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Ugh... Not exactly creative block...

Fri Sep 19, 2008, 10:09 PM
Well, I haven't uploaded another Bloodstone Manor page in over a week. Not because I don't have any written and typed up. I have at least another fifty that don't need revision sequentially coming up, plus much more further on down the road. The problem is that at the rate I was previously uploading, 3 pages a day average (or basically 90 pages a month... Although it actually was a tad lower than that), I would reach the end of my sequentially stuff shortly, and my buffer would be gone. When I started uploading the pages I not only had a lot to upload, but I also had a muse watching over me, letting me write and revise a whole lot more. That muse has stopped inspiring more Bloodstone Manor pages.

I have the basic outline for all of the chapters/arcs, but not all of the individual pages. So, instead I'm going to scale back a little to allow myself more time to advance the script. I want to update regularly (even if I don't have it illustrated right now), but I need to keep a buffer in order to do so. Anyway, I plan on uploading four pages a week, and I will probably continue to upload at that rate until I have the series typed all on my computer. At that time I'll be uploading a page a day.

As I had said above, my creative influences and drives have stopped inspiring more Bloodstone Manor pages. However, having mild A.D.D. (Or A.D.H.D., because that term wasn't common when I was diagnosed, so I'm not sure which it is technically), I get what is called a Flight of Ideas. My symptoms aren't so bad that I can't typically concentrate on a task, but I basically multitask and think of additional stuff, usually pertaining to my stories. I have about 60 various series (about a third novels, short stories and novel series, and the rest comics, manga and graphic novels), a couple musicals, some random songs and a bit more that I've currently got some work done on. Unfortunately I can't type it all up due to time constraints, but Bloodstone Manor was the first of several that I started uploading to my computer. My creative influences lately, however, have driven me to work on a couple songs; a musical I've currently titled, "Till death do we start"; one of my favorite novels (fifty pages previously written, the first in a series); and another manga series I've currently code-named "Metal Mage". No, it's not a FMA fan series, but it was influenced by and does reference from A LOT of different works, including FMA, Negima, various Neil Gaimen and Larry Niven works, and countless hours of reading and research. Right now I have little script to it, but I'm getting a lot os inspiration for it lately.

That's pretty much the major news related to my online status and why I've been getting slower on updating. I'll be putting up the four BM pages for this week as well as the four for next week up on Tuesday or Wednesday. I'd do it sooner, but I'm a tad preoccupied with work and various other things, and those are my two days off. As far as work goes, yes I still work at Hell-Mart. I've actually been interviewed for two supervisor positions, but the manager in charge of making the decision is indecisive and slow to action. So, stuck waiting to find out. I hope I get one of the two since even though I'd most likely have to work mornings instead, it'd mean more money. Which I could use. :XD:

Webcomic I'm linking to tonight is F.O.G. Club: [link] Just read it. It was the third webcomic I had ever read. The art is decent in the beginning and gets better as the story moves along. It's really a fan comic of a whole lot of things, but it has it's own plot and could stand alone even if one hasn't read or seen the works to which the comic references. I'm not going to give away any of the plot, just read it. Now. ... What are you still doing here?! Go! [link]


BTW. Is anyone who watches me on Second Life? Let me know! I'm having a lot of fun with it!

Grin on, loyal lackies, and I'll catch you on the flipside soon.

  • Mood: Uneasy
  • Listening to: Daft Punk: Alive 2007 (*__* *Squeel!*)
  • Reading: Myst: The Book Of Ti'Ana
  • Watching: An Oxhorn Brand Medley
  • Playing: Second Life
  • Eating: Tendercrip with Onion Rings
  • Drinking: Water

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:iconstraightjacketred:
i got the same thing, i usually don't stick to one story. but if I've learned anything in the field of writing, its that if it was there once before, it will reappear. the only way that i know of to get it back without fail, is to start writhing. type and type until your hands go numb! :D

it will take the spark for any ideas that you will have, like right now! gotta go, i got to type up another piece of crap! XD

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Down with Ignorance and Stupidity! Knowledge for all!!! :shakefist: and cheese, lots of cheese... :cheese:
I know I'm insane, but its not like that's a bad thing...

:cheese: :cheese: :cheese: LONG LIVE ZE CHEESE!!! :cheese: :cheese: :cheese:
:iconmrgrinmore:
:XD: Yeah, I know it'll come back. I've broken off of BM probably ten times since I've first started it, and each time I've come back with a massive amount of stuff to further bridge the gap between the end of the sequential stuff and the end of the series as a whole. Luckily I have it all roughly plotted out, it's just the details that really needs the refining I'm being denied right now. :P But at least I'm writing more for my other series instead of just a complete block. *shudder*.

As for you taking the spark for ideas that I have, good luck with that. I don't even know where it all comes from. @__@ It just does. I wouldn't mind co-writing a work some time, but most of my various works I consider my "babies". At least, the ones I've got a considerable amount done for, BM, MM, a few of the novels, and a few others. I do have some I'm not too attached to though... ;)

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:iconstraightjacketred:
no, i've got to much to do myself, I'm saying the ideas come mid sentence. :D

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Down with Ignorance and Stupidity! Knowledge for all!!! :shakefist: and cheese, lots of cheese... :cheese:
I know I'm insane, but its not like that's a bad thing...

:cheese: :cheese: :cheese: LONG LIVE ZE CHEESE!!! :cheese: :cheese: :cheese:
:iconmrgrinmore:
Heh. :ahoy:

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:iconlovetheangelshadow:
Heh heh try writing a script for homework purposes (with limits GAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!)

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"If I am not back in an hour it means I've made a terrible mistake" Pinky, Pinky and the Brain
:iconmrgrinmore:
:XD: Lol. Well, it's not that I'm not writing. I just am writing stuff for my novels, musicals and other comics right now. :P

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:iconlovetheangelshadow:
Musicals? Never mind, I'm too scared to know. For a class we have two months to write a one act play and I'm currently working on a mystery play.

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"If I am not back in an hour it means I've made a terrible mistake" Pinky, Pinky and the Brain
:iconmrgrinmore:
Lol. XD Yeah, they're a bit odd...

The one I've got more songs worked on for originally started out as a one act play assignment in Creative Writing during my Senior year of High School, but it's changed soooo much since then. :P So, how's your play going then?

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:iconlovetheangelshadow:
First scene written. I only have a 40 page limit. But I know how the story will go. I just have to write it. I've been writiing it bit by bit in the morning before school. I really hope the teacher likes it...of course we have had to show our first scene yesterday...and now we need to write another scene. I've written it but only printed out half the scene to turn in. I can't let my classmates (since we have to read these out lod) know everything yet :D Don't wanna spoil the key revelations just yet

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"If I am not back in an hour it means I've made a terrible mistake" Pinky, Pinky and the Brain

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