Friday, September 4, 2009

Another piece of advice...

This one is received from one of G's trenchmates two years ago.

"You're in deep do-do, mate.

The only thing that will get you out of it is to stick to the old adage - write about what you know (and, more importantly, who you know). This way, you don't have to invent a story or characters, just take them from real life and exaggerate the hell out of them.

Maybe go back to something that happened out of school and turn it into something resembling Colombine. Or your first, really boring job job turns into a major adventure in which you come out with your life intact by the skin of your teeth.

Three days is such a short time, don't waste any of it actually creating too much, just exaggerate and expand on what you already know.

Bonne chance, mon brave."

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