Links, 25aug2021

comics / circling

Still loving Obsidian and this knowledge base sense of scavenging my brain and circling (in the holding pattern sense) the results from above and within. It really is a tool that's far more in line with my thought processes and the way I work – though it does require a modicum of faith that all the disparate pieces will connect and that I'll be able to turn them into something worthwhile. (I’m working on getting there, faith - of any kind - never being my strong suit.)

Spent yesterday afternoon on the comics thing: a clarity WRT the rules of the world(s) in which I'm mucking about. From past experience, comics being my unicorn and all – that mythological yettobe – I'm leaving open the possibility that the final iteration of these stories will be serialized or standalone shorts/novellas. That said, I'm writing them in script format an amplifying my ambitions accordingly: I want these to be comics; it is way past time that I express myself in this medium which I love so dearly.

Also, comics: I love that writing in script format exercises a different part of my creative brain – and, if nothing else, I've always found said format to be a more beneficial first draft of any final medium than a prose-vomit draft.

Next thing to decide is whether I work on one project each day or split the day into multiple. Both have their pros and cons.

Happy that this space has become a full-on catchall; it feels like home.

Starting

After a rough start this morning (the past month, really) on the new thing (at least partially the same as the old thing), think I've found the/a way forward. Finding that germ, that gem, whatever, always being the most intimidating prospect at the start of something new: the hook, the angle, maybe... and that mistaken belief that it gets easier with time, with "experience.”

(Ha.)

And, while it's still too broad a view for any level of detail-oriented depth, those essential "small assignments" provide, at least, a place to begin – which doesn't mean it's the beginning – only a place to start.

Which is certainly not nothing.

Feels like I've finally hit the sweet spot with this site. Tags and channels and methods and all of that. Who knows if it'll remain this way but, for now, I'll take it for what it is and enjoy myself.

P.S. Happy 95th birthday to my grandfather: still, and always, the best man I’ve ever known.