CgTalk: Unofficial Writing Challenge:3 -Morning Disaster

[Pixanaut]

Is this a throw down? Has the gauntlet been tossed? Seriously? :curious:



For some reason, I can't help but feel this was aimed at me... lol. Was it too long for ya?
Please note though that we would like to read and comment on your story, not your latest novel.

[matsman]

The ladies handkerchief is falling to the ground, but I am not the spiteful black knight, just another jouster, ready to show my king I can be a leader of man.
(even though I fell on my nose last tournament :) , wow it really reads as a quote, but is not as far as I know.)

Haha, well lets just say you gave me the idea. :p

Don't get me wrong though, if you are writing 20 pages I will love you for it. But if 5 people are going to do that, we can publish a book with short stories. And I firmly believe editing will make a story better.

on another note, what do you think about the image? With me choosing it, I have an advantage since it speaks to me, does it speak to you? Or was I right in stating it is a "hard" challenge this time?

[Pixanaut]

It is not my place to question the choice of image, or comment on it. It is simply, the image. There is a story in every image. On this one, I shall write my 1,000 (or more ;) ) words.

'hard' is a matter of perception. With Souq, there were many story options because the image raised so many questions... with this there are less because nothing is going on in the scene, but there are still options. Still life (inanimate) will always be more of a challenge to draw a story out of... but that's why we're here, right? To challenge ourselves?

It took me about 20 minutes of staring at it until I settled on an solid approach. Souq gave me a few solid ideas within the same amount of time. I've got some other stuff to take care of right now, so I might not get to this until later on.

I promised kadetkabob that I'd do a script format this time... which is going to prove interesting... lol


Don't get me wrong though, if you are writing 20 pages I will love you for it. But if 5 people are going to do that, we can publish a book with short stories.

And this is a bad idea why?... Ballistic Publishing Short Stories based on CG images, where say, the artist chooses the story to accompany their image? If nothing else, an online magazine would be cool.




btw... my last name is King... lol

[kadetkebab]

hey matsman

Just a quick question if you don't mind. What language is that in the image? Is it Dutch?

I actually don't mind the long stories. The more the merrier. But I noticed this time you did not give a page limit.

And the image is an odd choice I agree. But I am surprised at the ideas that are coming out of my head about where I want to take this story. So good one. Hope more people participate. Good luck guys.

[matsman]

Just a quick answer then... it's late here got to go to work tomorrow and party the night :)

Pixanaut: I really love the ballistic publishing cgtalk: stories idea :p don't know how feasible but it sounds very good. So you win that round... now I only have one argument against setting a page limit, which is to force people to think what should and shouldn't be in the story... I think that's a keeper though.
And I lol with you on that name coincidence... it was your mentioning gauntlet that got me to jousting.

Kadetkebab: Good to hear you like the image, even though it is "an odd choice" (I thought so myself, but that is also why it was top of the list once I had seen it)
The text is actually Russian :) translated by the artist himself, also from Russia, currently Moscow according to his profile.

- is it me or do I see one more sticky note than are translated?

I had to lol at your question too... we Dutch are not exotic at all and just use the Latin alphabet just like you English folks :p .
We even have a saying: Doe maar normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg (translated: Act normal and you'll be acting weird enough already, phonetic english: doo mare normale than doo jy al geck genoog, note that in dutch every g is like coughing or wheezing, back in your throat) Which means: if you don't follow the majority, you'll be an outcast, so don't get any ideas of you being special.

:) so far my quick introduction to the Dutch language (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGzwZH03QLE&feature=related). I'll happily throw some nautical sayings your way later if you'll let me Lol

[kadetkebab]

hey Matsman

Thanks for the crash course in Dutch. And yes I think I did notice a missing translation for one of the post its. Ah well. I am sure it is not important. I just wanted to ask because I want to have an idea of where to set my story. Thanks for the info.

Maybe it will be a nice idea to do something Dutch next time. :)

[Pixanaut]

I had a chance to sneak it in today. I ignored the post-it notes and set it in a British kitchen because well, it's just more funny when I hear it in my head.


SNIPPED (I'm going to do another pass and repost it tomorrow... I rushed it a bit.) ** SEE POST BELOW **


This image should tell you what to expect outta mine this time... lol

http://www.trialislandfilms.com/cgtalk/pixanaut_eggs.jpg

[matsman]

Hej... I never said you had to base your story in Russia... so English kitchen sounds good... As soon as I find the time I will read it through... those eggs sure make me curious.

I'll look for something Dutch to use in the future... with coffee shops and stroopwafels :D

My story will be going towards relationship issues, I decided. You'll see how that fits in.

[Lordrych]

Hey Guys I love the Idea of the writing challenge, I am going to try to jump on this too....!!

[Pixanaut]

Welcome to the fray Lordrych.

[Pixanaut]

Sorry about that guys... it took me a couple days to get back to it.

Here it is.

MORNING DISASTER LINKAGE (http://www.trialislandfilms.com/cgtalk/Morning_Disaster_%28Pixanaut_CGTalk_09%29.pdf)

kadetkabob... it's not 100% perfect script formatting (for something that you would submit to a production company), but it's close.

matsman... it's only 11 pages + title/credit page. And it's almost all dialogue, so it's like 6 actual pages... lol

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PS - Denis, thanks for letting us use your image :P

[Pixanaut]

Ummmmmmm... ?

[Pixanaut]

So am I gonna keep on competing with myself? Or is someone else gonna post something... sometime... eventually?

Maybe we should advertise this thread in the general discussions section to make people aware of it.

Got the next image yet?

[matsman]

I just made a midyear resolution to stop excusing myself... But I have to do it here.

I was under the impression I still had a week. Will post tonight, was a long way already... just won't have time to do a re-read and cut on it.

An yes I have the next image already :)

[Pixanaut]

I was under the impression I still had a week.

lmao
You're the one who set the deadline!!

[kadetkebab]

Can we please have until next week Monday? I am having major writer's block this challenge! :(

Sorry again Pixanaut. You been a real sport. Hope we don't spoil this one for you!

[Pixanaut]

Well, we can either extend this one, or just move on to the next one.

It's up to matsman.

Perhaps in the future, three potential images could be posted... and the writers could have 2 days to vote on the image. That way, we can all have a say in which image we think would generate the most interest... I can generally write to anything, but personally, I'm a huge scifi fan, so I'm good with anything in that genre. And that offers most people (potential artists) outside of the writing challenges the chance to get stoked about the stories and do vfx/3D work based on the stories.

Also, if there is the chance of releasing a book (or online magazine) of short stories, then if they're all within one genre, it'll generate more interest because it's all congruent.

[kadetkebab]

I agree Pixanaut. I too am a huge Sci-fi fanatic. I can wirte about that any day.

I suppose i tired a little too hard into researching about Russia because that was the language written on the post-its in the image. I tired to do something based on history and something more realistic that I got too caught up in that and didn't have time to just write a story. My bad.

And I agree we should vote on an image. I like to have options.

I suppose we can move on to the other challenge then cause I haven't gotten far with my story. Sorry guys!

Hey Pixanaut is your link working? I can't seem to download your PDF! You think you can make it an attachment instead of a link. I don't know if my acrobat reader is bugged! Thanks buddy!

Hey matsman...other challenge then?

[Pixanaut]

I'm having issues upping it. I think the file size limit for attachments is lower than the PDF file size. The link works for me so it might be a problem on your end.

If you PM me your email address, I can email it to you.

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[Pixanaut]

matsman... where's my trophies? lol

[matsman]

Right... So sunday is here again and as you might have noticed... life has overtaken me again.
I had full night events Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday... and taken the Wednesday of because of a fatigue spell I was suffering from since last Friday I think. You know the feeling of simply not wanting to do anything at all and your body just screaming at you as soon as you lift your finger... well that day I was in some kind of jelly state, for lack of better description. Luckily Friday I was my old self again, more or less.

And I failed yet again another deadline. All because I thought the deadline was a week later... you see, I look the date up on the calendar, 2 weeks later to set the deadline, that information goes straight into the post not hanging around in my head which says... you still have two weeks... well my head was one week late... time went really fast last month.

I read you want to choose from multiple images, actually I kinda thought that was the idea, but last time I got the impression only one image was wanted so I put only one up. More is better but I will go and recycle not chosen images if I want. I was right about this being a hard one after all right :)

And the award, yes good one. Thanks for reminding me. Attached is a small preview :D I am gonna paint it if I find the time. And will present it to the winners.

I will make sure I have images up this week and will try to finish the piece I was writing. I feel terrible not having something again.

[DenisKornev]

Guys! I`m so glad you liked my picture! Your challenge accept to give ability of flying of imagination. And you know, it`s great!!!
Pixanaut, awesome story!

[Pixanaut]

Haha... thanks man, and thanks again for letting us use your picture :D

[matsman]

Sorry guys!
You might have noticed my lack of time and rather busy schedule over the last month or so... well last Wednesday I paid the price and I fell a little ill, head aches, throat and a mild flu... and it's still not completely over. (coughing like a mad pig over here).
I have had a few days off an will start with the normal routines slowly again this week, I will make some dinner right now and then be back in bed to see if I can get better and more awake again.
Thanks for your patience with me.

[kadetkebab]

Cool script Pixanaut! A good laugh! I see sometimes the simples idea can have a good and humorous outcome! Great work!

Oh well Matsman...I'm really in the writing spirit now! So how do we go about doing this? Should we choose a pic of our own and then have a vote on them all to see which we will use? Sorry to hear you're unwell too! Hope you pull through! Well mate, we will be ready whenever you are! In the meantime should we go about choosing a pic for our next challenge?

[Pixanaut]

Hey man, glad you liked it too! I think it'd be a fun one to animate.

Anyways, I'm ready for #4... just in the middle of a pesky cold myself. But I'm still good to go!

[kadetkebab]

Wow that time of the year! Hope you all get well soon. OK I guess we can start scouting for our next pic!

[kadetkebab]

has this thread gone dead? I hope you guys haven't succumb to your illnesses. where is everyone?

[matsman]

Hej!

I feel lots better... but I am sleeping like a cat still... until this week I have been sleeping 10 hours a day at least. Which means that I do little else than work, eat, clean and sleep in a day.

But as I said it's looking up this week. Last few days I have been going to bed later without also getting up later, so I have time to do things again... I will be on the lookout for some images.
If you have inspiration please tell me! Makes it easier for me to get started again :)

Cheers and thanks for the continued interest!

[Pixanaut]

I'm better, but I got bored waiting for the next image so I took on a job writing a scifi feature treatment and script.

If a new image shows up, I'll see if I can make time for it.

Glad to hear everyone is feeling better.

[kadetkebab]

wow, cool. Is it something personal and private or something you might share with the rest of us sometime?:drool:

I also got caught up with writing my sci-fi novel again. I had left it for a few months. recently had the urge to start writing again. Maybe we can share stories sometimes Pixanaut. :beer:

well, I found a few images that I would very much like to use to start another challenge, if you guys are up for it. Let me know if you guys would like to participate or if you're occupied at the mo. I guess we can vote on images to use for now!

[matsman]

Well I am a little occupied at the moment having a rapid succession of deadlines all over the place...

I work for two companies which both have lots of conventions at the end of the year. this week alone we had 5 people walking in: "hej, could you do this before Monday, then I have to be at a convention"
And we are generally happy to do it, cause it brings them back for more later. However stuff being needed at a convention means a very hard deadline and usually you have to show people how it works too... And besides that I don't have a chance to actually get into a workflow cause all these people need movs or mpegs converted so it fits in powerpoint (basically everybody only uses media player 10 so we standard convert to wmv... that'll run :) )

Generally I am at work till 19:00, 19:30... last week even later because we had a gaming project deadline that all needed to be finished and polished (we did it, people were happy!)

But that means I am home at 20:00 o' clock need to cook, eat and relax before going to bed for another of those days. But I think you know how it is... I had originally a week off planned about this time but that got shot :( okay because of a big assignment which might mean a contract opportunity but still... I'd rather fancy a week off.

So then you know where I was all that time... I am up for something but won't be able to put much time into it I am afraid.

Thanks for keeping the thought of this thing, kadetkebab!

[Pixanaut]

Hey guys...

Kadet... The script is a scifi story based on a comic book that most people have never heard of... Lol. The job is an adaptaion of that comic book, with full license to change what has to be changed in order to make it work as a film. It's pretty full of cliches, so it took me like 7 different attempts at the outline to turn into something I'd like to watch. Outside of that, it's been pretty fun. I just finished the script (rough) today, and start typing it up tomorrow, editing as I go. :)

No, I can't say more than that... for now.

As far as comp#4, I'd still like to do it, but my November is filling up pretty quick. I've got some stuff to do on set (for a couple weeks, helping out as a location sound guy) and I'm not sure what involvement/commitment is going to be needed once I hand in the scifi script. I'm hoping it leads to more writing work, but who knows.

[kadetkebab]

wow matsman, sounds like the story of your life. LOL! You're a pretty busy guy I see. Well, it is good you're in such demand. Hope all the hard works pays off for ya! Best of luck with it all.

Sorry about that Pixanaut, thought your sci-fi treatment was a personal project. I can understand if you cant divulge more if it's a job you're working on. Both you guys sound pretty occupied. Good to see the recession haven't slowed either of you down. Well I'd just like to say best of luck to both of you. I suppose we can work on another challenge when the time is right or when you're both a little less occupied than you are now.

I am carrying on with my own personal writing for the time being. But just wanted to make sure the whole challenge thing didn't come to a complete stop.

well, hear from you guys when you ready to start writing again. Hey Pix, let me know how the whole script works out for ya! Well guys, signing out for a while then. Again, good luck to you both. Happy writing!

[Pixanaut]

No problem...

On another note, if anyone is interested to see a short film that I wrote, it just got posted online by the Vancouver Film School. Link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yorT84ZhVNI&sns=em)


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