When there's a whole in my story that I can not see, I feel something is going wrong. I continue writing, but it doesn't go well. It took me 3 years to realize how hard it actually is to write a book. It turned out, to become a good writer is not only about talent, but also about hard work. Several times I abandoned stories at the beginning, because I was not able to detect what was wrong about them. It's different with my last story. I somehow managed to fix a major hole. One of my characters did not belong to the story at all. She was a strong queen, hiding her true identity, in order to take care of a prince, whom she must protect. The problem was that in the time this character appeared in the story, the atmosphere was rather humorous. She, on the other hand, was dark. When I changed her, everything became exactly what I wanted it to be.
Now, just as I finished the last chapter, I felt another thing is going wrong. No characters, for sure, I've checked a few times for this. Must be a scene. I feel helpless, as it is hard for me to see it. The more I write, the more this feeling of something being wrong gets stronger. So, should I stop for a while? Probably yes.
Although, this might be due to the fact that I've never read a story like this before and therefore don't know how it should go. No one to ask for advice, it's now 16 000 words. Who would find time to read it?
Writing a book is very tough. The main problem is that you can not control your inspiration. You can provoke it sometimes, but unless it comes by itself, it just won't work properly. Inspiration, from my personal observations, comes after a good dream or if the morning is nice and peaceful.
My best time for writing is early in the morning, though sometimes late at night is better, depends on the scene I'm currently working on. I'm not professional, nor experienced, so this is not an advice, I'm just sharing. It's very nice to start working on your story as early as possible, before the annoying repetitive activities of the day start. Nice non-dynamic scenes are easiest in the morning, and so are dynamic scenes. Late at night is very good for dark scenes.
The book I'm trying to write is planned to be an 80 000-word epic fantasy story. By far, I've only got 12 000 and this is somehow discouraging. When I started, I was really excited about it, so the first six thousand were completed in just two days. Lately, because of the lack of inspiration, it is hard to write a thousand words a day. I'm planning on doing a marathon. Just sit in the morning and stop only to eat and take a shower, and then go to bed when I get exhausted. This, as I've tried it a few times before, will either bring my inspiration back, or quite the opposite.
Legend Of The Seeker has been canceled? I love this show. I don’t know what television is like in the US but from what I see, networks care only about money, and don’t give a f**k about what people want to watch. Is there an alternative to Legend Of The Seeker? Another entertaining fantasy show with such great cast, good special effects and breathtaking storyline? No, there isn’t. In fact, I don’t believe a fantasy show has ever been so entertaining. Sure there are some holes in the story but there’s nothing about the show that can not be fixed. Lost was cool at first and then became boring. They didn’t cancel Lost…. (Not that it’s a similar case.) Or just people who prefer epic fantasy are not enough to pay the network back the money for making a series. No, no, no, no. If this is true, then I believe we’re in trouble. Fantasy has always been the highest form of art. Nations who don’t realize this are usually miserable. Being rational makes you dumb. In the county I live in (not MY country, because, frankly, I have absolutely nothing to do with it), people think fantasy is useless and just made to entertain little kids. Bulgarian is among the poorest nations in Europe with almost no internationally known art. There are no writers, no publishers, no books. No shows, no movies. With the exception of 1 movie that, surprisingly, could not return the 1,5 million used for its making.
Back to Legend Of The Seeker. Are people in the US like Bulgarians? They think fantasy is not good enough? Or they’re going to use that financial crisis bullshit again. We don’t have money to make fire come out of Zedd’s hands, or Kahlan’s eyes can no longer turn spooky black. I’m tired of idiots in black suits sitting in their shiny offices, deciding whether I will have the chance to watch another episode of my favorite show or not.
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Plamen Dimitrov
5:22 AM
Are we all going to die in 2012? NO! That’s bullshit. If there were a way to predict such things, the method would have been a bit harder to figure, don’t you think?
There is no way someone can predict a future event, except when it’s obvious that this event will take place. You can predict that the guy, who just jumped from the roof of a high building, will die. Now that we see how stupid the humanity is and how we can’t manage to preserve our own environment, we can predict that mankind will soon extinct. WE can, not the guys who killed hundreds and took the hearts out of their chests to please their Gods.
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Plamen Dimitrov
5:20 AM
Every plastic bottle we use and throw away, will disappear from our planet in 500 years. Although plastic, being used for almost everything, is important to us and we can not remove it from our lives completely, we can easily reduce the amount of plastic we use for everyday needs. To begin with, STOP using plastic bottles.
Water is completely free. When you buy a bottle from the shop, you actually pay for the transportation, you cover the expenses of the company, give a little for rich guys in suits, and of course, you pay for the plastic container. Why? You have an unlimited supply of water in your house. Why not just find a way to take it with you at work or at school? There is a way – aluminum bottles.
Last week I ordered my first Sigg bottle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigg) for only 20$. If it doesn’t break or something, I’ll save that money for a month by not using plastic bottles.
Sigg have very nice designs and they do not change the taste of the water like plastic bottles do. You can choose from 0,3L, 0,4L, 0,6L, 1.0L, 1.5L. There are several alternatives, depending on your location. Cheeki bottles, for example – http://www.cheeki.net.au/cheeki-bottles-about-us.htm, are also good and even a bit cheaper.
When you choose, you must be sure that your bottle is BPA free. I don’t know exactly why, but BPA is bad for your health (plastic bottles are full of it). It is believed it causes cancer. Anyway, just don’t buy a bottle made in China.
Save money, save the planet, take care of your health!
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