Hello? I'm Back. Is Anyone Still Out There?
This is just a cursory posting with a promise of more to follow. I know, I've pretty much fallen off the map with regards to this blog. But, I'm back and I'm rededicating myself to spending some time writing on a regular basis. I'm putting myself on notice and putting myself out there in the hope that anyone that may come across these posts will like what they've read and offer me not only the encouragement to continue, but the constructive criticism to improve my writing. I want to eschew more personal, "journalesque" postings for the time being. I just think that it would be best and will leave it at that. Instead, I'm going to use this blog as a means to chip away at some characters and stories that I've kept locked inside my head for far too long. Writing, like Art-making, is a process and this blog will become my writer's sketchbook.
Back when I was a freshman in high school, my English teacher assigned us the task of keeping a daily journal. I did my utmost to do the journal justice, but found myself running out of stories to tell. Growing up in rural Ohio, not much happened that I deemed exciting, or even noteworthy. I was devouring comic books and drawing super-heroes in my spare time because I dreamed of becoming a comic book illustrator for DC Comics. That's when I decided to approach my teacher with the idea of my writing and drawing a comic strip as my daily journal entry. He actually seemed excited about it, probably because it'd be a refreshing change of pace for him when it came time to read all of the journal entries. Somewhere stored in a box some place, I have the old comic strips and every time I come across them I cringe a bit. My drawing and writing were vastly underdeveloped back then, but I realize now that those things weren't as important to my teacher as my creativity and passion were.
Over time, the characters I created would get shelved, something more important would come along and I would devote my time to that. Eventually, I would dust them off, revitalize and update them some more before once again putting them away, replacing them with other pursuits. On and on this cycle would go and each time, ever so slowly, these characters would evolve and grow with me. In the coming entries, I am going to delve into each character that I created from the ground up. I will comb through their origins and hopefully streamline them, making them stronger and more viable. I will discuss storyline ideas and my outlines for where I want to take these characters and who knows, maybe I'll finally put down on paper the storylines and ideas I've kept locked inside my head for all these years.
Thus begins my journey to rediscover some aspirations I've held onto since I was a kid. Do I expect anything to really come of all this? No, not really; not in the form of copyrights or publishings or a weekly TV series that's for sure. But if I can find a way to spark that passion and drive I once had when I was younger and more idealistic, then this whole process will have been worthwhile. Here's hoping that there is still someone out there left to take notice that this blog is active again and that they actually enjoy what I have to offer.
Back when I was a freshman in high school, my English teacher assigned us the task of keeping a daily journal. I did my utmost to do the journal justice, but found myself running out of stories to tell. Growing up in rural Ohio, not much happened that I deemed exciting, or even noteworthy. I was devouring comic books and drawing super-heroes in my spare time because I dreamed of becoming a comic book illustrator for DC Comics. That's when I decided to approach my teacher with the idea of my writing and drawing a comic strip as my daily journal entry. He actually seemed excited about it, probably because it'd be a refreshing change of pace for him when it came time to read all of the journal entries. Somewhere stored in a box some place, I have the old comic strips and every time I come across them I cringe a bit. My drawing and writing were vastly underdeveloped back then, but I realize now that those things weren't as important to my teacher as my creativity and passion were.
Over time, the characters I created would get shelved, something more important would come along and I would devote my time to that. Eventually, I would dust them off, revitalize and update them some more before once again putting them away, replacing them with other pursuits. On and on this cycle would go and each time, ever so slowly, these characters would evolve and grow with me. In the coming entries, I am going to delve into each character that I created from the ground up. I will comb through their origins and hopefully streamline them, making them stronger and more viable. I will discuss storyline ideas and my outlines for where I want to take these characters and who knows, maybe I'll finally put down on paper the storylines and ideas I've kept locked inside my head for all these years.
Thus begins my journey to rediscover some aspirations I've held onto since I was a kid. Do I expect anything to really come of all this? No, not really; not in the form of copyrights or publishings or a weekly TV series that's for sure. But if I can find a way to spark that passion and drive I once had when I was younger and more idealistic, then this whole process will have been worthwhile. Here's hoping that there is still someone out there left to take notice that this blog is active again and that they actually enjoy what I have to offer.
posted by Chris at 7:22 PM
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