I sent off my first submission to 2000AD's Future Shocks.
Of course as soon as I sent it I immediately hated it. I hope I'm just being overly critical with myself. I'm not sure when I'll hear back, if I even do, but at least it's something.
Right now I have just finished my second script for Future Shocks. I still have the treatment to write. It's based on one of my stories up on crooked fiction so it came out fairly quickly. Also explains why the treatment is coming second.
Tomorrow there is a talk at the BBC in Salford by Stephen Butchard. I'm down on the list. Apparently if I don't go now then it will jeopardize my place at future events put on by the BBC Writer's Room. Sounds serious. I'm not sure what exactly will be going on. I assumer he'll be at the front talking at us and then there'll be a q&a. Isn't that how these things usually work?
I already feel like I'm out of my depth, I'm not really sure I'm the type of person this sort of thing is aimed at. I don't even remember putting my name forward. It was probably something I saw on the North West Vision site. Those things are usually for industry professionals. I'm sure I'll find out more when I get there, IF I get there. Never been before so I'm pretty sure I'm going to get lost. I can find Manchester alright, it's taking the tram to the BBC I'm more concerned with.
It's turned up at a very awkward time. I am, to coin a phrase "on the bones of my arse". Money is pretty tight for me right now. I'll be OK next week but this even has just fallen at the wrong time money-wise. It's that no mans land between bills going out and pay coming in. Plus I've also found out that my DJing night is off this week whilst the venue undergoes some maintenance.
So I'm not really starving. Not in the literal sense. Although I am on a diet, and the good news is it's working!
Monday, 17 October 2011
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Nuclear Family
I just wrote a comic.
That's what the title is about. That's the name of the comic.
Just a short one. I'm submitting a short story to 2000AD's Future Shocks. It seems like a good place for new writer's to get a break. Also I'm hoping that producing more short works will help me get some momentum going to do something larger. Also I'm sure getting one published would help too. As soon as that happens I'll start calling myself an actual writer.
Got a little postcard from the BBC a few days ago to say they had received my script. So I'm doing better than last time. I did however remember that I still only had a first class stamp on the return envelope. So if that gets back to me there will be postage to pay (IF it gets back to me at all). I'm sure if they actually like what I wrote I'll get a call anyway so not to worry.
Still banging my head against the wall with the longer comic. The one about the supervillain who goes up against some other villains to avenge his brother (who was the world's greatest superhero) but it is tough going. So tough that I've actually come up with half a treatment for the exact opposite idea. One about a kid who through no fault of his own ends up becoming a hero. That one is actually going a lot better. I'm much more satisfied with the arc, the theme and especially with the ending. The way the forces of antagonism build and build. It all came so much easier than the absolute brain crusher that the supervillain story has turned out to be.
It is a much more complex story though, that was why it was so appealing to me. Every villain is the hero of their own story. That was what I started with, so then it was a case of coming up with a story where a person could make totally justifiable choices that when looked at from the outside appear to be the wrong ones. I ended up with a lot of it being about the way he refused to align himself with earth's governments and so they used the press to paint him as the bad guy whilst the hero was something of a "corporate stooge" and so they used their media ties to make him a hero. But that all seemed to be too political, not necessarily a bad thing but I wanted the story to be much purer than that and more of a saga about a family and the consequences their choices have.
I'll keep that one on the burner for now and work on the hero story.
That's a longer term goal. In the meantime I have at least 3 more Future Shocks to work on and send in. Hopefully the people at 2000AD will start getting a slew of submissions from me in the next 2 weeks and maybe they;ll get used to/sick of seeing my name and decide they should just give me a chance/shut me up.
That's what the title is about. That's the name of the comic.
Just a short one. I'm submitting a short story to 2000AD's Future Shocks. It seems like a good place for new writer's to get a break. Also I'm hoping that producing more short works will help me get some momentum going to do something larger. Also I'm sure getting one published would help too. As soon as that happens I'll start calling myself an actual writer.
Got a little postcard from the BBC a few days ago to say they had received my script. So I'm doing better than last time. I did however remember that I still only had a first class stamp on the return envelope. So if that gets back to me there will be postage to pay (IF it gets back to me at all). I'm sure if they actually like what I wrote I'll get a call anyway so not to worry.
Still banging my head against the wall with the longer comic. The one about the supervillain who goes up against some other villains to avenge his brother (who was the world's greatest superhero) but it is tough going. So tough that I've actually come up with half a treatment for the exact opposite idea. One about a kid who through no fault of his own ends up becoming a hero. That one is actually going a lot better. I'm much more satisfied with the arc, the theme and especially with the ending. The way the forces of antagonism build and build. It all came so much easier than the absolute brain crusher that the supervillain story has turned out to be.
It is a much more complex story though, that was why it was so appealing to me. Every villain is the hero of their own story. That was what I started with, so then it was a case of coming up with a story where a person could make totally justifiable choices that when looked at from the outside appear to be the wrong ones. I ended up with a lot of it being about the way he refused to align himself with earth's governments and so they used the press to paint him as the bad guy whilst the hero was something of a "corporate stooge" and so they used their media ties to make him a hero. But that all seemed to be too political, not necessarily a bad thing but I wanted the story to be much purer than that and more of a saga about a family and the consequences their choices have.
I'll keep that one on the burner for now and work on the hero story.
That's a longer term goal. In the meantime I have at least 3 more Future Shocks to work on and send in. Hopefully the people at 2000AD will start getting a slew of submissions from me in the next 2 weeks and maybe they;ll get used to/sick of seeing my name and decide they should just give me a chance/shut me up.
Monday, 10 October 2011
Tumblin'
Just an FYI. I've written some short stories and things which can be found here:
www.crookedfiction.tumblr.com
Just in case you were interested.
www.crookedfiction.tumblr.com
Just in case you were interested.
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