Category Archives: WRITING

WRITING: Border Crossing

Posted on July 11, 2006 by Susan

Getting even more frustrated lately with my writing.  Stories that open themselves to such potential are wrapped gloriously in words but tied in streams of boredom that prohibit entry.  The gift remains unwritten and unseen. There is a line we … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Pinching Buds

Posted on July 11, 2006 by Susan

I study the petunias.  Some vibrant pink and others royal purple, but more, the difference in their growth and style.  Bushy or leggy, to pinch or not to pinch in order to encourage growth? The salvias are more alert and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Babbling Brooks and River Rocks

Posted on July 8, 2006 by Susan

Funny, the story I’d just finished had been started in a class and is about a writing class.  Funny that this current wave of storylines and the words to write them occur now.  The housepainters next door are still playing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Getting Published

Posted on July 7, 2006 by Susan

Please don’t mind if I blow my own horn–I don’t often get the chance. One of my poems, Halloween, has been accepted and is available in the online journal, Bewildering Stories, Issue 203.  If you get the chance, check out … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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STORYTRON & WRITING: Character & Resolution

Posted on July 6, 2006 by Susan

Though I’m not quite ready–and neither is the SWAT program–I’m going to follow a suggestion made and enter the characters and storyline into SWAT and use them as the learning base.  It may provide a more intimate and focused grounding … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY: Evocative

Posted on July 6, 2006 by Susan

Strange what sets off memories, what starts one crying.  Out of the blue, Emmylou (Western Wall – The Tucson Sessions): 1917 – Lyrics by David Olney The strange young man who comes to me/ A soldier on a three-day spree/ … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY?: Food as Metaphor

Posted on July 6, 2006 by Susan

Did a workshop critique on my story "Gazpacho" last night, and some thoughts occurred to me, some things came out that even caught me unawares. While two pages of the story had been written nearly a year ago, I sort … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Book and Volume – Progress Report

Posted on July 4, 2006 by Susan

Well, surprisingly enough with my horrible sense of direction, I’ve managed to get to four out of five servers and rebooted them successfully–my original task.  But I have not as yet stumbled upon the final server which is somewhere in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA, IF & STORYTRON: More on Story

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Susan

One of the things that is helpful in mixing media forms and exploring them simultaneously is that it focuses on the means and method and necessarily questions the purpose. What then, is the lure of the story in text only … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA, INTERACTIVE FICTION & STORYTRON – Reality & Interactivity

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Susan

I’ve mentioned this before, but after working a bit more in the IF piece, Book and Volume, it appears that we’re on the right track towards seeking drama through relationship rather than action alone if we are indeed seeking to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Book and Volume – One Down

Posted on June 25, 2006 by Susan

Well, with  a little bit of time and the recall of "go north" I found and completed my first task and refired up a computer server.  Wendy, it seems, is the computer name, so I wasted some time attempting to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Strike While the Iron is Hot

Posted on June 25, 2006 by Susan

Funny thing about inspiration; it comes without warning.  In seeking out an idea for story for Storytron exploration, just a basic simple situation that offers a variety of interesting characters and outcomes, suddenly I’m writing on a story that lay … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & STORYTRON: Method

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Susan

A little strange, although it has happened before:  I went to my "Creative Writing" folder on the hard drive, then "Stories Started," and curious, opened a file called "Gazpacho " and came upon two pages of a story started almost … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Book and Volume – Direction

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Susan

With my inborn horrid sense of direction, I will admit I cheated and have printed out a map of the setting in this IF piece.  However, I intend to go my usual route of walking into walls with "go south," … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & IF: Using Old Tools to Learn the New

Posted on June 23, 2006 by Susan

While it is my normal manner to jump right into something, I do go back and read directions and manuals shortly after beginning.  In New Media, there are some standard things to learn: keys and mouse clicks to move characters … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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