Another Sick Story

Am I ill, or am I def (not deaf). Another sick idea crossed my mind and I jotted it down on paper. Whose to say it will go anywhere, but I need to explore my options like it's my last day on Earth. None of us are guaranteed anything for tomorrow.

To my Family: I love y'all for better or worse we're all we've got.

To my friends: I love y'all as well. Thanks for being there for me as well.

Don't Give A Damn

It's how I feel now when I explore my thoughts/ideas that are quirky, like me. There was a time when I would reject such ideas. They weren't mainstream. I felt that they were (sometimes) vulgar, and it mattered to me 100% what people thought about me. I so wanted to belong. I killed my individuality. That angel in the room got a lot of millage out of this.

Now that I don't fear approach or that someone labels me odd for having offbeat thoughts I feel free to explore my mind. Go to the corners I felt embarrassed to visit. Pull out the ideas that stand out in my mind as worth doing. perverting any idea I may have used in the past that's not working for me. I need to have my works produced and published. If people get pissed or offended. Fine. part of writing is rejection. part of me doesn't want to know fame, but notoriety.

One day my quirky stories will become mainstream. It will be time to pass the torch.

Don't get me wrong. Not all I write will be fit for print/production, but to get to the good ideas, I have to love me, and not allow outside sources to shape my thoughts.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

To my Bro and niece. Y'all are too special to me. You just don't know how I loves ya to pieces. :-)

Back To Some Basics

Sometimes I stress too much and don't write. Sometimes I stress and write. Sometimes I have stress and stress writing. I see a pattern, and I'm in the mood to break out of my funk. I need to type something. I need to feel my creative spirit. it needs to be with me. Star crossed lovers we are. Something like that. Soul-mated or just destined to stay together.

Hello Story Points

For those not in the know, when writing scripts a beat sheet (catching the "beats" of the story) will help you lay down the bones to your script. There's a short film I have been working on for a while and the beat sheet helped me nail down some ideas that were nagging the hell outta me. It has a lot of things that need resolving, however, the bare bones are down. There are a few more pieces of criteria to supply, but I think that will it as far as completion. Afterwards there will be a "cooling off" period which helps divorce the mind from the project, and then it can be addressed with new eyes.

BTW during the "cooling off" period will be the best time to start another beat sheet for another writing project. There will lots of cooling down. This is Beat sheet for project # 2 BTW. I hope to have 4-6 beat sheets by the end of summer quarter. At least during the break between summer and fall quarter I can develop some work. Furthermore, during the fall break the goal is to write nonstop.

Let me add each project has its own complexities, which makes it a little tricker. For example, the first project consisted of a beat sheet for four episodes. The second project is a short film and all three acts are covered. Project three will cover three issues of a sitcom, and project four will cover four episodes of a different program. The episode-based stories have three acts per episode (more work). Project five will likely be another short film, and project six will either be a feature film.

Divided

Part of me wants to maintain the energy this blog has and keep it going forever. The other part of me likes the raw uncensored version of me that can't be on a public blog. I can't reconcile them as I like the direction and this blog is my home. I would like to improve the focus of the writing, and will likely be focusing more on my creative endeavors, as well as my observations on life, and what i deem to be entertainment.

Little Jackie - The World Should Revolve Around Me

Cause Imani's music rocks. :-)

Empowered I

This image has a companion (male) piece that if I uncover , will post an image of. I never finished this, as the face is left incomplete. Still there's some hidden power the figure has, and I still like looking at it. I should do a series based on them. Still, the counterpart must be found so I can compare and contrast them. I need to see where I could take the figures. She strikes me as raw emotion and not vulnerable at all. Like she's empowered in spite of me putting details on her.

And Now Kind Sir, Where We Go From Here?

It's time to delve deeper into the the craft of fiction writing. I want to be able to stop improvising (passive), and taking the driver's seat of writing (active). There are some things I need to have to feel better about writing in any genre, and any medium. First things first. Improv writing is ok for a draft , but not the final product. Second, I need to know why I am writing this story, and what I want to say with it. More control in technique and content must be at the forefront. Needless to say there is a lot of work to do, but I'm not mad about that. It's who I am, and what I do.

BET pt2(BLACK EXPLOITATION TELEVISION)

Twice is a charm.

BET (BLACK EXPLOITATION TELEVISION)

Because it doesn't pull the punches. :-)