{"id":26748,"date":"2014-09-11T06:30:59","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T18:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=26748"},"modified":"2014-09-11T22:07:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T10:07:41","slug":"awkward-paper-cut-writers-on-writing-fantasy-and-adventure-on-page-and-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2014\/09\/11\/awkward-paper-cut-writers-on-writing-fantasy-and-adventure-on-page-and-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Awkward Paper Cut: Writers On Writing—Fantasy and Adventure on Page and Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Michelle<\/a>

Michelle Elvy<\/p><\/div>\n

My fellow Tuesday Poet Michelle Elvy wears several hats, including as a blogger with Awkward Paper Cut<\/a>, where she curates the “Writers On Writing”<\/a> page. The topic for September is:<\/p>\n

“Creating Other Worlds: Fantasy and Adventure on Page and Screen.”<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Way back in the euphoria of typing “the end” to the ms for WALL3, Michelle asked me to contribute specifically on “Finding Adventure in Fantasy”<\/strong> and (under the influence of said euphoria) I said “yes.” \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

And in fact it was fun—and even more fun that Rebecca Fisher<\/a>, who brings you Big Worlds On Small Screens<\/a> (right here on “…Anything, Really”<\/em>!) every second Wednesday, is also one of the featured writers and has posted on “Writing Imaginatively Under Constraint.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writing Imaginatively under Constraint<\/div>\n
\"Talking<\/a>

Talking about adventurous Fantasy, as it happens!<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s a lead-in to my post, “Finding Adventure in Fantasy”<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“My writing style is primarily intuitive, with stories springing from an initial \u2018flash\u2019 of an idea, before evolving. So in terms of \u2018finding\u2019 adventure (or any other element) in Fantasy, I agree with Ursula Le Guin that: “The world\u2019s full of stories, you just reach out<\/strong>\u201d (Steering The Craft). But I believe we also reach out for the kind of stories that \u2018speak\u2019 to us most profoundly. In my case this will probably always include adventurous stories, because I love them.
\n<\/em><\/span>…”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

My writing style is primarily intuitive, with stories springing from an initial \u2018flash\u2019 of an idea, before evolving. So in terms of \u2018finding\u2019 adventure (or any other element) in Fantasy, I agree with Ursula Le Guin that: “The world\u2019s full of stories, you just reach out\u201d (Steering The Craft). But I believe we also reach out for the kind of stories that \u2018speak\u2019 to us most profoundly. In my case this will probably always include adventurous stories, because I love them. – See more at: http:\/\/www.awkwordpapercut.com\/writers-on-writing\/creating-other-worlds-fantasy-and-adventure-on-page-and-screen#sthash.0c7zJbdS.dpuf<\/div>\n
Finding Adventure in Fantasy<\/div>\n
Finding Adventure in Fantasy<\/div>\n
My writing style is primarily intuitive, with stories springing from an initial \u2018flash\u2019 of an idea, before evolving. So in terms of \u2018finding\u2019 adventure (or any other element) in Fantasy, I agree with Ursula Le Guin that: “The world\u2019s full of stories, you just reach out\u201d (Steering The Craft). But I believe we also reach out for the kind of stories that \u2018speak\u2019 to us most profoundly. In my case this will probably always include adventurous stories, because I love them. – See more at: http:\/\/www.awkwordpapercut.com\/writers-on-writing\/creating-other-worlds-fantasy-and-adventure-on-page-and-screen#sthash.0c7zJbdS.dpuf<\/div>\n
\"Rebecca<\/a>

Rebecca Fisher<\/p><\/div>\n

And here’s Rebecca’s intro on “Writing Imaginatively Under Constraint”:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It\u2019s an odd contradiction when you think about it: that writers for television have the luxury of more time than the average film to tell their stories (anything from ten to twenty-two episodes per season) but also less, what with the requirements of the weekly forty-five minute time-frame. Yet writers have long-since learnt to take advantage of television programming\u2019s unique format. In melding the visual flair of films with the episodic structure of chapters in a book, television can offer complex plots that demand close attention and regular attendance from viewers.<\/em><\/span>
\n…”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

So what are you waiting for, go check out:<\/p>\n

Writers On Writing: Creating Other Worlds: Fantasy and Adventure on Page and Screen.<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My fellow Tuesday Poet Michelle Elvy wears several hats, including as a blogger with Awkward Paper Cut, where she curates the “Writers On Writing” page. The topic for September is: “Creating Other Worlds: Fantasy and Adventure on Page and Screen.” Way back in the euphoria of typing “the end” to the ms for WALL3, Michelle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-writing","category-guest-blog-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26748"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26753,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26748\/revisions\/26753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}