The title of this post is meant to invoke the formulaic tendency of the movie trailer. As a writer, I constantly wonder about form, and worry about formula. The spelling of the two are similar for a reason (maybe hotforwords should investigate?) because form is what happens when you are a disciplined writer using the tools of your trade and you succeed, formula is when your method is revealed too openly, too easy to see the "how" of your writing.
It is a tricky thing to have good form, and not just mere formula. It is a very fine-line that exists in between the two, but I think for the most part, what separates the two-- and warning for those thinking this will help you out on your next paper or blog or whatever, it will be far too vague to do so-- is sincerity. Writers and artists in general that work from the heart will always create more powerful works than those who write for money, or to a more forgiving place, power. I write for power in the respect that I write for the power of my story, to increase the power of my storytelling. I've done a lot over the years in order to ensure that my writing is as strong as possible-- including learning about filmmaking in order to ensure that my storytelling was as audiovisual as possible.
But I got lost in the "how" and it wasn't until I started to do the thing I do best-- writing instinctively-- that I started to feel like a writer again, instead of like someone filling out business forms or something (name of character:____ Character's occupation: _____ character's turning point in act two: _____ ).
I have been on somewhat of a hiatus while I get things sorted out in my life-- and for that I apologize. I'm a pretty scattered person in general, but I am getting focused in my old age. There are, hopefully, more works to come in the film vein, as I am hard at work writing a script for a new horror movie. Sadly, due to lack of production support and lack of time on my part-- it is difficult to juggle everything my life is offering right now, and I'm finding that I do need help in the production department moreso than I previously admitted) "Z" will have to be put on hold-- so those who wish to audition for zombie extras will have to wait just a little longer at least.
But it will come-- I haven't forgotten about "Z" I've just put it in the "to do" pile, lest my brain explode like in Scanners 
; oh us Canucks do think up some pretty morbid stuff from time to time, and Scanners is deeply embedded into some pretty early childhood memories. Probably helped shape me for the disturbed individual I am today, and to quote a famous fast-food franchise, I'm loving it.
; oh us Canucks do think up some pretty morbid stuff from time to time, and Scanners is deeply embedded into some pretty early childhood memories. Probably helped shape me for the disturbed individual I am today, and to quote a famous fast-food franchise, I'm loving it.So yeah, stay tuned and I will try to balance things out-- one of the things I'm working hard is compressing my duties to free up time to my proper passions, which ironically I'm trying to do by getting a job IN my field so that I can have time to ... work more in my field in a different way. Two birds with one stone if you will. A bit hard to explain, but when I have more news to report, I'll fill you in-- I'm a bit too superstitious to spit it out now :p
At any rate, stay tuned, more to come, and as always, be nice to each other. Or else.
