I said earlier that we should all be terrified from the moment we're born because we are all going to die. The counter argument was made that knowing we're going to die anyway should remove all fear.
Perhaps we should go back and forth between the two.
Occasionally life has been so very miserable that death seemed like a relief in the making.
Those days pass for some, for me they never last too long, perhaps one is coming on, I don't know.
I suppose my response would be that maybe life shouldn't last forever, but it could be a little longer than it is. More joy, more sorry, more frustration.
I also think it should be broken into sections and you should be able to start over at each one. That would simplify things. Want proof there isn't a god its that life doesn't work this way.
A better way still would be to mix things up and start all over and after a fashion that happens, but not exactly that way.
I know what my mistakes were in life. Not watching for what is important to me, whether the money, the freedom, the friends, perhaps even the enemies.
That doesn't mean you'll learn anything from this.
Birds perched on branches in the cold rain, what are they thinking? where are they going?
I'm suffering from indecisions, new years axiety about what to do in the coming year, fear of change which is coming whether i want it or not, writer's block, tension about whether i'm following the formulas close enough, stress about finishing articles, book 5, do I have to finish time first?, rewrite of venus, almost done, but is it too boring? did i miss, i must have missed one of the formula steps in all of the books? nostradamus, too complicated to continue without restarting at the beginning, rereading for the last time the edits to book 2 of the counselor's series, i just want to enjoy it but i have to read it where i can edit it in case something is wrong
robins, cardinals, red and brown, some puffy looking bird whose name escapes me, partridge? what are those small birds they shoot this time of year? is that a blue jay with its back to me? colors and anti-colors
isn't it better to have one great book than 3 mediocre ones?
people are waiting for me, can i disappoint everyone?
am i too worried about other people, myself? what about the calming effects of inevitable death, am i too close? to blind? what about these projects, the alternate futures, the problems with people i don't want to deal with who are forced on me, the ones i do want to deal with that are separated by gulfs of understanding, fear, financial disparity, learning?
The story structure:
1: setup-every day life of whoever, may be grand, horrible or indifferent
2:the changed circumstance, something an opportunity or challenge presented
3:the new situation where the hero reacts to the changed circumstance, may accept a challenge, run away from it, even ignore it as long as there is a reaction-up to 25%
4: changed plans/motivation-general desire gets specific, outer motivation, to get to venus for example, is revealed, may be to pursue or escape something, the place where the audience wants protagonist to succeed even if its an act of murder or some other ten commandments nono, its part of the changed circumstance
5. progress-seems to be working towards 4
6. point of no return-after series of successes (with minor setbacks) of 5 at the 50% mark, commttment is made (launch nto space)
7. complications-visible goal becomes harder to obtain, stakes go up, no longer deciding whether to go into space but surviving it.
8. major setback-at 85%, this is where the burgeoning love falls apart, where the mission is in jeopardy and there seems no way to succeed.
9. the final push, the hero finds hidden reserves allowing them to go on
10. at 90%-99% you hit the climax, hero must take last act, whether of success or self sacrifice, goal met or failed with a lesson
11.aftermath-of varying length to show where characters end up
but venus is too bumpy, can the first two stories follow this closer, can the last be made to work in this model, perhaps twice? once at the detonation, a second story built around the aftermath where all 11 items come to play in the aftermath? perhaps. i'd like to be finished, but finishing is decided for you sometimes.
the new year approaches/
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