of unfolding action. The thing I love about Metaphysical Fantasy, it's life and there is no need to present explosions and/or murder for shock value. The action isn't break neck entertainment but informative and healing to the soul as we watch a group of individuals get out of a situation which is meant to strengthen the Logos/Way/God by strengthening said individuals by breaking the individuals by breaking the connection with the Logos/Way/God. That's what the amnesia game is all about. Breaking muscle to build muscle. And that's what I'm doing as I jump these story writing muscles. Well, I just wanted to share my "pictures" of the hurdles I've just jumped. So as always, Thanks for Listening! Sabrina Louise Andielle |
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