Okay, I'm thinking about writing something of greater length. I'm not quite shooting for the novel length like my friend and fellow writer John Schellhase (who is planning a novel currently). However, I was thinking about writing a Short Epic (note the irony). Here's the deal, though: I'm torn between actually writing it in verse like with traditional heroic epic or furthering the genre-based irony by writing a Short Epic in Prose. This is ironic, of course, because epics are typically neither short nor in prose. I think I'm a better poet than fiction writer, so I imagine that writing in verse would be to my advantage. However, I wonder if it would just be funnier as prose. Right now, I'm leaning towards prose.
Nonetheless, by summer's end, I hope to have completed The Georgead: A Short Epic (in Prose). I aplogize in advance to any Bush-sympathizers and/or Republicans who have happened their way upon my blog. The idea is to write a parody of the Bush administration setup like a classic epic. I would, of course, make Bush the sort-of antihero of the story--parodying several traditions of epic literature. The idea is to set the story on a smaller scale. I was thinking he would be Chief of a large fictional village. John Schellhase suggested doing something totally off-the-wall and having the whole epic be about army men (the little green ones). I don't know what I think about the possibility of his idea becoming my reality, but I will say that it is intriguing at the very least.
Your moral support would be greatly appreciated.
**EDIT: I am truly hoping that this project doesn't turn out like the short film that I planned on writing/directing with Cameron Heger last summer.
About the Author:
- James Miller
- Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
- I'm taking my first steps in a journey to the real world. I'm prepping for a move to Austin, TX--where I'll seek to fulfill my musical dreams while living the life of a modern twenty-something.
6 comments:
I would avoid telling any more of the potential storyline, because if you reveal too much, almost all of your potential readers will have heard what you're going to write, and you'll lose the motivation to complete it. Or, maybe I don't really know anything about writing.
I agree Steve-o, but I haven't really revealed much of the storyline anyways--mainly because I'm not sure how it's going to go. Nonetheless, what I've given is way less than would be on the back cover of a book.
gennie and i used to talk about writing a screenplay together. it hasn't happened yet. i'm thinking it probably won't unless we both live in asia together and get bored.
James, that script just might haunt us for the rest of our lives... which sucks.
Heger, we might have to do something about it eventually. We might have to forgo actually planning on making a movie and just write a screenplay that a) doesn't have a major gaping plot hole and b) doesn't concern itself with whether it could be filmed on our low budget.
...I'm in. If we do it after you move to Austin, maybe we could mail drafts (using UPS) to each other, make revisions, and then mail them back. Maybe we could even name the screenplay after this process. "United Parcel Service." Done.
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