Plot twist.

  

I have had a slow week working on the project. I have gotten stuck on a plot twist. I’ve worked the story, or the story has worked itself, to a point that I am not sure what direction it should go. I guess you could also call it writers block. When this happens to me I try looking for inspiration in all sorts of places, but mainly in artwork. They say that a picture paints a thousand words and I can look at an obscure work of art and see a whole story some times, but even this is not working for me this time. I think I will take a bit of a break from the story and instead turn my attention to editing the work that I have already finished. This too can allow me to see something that I have already done in a new way giving me a new idea that I had not thought of or taking me in a new direction. Until next time . . .

Good Luck and keep writing.

Morgan

Title to be determined

With my latest book project (title to be determined) I may have bitten off more than I can handle. To refresh your memory, because I have not posted a blog in several months, I am working on a photo novel. That is a graphic novel done entirely with photo illustrations. I have been working on it none stop for several months now and I have only finished the photos for the introduction and first chapter of the story. And when I say, “finished” I mean taken. I will still have to edit those photos and add text to them to be able to call them finished.

Even thou this project is becoming bigger than I thought it would be I am not giving up. In fact I am more committed then ever. The sets, miniatures, and characters that I have created for this project so far are amazing. I love looking at what I have done and if I am enjoying it this much I am sure that you will too.

I received a boost of energy and inspiration when I revisited one of my favorites, Wallace & Gromit, by Nick Park. On his fist project, A Grand Day Out, Park was working a lot like I am currently, by himself and creating all the props and puppets on his own. That first film took him seven years to complete.

On my previous projects the average number of finished photographs was 25. On this project I am up to 1600 (unedited) and I am less than half way through. The number of finished photos will be less than half of that but still that is a big difference.

I am also trying to stay true to my style of not allowing the photos to tell the whole story. This is becoming a challenge for some of the chapters but I am still up to this challenge. I have, and will go through periods of despair with this book but I just have to stay with it and keep telling myself that it will be worth it. Also there have been, and will be moments of exhilaration with this project when everything goes right. It is at those moments that I don’t have to convince myself of anything. I can just sit back and enjoy the moment. And those are the times that I remember why I do what I do.

Good luck, and keep writing.

Morgan