About my expectations for my photostories in 2010:
My long talked about, long planned, long scripted photostories…
My point: Making changes in my plans for my photostories.
I’m in a kind of tough situation at the moment.
We’re trying to get the house ready & up for sale (which means getting rid of as much stuff as we can, and packing up much of my belongings & so on). It also means that I’m really really limited in what I can do work on with regard to my photostories.
This bothers me because I’m still scripting & planning. I have such a lot I want to do. And I’m frustrated that I can’t do much of anything because of my current (perceived) limitations.
So what do I do??
- Do I put all the dolls & roomsets away (the ones that won’t get taken apart & discarded) and just stick to writing the scripts? And hope that in a year from now when we’re settled *fingers crossed for luck* and I’ll want to make the sets & shoot the stories then?
- Do I try to do them now and end up doing what I’ll feel is a half-assed job?
I say that because I have a really definite idea & vision in my mind of how I want the Chronicles to be.
I don’t want them to suck (The stories don’t. However, I feel like I’m letting myself down by not making the settings the best I can.) I’m caught between a rock & a hard place because I can’t work on any sets. I want to make them. To share them with people. But I want to share something I can be proud of–or at least semi-satisfied with 
I do know I don’t want to shoot them & then re-shoot them again in the future (I’ve tried that once and it was like all the magic of it left with the first shoot & the second was just “oh I gotta do this again!”).
So where does that leave me and The Chronicles?
They’ve been stuck in a holding pattern for so long now. It’s unspeakably frustrating…and I get tired of thinking about the “someday” aspect of it.
So what can I do?
I’ve been giving it a good deal of thought. I want to feel productive about the Chronicles on some level, even if I can’t produce whole episodes. I want to continue to explore characters & see if I can develop them more. So I’ve come up with the following (probably very lame) idea:
Do a weekly photostory/ interview with a character from The Chronicles.
I know it’s not the same as doing an episode, and that whatever it is will likely be a monologue delivered by said character. It’ll all be done in 1 room. The plan is to do them once a week and post them up on Fridays. Hopefully folks might feel like suggesting characters they want to learn more about (from the main profile site).
This Friday’s will focus on Thom Tazzo.
So there it is.
That’s the plan.
Please don’t laugh me out the door…… :blush:
7 Responses to “Finding a Resolution?”
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I still think it’s a good idea. At least you’re doing something which is more than what I can say for myself. I’ll be rooting for you every week to help you get those going!
This sounds like a good compromise, at least for now. At least you’ll be doing something with your dolls, and who knows, you might find out things about them that will eventually make your photostories even better. I know that I’m reeeally looking forward to this :biggrin:
I can kind of relate to your problem. We’re in a tiny apartment right now, and doing to setups I would ultimately like would just be impossible. Sometimes I feel like that “one day” will just never come. :unsure: Some days, the limitations to what I CAN do are so frustrating, I just feel like doing nothing. So, yay you, for overcoming that and actually doing something, even if it isn’t the ultimate dream right now! Can’t wait for Friday!
Building sets now and then take them apart to move is imo very risky. If I were in your place I probably would wait.
Doing interviews with the characters seems a good alternative to me. Your readers get to know the cast and maybe you can even sneak in some background infos that make the stories richer, but would interrupt the flow when told during “the action”.
Plus we would have something to keep us hooked. :biggrin:
Interview/photostories sounds fun. You get to be creative without impeding your moving. You get to keep your characters fresh and active; your readers learn more about your characters. Oh, and you get to put stuff away snugly.
Good luck! I will look for your stories Friday/Saturday.
So, if I hear you right, you have a definite beginning and end imagined for the Quinlan Chronicles? Wow, that’s impressive. LHF is open-ended and shows no signs of slowing down. What will you do when you come to the end of the Chronicles? Anyway, I can’t wait to see interviews with characters. Hurrah!
–MW
Hey everyone! :biggrin: Thanks to all of you for taking the time to chime in on my thoughts. I really am glad to hear them (not sure how well my actual attempt is going but that’s besides the point!)
I’m glad that y’all can empathize with the situation at hand. It is frustrating but I guess that’s how it goes. :getlost:
MW: Some of the storylines in the chronicles have definite end points (as well as endpoints for characters) but the actual chronicles are pretty diverse. I planned them that way intentionally so that they would continue to hold my interest for a number of years. So far it’s working :happy:
It is hard enough to get mediocre photostories done with no obstacles. Good ones are dificult even when everything is perfect. I think your plan is a great middle ground-it develops characters and lets you keep using photoskills that can get rusty so fast. Good Compromise!