Tuesday, September 21, 2004
The Internals Of Writing
Zygote In My Coffee have published the second of three poems of mine, that they are currently running in a series.
It is called Clouds, and is now available for reading in Issue 20 at:
Zygote In My Coffee - Issue 20
The first poem in the series, I Smoke Because I want To is available as a back issue at
Zygote In My Coffee - Issue 19
I've not heard back from the photographer who I sent the information to regarding the photograph of his I want to use for Hunting Jack. I'm getting concerned, hopefully a credit will be fine and not a steep payment that some photographers demand. If he doesn't get back in the next couple of days I'm gong to have to start at the beginning and find another cover.
I worked on issues 13 through to 15 today, todying them up, looking for grammar. I'm worried about my POV in places, my grammar and punctuation. These things worry me, and I'm scared that I may look back in the months to come and squirm at the things I am getting wrong, in what has become such an important project for me. As far as plots and characterisation go, I am confident with these, and with imageryand descriptive prose I know I have much improved and am writing in the voice that is truly mine. I just feel that on the technical aspects of writnig I am somewhat lacking in the knowledge required. Maybe a couple of books will help sort that out......
I watched an interesting programme on BBC2 in the evening; Writing Scotland is a documentary about the history of Scottish writers' and it discussed the concept of good versus evil within us and books that have handled this throughout the various generations. Interviewed were many famous authors including Iain Banks, Ian Rankin, AL Kennedy and hosted by Carl MacDougall.
I found it very interesting to hear of the history behind my fellow writers through the years, their influences and approach to darkness in their writing. Ian Rankin spoke of the internal struggle we all face, given we all have the capacity to do good, but at the same time we also have the capacity to do bad. And it is this same struggle within us that goes back to when we lived in caves, and how some of us wish we weer probably still there.
What Ian said, (and I'm noly picking on him because of this), reminded me of Jackie McCann - the protaganist in Hunting Jack. He is living this struggle at this moment, each time I put my pen on the paper. It wasa new way of looking at it, refreshing, clearer, and I will contemplate these words over the next couple of days no doubt.
It is called Clouds, and is now available for reading in Issue 20 at:
Zygote In My Coffee - Issue 20
The first poem in the series, I Smoke Because I want To is available as a back issue at
Zygote In My Coffee - Issue 19
I've not heard back from the photographer who I sent the information to regarding the photograph of his I want to use for Hunting Jack. I'm getting concerned, hopefully a credit will be fine and not a steep payment that some photographers demand. If he doesn't get back in the next couple of days I'm gong to have to start at the beginning and find another cover.
I worked on issues 13 through to 15 today, todying them up, looking for grammar. I'm worried about my POV in places, my grammar and punctuation. These things worry me, and I'm scared that I may look back in the months to come and squirm at the things I am getting wrong, in what has become such an important project for me. As far as plots and characterisation go, I am confident with these, and with imageryand descriptive prose I know I have much improved and am writing in the voice that is truly mine. I just feel that on the technical aspects of writnig I am somewhat lacking in the knowledge required. Maybe a couple of books will help sort that out......
I watched an interesting programme on BBC2 in the evening; Writing Scotland is a documentary about the history of Scottish writers' and it discussed the concept of good versus evil within us and books that have handled this throughout the various generations. Interviewed were many famous authors including Iain Banks, Ian Rankin, AL Kennedy and hosted by Carl MacDougall.
I found it very interesting to hear of the history behind my fellow writers through the years, their influences and approach to darkness in their writing. Ian Rankin spoke of the internal struggle we all face, given we all have the capacity to do good, but at the same time we also have the capacity to do bad. And it is this same struggle within us that goes back to when we lived in caves, and how some of us wish we weer probably still there.
What Ian said, (and I'm noly picking on him because of this), reminded me of Jackie McCann - the protaganist in Hunting Jack. He is living this struggle at this moment, each time I put my pen on the paper. It wasa new way of looking at it, refreshing, clearer, and I will contemplate these words over the next couple of days no doubt.
Colin 11:56 am