Craft Notes
Considering Fiction as a Chain of Tone
an audio-visual tour of what I look for, aim for, build towards, in fictional narratives.
AT THE BEGINNING, A NARRATIVE ELEMENT IS INTRODUCED IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A TONE TO CARRY THE PIECE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZVk21Pco-c
THE ARCHITECTURE IS IMPORTANT
AND SO ARE THE THINGS INSIDE OF IT
BUT SOMETIMES THE THINGS INSIDE DON’T MAKE ANY SENSE, AND THE PROTAGONIST/NARRATOR/READER FINDS HER OR HIS “SELF” UNCOMFORTABLE
IT COULD BE SOMETHING RIDICULOUS, BUT DESPITE THE DISTANCE OF CAMP, UNEASE REMAINS
FURTHER EXPLORATION RESULTS IN SOMETHING BOTH UNCANNY AND PERFECT, THIS BECOMES THE GOAL
UNDOUBTEDLY, IF ONE WERE TO ACADEMICALLY REDUCE THE NARRATIVE, WHAT WE WOULD FIND IS THE QUEST
THROUGHOUT THE SEARCH, MODES OF TRANSPORT ARE NOT IMPORTANT
THERE IS A SCENE OUTSIDE, NEAR THE BEACH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVXsMaaQyI8
THERE ARE DISTORTED SEX SCENES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISivyow6fiI
THERE WILL PROBABLY BE ‘METAPHYSICAL’ INCIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE NARRATIVE
THE PROTAGONIST WILL BE CHALLENGED & ABJECTLY OR ABSTRACTLY OVERCOME IT
IF THERE ARE CHARACTERS, TWO OF THEM WILL BE IN LOVE
IT WON’T WORK OUT
IN FACT IT WILL BE VIOLENT & FUCKT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTHc6Wba624
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS FOUND, BUT WHILE IT IS AFFECTING, IT IS NOT THE ACTUAL GOAL. IT WILL STILL INSPIRE HOPE.
IF THERE IS A CONFLICT, IT ARISES IN DARKNESS AND IS QUICKLY RESOLVED
THE GOAL IS REACHED, BUT IT IS NOT SATISFYING. ANY SENSE OF RESOLUTION IS IMPERFECT AND BEFUCKED
A POINT IS HIT WHERE EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE IN A BEAUTIFUL WAY
AND AT THE END, THERE IS AN INFINITELY BEAUTIFUL SADNESS
AND A FLICKERING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec_9zr8whTw
Tags: affect, feeling, narrative, the uncanny
Nice.
Probably you should go ahead and send us a mixtape already.
That was awesome. I’m in love with your posts.
that was a metric shitton of obscurantist detritus
Love this. That someone can have such a grasp on how elements are handled in their art is rad, and youtube mixes should be the only way out.
Predictament
I didn’t know what I wanted ’til I got it.
Having evanesces wanting, which sidles, scurries, cartwheels, and gallops else
Still want else that I don’t know still.
The next rhythm, the next detail.
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this is the best. it makes me want to lie down in olafur elliason’s fog room and listen to the minimal wave tapes foreverever. there will be another installment, right?
sweet, thanks
when you spend 7+ hours a day on the internet, the obscurantist detritus becomes “normal” and the stuff that normal people like becomes obscure
i do not know what movies are out in theaters right now
the narrative always reflects my own experience writing
exploration, discovery
“just questin’ y’all”
the bottom of youtube 4 lyfe
ad[a/o]pting robbe-grillet & kavan & jahnn leads to things
i think there’s a website for that. and i’m not so sure 7+ hours online is, um, healthy. might as well enjoy the trees while we still have them once in a while. also, i’d wager there are still a great deal of people that still spend that much time in front of a TV.
speaking of which, i haven’t seen a decent move in the theater in a looong time. ‘Another Year’ came close, but didn’t really blow me away.
As soon as I’ve learned to be a great writer, I want to tackle whatever it is the woman in video #10 is doing.