Comments on: Creativity http://intepid.com/2006-03-15/00.07/ like tears in rain Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:16:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Scott http://intepid.com/2006-03-15/00.07/#comment-1000 Scott Tue, 14 Mar 2006 18:40:16 +0000 http://intepid.com/2006-03-15/00.07/#comment-1000 I have those same feelings, and it is one reason why I am glad I have a blog. Sure, probably over 75% of what I write most people would not care at all about, but at least it keeps me writing. If there was no such thing as the Internet or blogging, I doubt I would keep a journal or anything and I would probably only a quarter as much as I write now. I did successfully do NaNoWriMo two years ago, and I used my fantasy football league as a skeleton for the story. It was the only way I could keep making things up. I have never published, aka put online, what I wrote because I cannot help thinking that not only is it bad, but who would care. I tried NaNoWriMo this year and without a skeleton I failed miserably. Life gets in the way too, but for the most part I have some moment of time to write, I just cannot continually make something up that I feel anyone would want to read. So I would say judging by both our statements that this is a very, very common feeling for most people. I have those same feelings, and it is one reason why I am glad I have a blog. Sure, probably over 75% of what I write most people would not care at all about, but at least it keeps me writing. If there was no such thing as the Internet or blogging, I doubt I would keep a journal or anything and I would probably only a quarter as much as I write now.

I did successfully do NaNoWriMo two years ago, and I used my fantasy football league as a skeleton for the story. It was the only way I could keep making things up. I have never published, aka put online, what I wrote because I cannot help thinking that not only is it bad, but who would care.

I tried NaNoWriMo this year and without a skeleton I failed miserably. Life gets in the way too, but for the most part I have some moment of time to write, I just cannot continually make something up that I feel anyone would want to read. So I would say judging by both our statements that this is a very, very common feeling for most people.

]]> By: Simon http://intepid.com/2006-03-15/00.07/#comment-1002 Simon Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:23:31 +0000 http://intepid.com/2006-03-15/00.07/#comment-1002 Patricide - multi level murder-strategy board game ! I do seem to recall it was a bit tricky getting the rules sorted out Patricide - multi level murder-strategy board game !

I do seem to recall it was a bit tricky getting the rules sorted out

]]> By: mark http://intepid.com/2006-03-15/00.07/#comment-1003 mark Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:44:10 +0000 http://intepid.com/2006-03-15/00.07/#comment-1003 Scott - did you ever have your novel printed and bound eg cafe press style? If not I really think you should... It's great having a block of pages to call your own, even if no one ever opens it ;) Scott - did you ever have your novel printed and bound eg cafe press style? If not I really think you should… It’s great having a block of pages to call your own, even if no one ever opens it ;)

]]> By: mark http://intepid.com/2006-03-15/00.07/#comment-1004 mark Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:53:32 +0000 http://intepid.com/2006-03-15/00.07/#comment-1004 Simon - yes the rules were very complicated, and the overall design a little fuzzy. I always meant to refine it (and change the theme from patricide to something the whole family can enjoy, like regicide) ... Managed to lose the damn board at some point too, so there's not much evidence of it remaining :( What is truly bizarre to comtemplate is that the entire thing was made without the aid of a computer! No photoshop, no illustrator, no printing even. Even the cards were hand-written... ! [Actually, now I think of it the rules were printed out using a dot-matrix printer, but apart from that it was all done by hand.] Simon - yes the rules were very complicated, and the overall design a little fuzzy. I always meant to refine it (and change the theme from patricide to something the whole family can enjoy, like regicide) … Managed to lose the damn board at some point too, so there’s not much evidence of it remaining :(

What is truly bizarre to comtemplate is that the entire thing was made without the aid of a computer! No photoshop, no illustrator, no printing even. Even the cards were hand-written… ! [Actually, now I think of it the rules were printed out using a dot-matrix printer, but apart from that it was all done by hand.]

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