So after the failure that was this semester I've gone into over time with trying to build Blueroof Productions. I have half a dozen project I'm working on every day trying to get us moving in the right direction and I think that possibly Ashley was right. I'm taking on too much, by the end of the day I feel exhausted. Writing has a way of taking a mental toll on you that drains you more than you would ever believe. Now try writing four different projects a day, it will kill you! But no pain no gain. If you want to make it in this world you have to work your ass off. No one will do it for you.
When it comes to writing I find the hardest part is the first few lines. It has to be good, it has to draw people in and nothing in this world is as scary as a blank page. Something about starting a project makes it seem that much harder, it is almost like your brain does everything it can to keep you from starting. Now I just need to figure out a way to combat this. I feel so worn out and all I've done today is write, it's a nice problem to have. Hopefully I can finish these scripts soon and we can start production on the radio plays. On a side note, more and more I notice that people in my life hate religion and people who believe in God. Now I'm Catholic, that being said I've never been one for religion. I think it is largely flawed and a means to control people. That being said I believe in God 100%. There is no doubt in my mind that he exists and looks over us, doesn't do anything for us, he makes us do things for ourselves, how else would we learn? After all life is nothing more than a learning experience and failure is the best way to learn. Why does God let bad things happen in the world? Because we make the bad things happen, because how do we learn if not through hardship? Life is hard, that isn't proof that there is no God. People who believe that God doesn't exist because life is hard are lazy people who want a magical being to take them by the hand and solve all their problems for them. That isn't God's job. He gave us life, he gave us the chance to make something of ourselves on this world, why should he do everything else for us as well? I live my life with the simple thought, God helps those who help themselves. I don't normally talk about God or my faith because it is something very personal. Besides there is nothing I hate more than people who try to convert other people to their faith. So I don't do it. If someone wants to talk about it I'm open to discussion but it has to be a discussion. A respectful intellectual conversation. I'm done talking to religious bigots who feel the need to convince me that my faith is wrong, that I need to think like them. I don't try to convert you so stop trying to convert me. If you are so sure in your beliefs than why do you feel such a strong need to convince me? Maybe that is something you should look into. I think the most fanatical zealots by in large are born agains and atheist. They can't seem to accept that people believe something other than what they think and they feel the need to attack people none stop. Even people who are friends of mine feel this need. This has been bothering me since a friend came into my home and told me that the world needed to burn my church to the ground. That my people are the source of all the problems in the world. If you ask me that's a great friend. I would never tell him something like that, but he felt he had the right to come into my home and say it. Welcome to America.
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Ash and Jonathan talk about everything under the sun from cops at Burger King to their favorite TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And making her podcast debut is Ceceley.
So I've been talking about the radio plays that we are going to be starting soon, mainly Crusaders and the WarZone universe. Those will be coming early next year, but I've been thinking about other scripts that would be better as radio plays than films or shorts. I have one called the Fall that I wrote for a class and even tried to sell to Amazon, don't ask. I don't have the budget to make that right now but I could do a radio play off of it and maybe after that I could do some fan films. The first thing I ever wrote, around the same time as the original short story about Crusaders was a film about the whirlwind from the Buffyverse. The next thing was an X-Men movie, and even as a novice writer it made more sense than those Fox movies.
I was thinking that maybe a radio play podcast along the line of the black list where we read scripts for series that we would like to write for. Along the line of specs that TV writers use to write back in the day. Before the norm became pilots. Maybe even do some pilots. Right now it's just an idea but one that I really like. As always I love to hear your thoughts Blueroof Nation. Thanks for reading. Watching the mid season final of the Flash shows me just how much emotional range a show can have. Now don't think this is a review, I just, I can't help but feel inspired when watching that show. When writing, even sci-fi, the heart of the story should always be characters. The plot is important but it should complement the characters not over ride them. Flash is a great reminder of that.
While listening to Scriptnotes Podcast they were talking about world building. This is something that I've been working on for some time with Crusaders and WarZone. They were talking about the differences between building from the top down vs building from the bottom up. Now I've always tried to write character first but when it comes to my worlds I've always built top down. Before I put pen to paper I try to have everything figured out from the dawn of time to the far future. In scriptnotes they were talking about how the best way to go about things is to build from the bottom upwards. It got me thinking, if you build a universe using the characters as the bases than that would mean building bottom up. I don't know how my building top down can jell with that. It's going to be interesting as I continue to grow both worlds to see how writing through characters works inside of a world built top down. It's going to be an interesting journey. http://johnaugust.com/2015/the-batman-in-the-high-castle So I was checking out the Hide Over There podcast, in particular episode 41 The Dr. is in. It was really funny, if you guys don't listen to it, well get off your ass and listen to it already. As I said it was really funny. Dr. Sean was on it and even gave Clean Jeans a shout out. How cool is that? Called us racist which is a whole other topic but everything else he said about us was very cool. I can't tell you how awesome it is to be just sitting there listening to a podcast and hear your name come up, hear your best friends name come up or better yet hear the name of your show come up. It was a new exciting experience. So do me a favor and check them out! http://hideoverthere.com/
The gang talks about the current slate of Marvel Comics, including all the many different Spider-Men. The great Flash-Arrow Crossover is talked about as well as Timely Comics 1941
The death of a laptop is a very stressful time. Even more so when it drags it out. Little by little it starts to go. First it starts to shut it self off randomly when not plugged in. Then it won't stay on at all if it isn't plugged in. Then the bloody charger stops working all together. Lucky I had an old laptop charger that saved the day but it won't charge it at all. Now if it isn't plugged in even for a second it will die. Die!!!!
Now if all of that wasn't bad enough it now won't play video files without freezing every few minutes. Do you have any idea how annoying that is? The internet and my Audio recording app keeps crashing and the whole bloody laptop has critical errors every few hours. It is a very slow death but a death none the less. It is beyond painful. I'm finally closing in on the end of the Christmas pod. I think this might just be the most complicated podcast I've ever worked on. To be fair the 3 parter of Clean Jeans that we just recorded with The Uncanny Fans is most likely a close second.
Blueroof Productions podcast division is starting to grow by leaps and bounds. I can't wait to show the world all the cool stuff we have coming up. Paranormal Investigations should be returning shortly along with new episodes of , Astonishing Flashbacks but the podcast I'm looking forward to the most is Sunnydale Live. There is one episode that is in editing that is along the lines of the first 6 but the new episodes after that are going to be completely different and I think you guys are going to love it. My baby Crusaders is well into the writing stage and should start recording soon which will be but the first of many radio plays Blueroof Productions is working on. This is such an exciting time for us and I can't wait to share it all with you guys. So last night we made a special episode of Clean Jeans. It was 3 and a half hour podcast. It was beyond fun! More than likely we will split it into 3 episodes. I hope you guys enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it.
In other news Yesterday we had the last video club meeting and no one came other than the officers. It was a rude awakening for me. I've been trying so hard to turn it into something that the club members said they wanted. Till they had to do something about. It was a rude awakening. But not the end. I have one more semester and I plan on doing everything I set out to do. I think this club can still become something special. |
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