Mr. 6MK
Dumping ideas in plain sight on the Internet where everybody and nobody can find them,
Thursday, June 27, 2024
Calendula
Monday, December 11, 2023
Nah, NO Write November
Sunday, November 5, 2023
NaNoWriMo 2023 Week 1
Been a long time since I used this blog, may as well dust it off.
Following some internet friends from parts elsewhere, this November I'm going to attempt to go through the designated modules of this National Novel Writing Month outline, the theory being that structure might help to nail down something coherent, and deadlines induce productivity. It had been the case with Inktober, but this is a different medium entirely, and while words are in some cases freeing, they are also more abstract in conveyance.
Anywho as Gertrude said before Polonius got stabbed in the curtains, more matter, and less art. Let's chronicle the process.
Week 1: Sparking an Idea
1) Make a List of Places and Things That Make You Feel Excited, Inspired, or Curious
Right off the bad I may have constrained myself in needing to answer something, and so in response to what I interpreted as the question "What is this story about," I heard rumblings of old college classes echoing in my thoughts. The answer to this question can be broken down in a few ways and I found myself wanting, depending on how I'd interpreted the question.
1) What happens in this story?
As the story has not been written, inspiration is fickle, and I try not to get too excited about things, I couldn't formulate any neat one-word answers to this, only rambling. However, curiosity, there's a great many things I'd considered in, at the risk of sounding pretentious, the high-concept stuff.
2) What do you want to say?
There are a great many things I feel strongly about, yet I wouldn't feel quite right about making this story an author's moral tract. The concerns for the issues of the moment have a way of forcing stories into allegory or dating them immediately, which while useful when there's a point to be made, I don't have a soapbox to stand on right now, so let's just try to have fun.
3) What are the themes of this story?
Back to the high-concept stuff, painting a swathe of ideas with the broadest brush would at least get me a start. And so I present...
My craptacular list:
Wishes, fantasy, illusion, delusion, perception, magic, faith, belief, pathos, collective consciousness, inner psychology, manifestation, schema, projecting root concepts, sublimation defense mechanisms, denial, will, reason, dynamic interplay between self and world, blending inner and outer conflict, assertion of the ego, validation of the self, dreams into nightmares, semiotics (performance) of the self as defined by the contexts/constraints (conformity) of the world
2) Circle Nine Things You'd be Excited to Include in Your Novel
Following the rubric, I played mad libs with craptacular list to try and sting together a sense of what I wanted to write about.
Novel Idea 1: |
Performance of the self as defined by context of the world... |
...used as a defense mechanism... |
...to make dreams into nightmares |
Novel Idea 2: |
Assertion of the ego... |
...into the delusion... |
...of fantasy |
Novel Idea 3: |
Manifestation of the collective consciousness… |
...in an interplay between self and the world... |
...but in the denial of reason validating will. |
3) Pick One of the Novel Ideas and Freewrite to Explore the Idea
“Dreams come true” is a broad idea, and realizing it in reality, manifesting it, is commonly used to get the ball rolling on the path there. As the cliché goes, it is the journey, not the destination, that offer fulfillment and meaning.
All too human is the need for instant gratification. Whether it is a fulfillment of a momentary whim or to turn the tide on terrible fortunes, the ability to manifest will into reality is a boon. With an ego untempered by the journey, with urges lashing out to destroy to spite creation, this would cause a horrible imbalance.
Gary was once a poor unfortunate soul who by chance, fate had conspired to grant him the powers to realize his dreams on a whim. All he would need to do is will it, and so would it be, the power of all things with but a mere thought. However, because he has a small imagination, many urges unfulfilled without outlets, what started as trepidation and uncertainty with the power of manifestation gradually turns into solipsism that leaves him more isolated than before. Who could be lonelier than a god caged off in his own heaven?
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Comics on WordPress!
Anyways, for now, you can read Archaepelago in its entirety with clicky buttons and such instead of sifting through a gallery
Check it!
Friday, May 15, 2015
2015 Summer Convention Circuit
Northwest Fanfest (May 29th-31st) Anvil Center, New Westminster
SFU Summer Festival (June 27th) Simon Fraser University
MiniComi (July 11th) Olympic Village, 1 Athlete's Way
Anime Evolution (July 17th - 19th) University of British Columbia
Anime Revolution (August 14th-16th) Vancouver Convention Centre, East Wing
And here I am just fumbling over my work. Well, time to make some new product, isn't it?
Friday, April 11, 2014
2014 Convention Circuit
SakuraCon (Seattle, WA) April 18th-20th
NorthWest Fanfest (Vancouver, BC) June 27th-29th
Anime Expo (Los Angeles, CA) July 3rd-6th
SFU Summer Festival (Burnaby, BC) July 12th
MiniComi (Vancouver, BC) July 19th
Anime Revolution (Vancouver, BC) August 22nd-24th
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Comic Update: Archepelago Preview
She's a most refined lady, and this is just getting started XD