tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post6391959480546743889..comments2023-08-27T04:22:55.468-07:00Comments on The Literary Lab: Theme and Variations and ThemesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-78894362317022757372011-08-05T08:49:52.097-07:002011-08-05T08:49:52.097-07:00Jake: Just keep spinning the ideas. Flame-throwers...Jake: Just keep spinning the ideas. Flame-throwers worked for Shakespeare; they'll work for you!<br /><br />Aimee: It's really like writing anything else. Just use whatever in the stories catches your fancy. Ask yourself what you're reminded of when you read the "themes." Write about that. Etc.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-6320838495449782452011-08-04T23:03:53.469-07:002011-08-04T23:03:53.469-07:00I was kind of confused and wary at first, but afte...I was kind of confused and wary at first, but after reading this, I feel more confident that I could possibly write something decent for this. Thanks! It's going to take some work though...Aimée Jodoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064718577605753502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-20581423001575809562011-08-04T00:01:03.523-07:002011-08-04T00:01:03.523-07:00This was actually really helpful.
And now I reall...This was actually really helpful.<br /><br />And now I really want to see "Sloths on Aprons". Yes.<br /><br />I want to incorporate a flamethrower into my story. (Maybe in the place of the tinderbox)Jake Heneganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031767958230378191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-83111983773327770212011-08-03T15:51:21.542-07:002011-08-03T15:51:21.542-07:00Of course, that should be Canis, not Canus. The la...Of course, that should be Can<i>is</i>, not Can<i>us</i>. The latter means "gull." F@*king Latin.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-39443729805203766462011-08-03T15:48:22.402-07:002011-08-03T15:48:22.402-07:00I'm into that. I've been looking for a gim...I'm into that. I've been looking for a gimmick for some time and this is definitely one of those! Actually, it's two of those if you look closely enough. <br /><br />Besides, if Michelle gets to be Ivana, then I should get to be Canus. It's only fair.Davin Malasarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385823575081492949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-10909492056966550032011-08-03T15:48:10.643-07:002011-08-03T15:48:10.643-07:00Yat-Yee: What if the dogs are wearing the aprons? ...Yat-Yee: What if the <i>dogs</i> are wearing the aprons? What if the <i>dogs are like Keebler elves</i> and <i>bake cookies</i> in the hollow tree for <i>innocent passers by</i>? That would totally rock.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-63705061688041546972011-08-03T15:46:44.786-07:002011-08-03T15:46:44.786-07:00j a: I agree. Davin should change his name to Canu...j a: I agree. Davin should change his name to Canus and write about nothing but dogs. And he should keep writing prose but <i>call</i> the pieces poems.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-18636812582280596022011-08-03T15:35:31.865-07:002011-08-03T15:35:31.865-07:00Michelle: I'm going to try to write mine witho...Michelle: I'm going to try to write mine without using dialogue. It will be like a silent movie. Maybe. I'll fill the spaces with what people want to say but won't. Or something. And I think there won't be any paragraph breaks, either. Possibly no punctuation, for that matter. <br /><br />And dogs named Agni and Ubu. Yes, it's all coming together now!scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-39069456577197144792011-08-03T15:12:59.313-07:002011-08-03T15:12:59.313-07:00Scott, I'm also going to make sure there is ki...Scott, I'm also going to make sure there is kinetic energy...although I never seem to do that consciously. :)Michelle D. Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696465137285587646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-1950843687823327872011-08-03T15:09:54.746-07:002011-08-03T15:09:54.746-07:00Scott, of course there was. As for making you thin...Scott, of course there was. As for making you think, it makes <i>me</i> think he should embrace the typecasting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-14891798553908852902011-08-03T15:07:55.155-07:002011-08-03T15:07:55.155-07:00This was great and fascinating to read, Scott. Tha...This was great and fascinating to read, Scott. Thanks! I was going to do something very odd with these stories and mix them up and probably make the princess something nobody would ever expect - anything but a princess, that's for sure. Either way, my final story might not even resemble anything in these stories, but it will have started there and that's what counts. :)Michelle D. Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696465137285587646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-91672407773388585762011-08-03T14:23:39.565-07:002011-08-03T14:23:39.565-07:00Speaking of Agni, a couple of minutes ago I was at...Speaking of <i>Agni,</i> a couple of minutes ago I was at a news stand and I opened the latest issue to a random page and what do I find? A poem about a dog. Makes you think.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-51474030413991048842011-08-03T11:55:41.099-07:002011-08-03T11:55:41.099-07:00Yeah, anyway, I'm looking for the buried, subl...Yeah, anyway, I'm looking for the buried, subliminal meanings of the stories. I'm also looking at the three dogs with their big eyes and the white hat worn by the huntsman and wondering how the witch got her tinderbox in the first place and why it's in the tree and why she can't go after it herself. That bit's clearly sexual. And the dogs and the apron. Maybe I'll research apron images in fairy tales. Maybe I won't. <br /><br />Maybe I'll read a bunch of Angela Carter stories next.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-60888992938342603962011-08-03T11:40:35.807-07:002011-08-03T11:40:35.807-07:00Ha! :)Ha! :)Davin Malasarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385823575081492949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-2114537181818261562011-08-03T11:39:19.327-07:002011-08-03T11:39:19.327-07:00Well. If you want to get all Zoetrope about it.
...Well. If you want to get all Zoetrope about it.<br /><br />:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-53042663616742508352011-08-03T11:36:02.845-07:002011-08-03T11:36:02.845-07:00I can work with that!I can work with that!Davin Malasarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385823575081492949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-71390172775805421782011-08-03T11:35:14.384-07:002011-08-03T11:35:14.384-07:00"I Am Waiting For My Dogs To Get Off My Apron..."I Am Waiting For My Dogs To Get Off My Apron."scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-45709362876396003222011-08-03T11:29:30.328-07:002011-08-03T11:29:30.328-07:00Maybe I shouldn't use the word "Dogs"...Maybe I shouldn't use the word "Dogs" in anymore of my titles. The threat of being typecast looms!<br /><br />Besides, so many other animals can be placed on aprons: marmots, (smaller) goats, sloths...and, really, with the sloths one wouldn't have to worry nearly as much about them walking away. <br /><br />"Sloths on Aprons" by Davin MalasarnDavin Malasarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385823575081492949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-69470514305381355552011-08-03T11:20:49.624-07:002011-08-03T11:20:49.624-07:00Davin, "Dogs on Aprons" is such an Agni-...Davin, "Dogs on Aprons" is such an Agni-worthy title.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-58449251719946312072011-08-03T11:18:59.802-07:002011-08-03T11:18:59.802-07:00It's so fun to take a ride along in your mind ...It's so fun to take a ride along in your mind going every which way.<br /><br />I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds the dogs in apron bizarre even for fairy tales. Apron with puppy paw prints, now that is cute.Yat-Yeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04028075516122778317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-56040562082642717772011-08-03T10:53:13.116-07:002011-08-03T10:53:13.116-07:00I've been paying attention to the vague parts ...I've been paying attention to the vague parts of the fairy tale. I plan to write something about that, or maybe not. Like the whole dog on the apron thing makes no sense to me, so I'm fixating on that. My story might be called "Dogs On Aprons". <br /><br />(I'm not sure if I'm being serious or not.)Davin Malasarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385823575081492949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-82345030264860080062011-08-03T08:49:51.836-07:002011-08-03T08:49:51.836-07:00Eric: I'm definitely stuffy. I'm an overly...Eric: I'm definitely stuffy. I'm an overly-formal, repressed person. But I'm still a Nice Guy. And I want us all to have fun with this contest.<br /><br />Rick: I can't wait to see what you do (though, of course, all the entries will be anonymous when we read them).<br /><br />Chuck: Yeah, I plan to read the stories once more and then try to forget them, so that they're influences instead of templates. It's some tricky.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-75630842212017591812011-08-03T08:15:53.125-07:002011-08-03T08:15:53.125-07:00I'm going to wait a month, re-read both storie...I'm going to wait a month, re-read both stories and then begin to write. That way I will forget everything I've read the last two days and start from a fresh conscious point of view. Lord knows what my subconscious will come up with.Chuck H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07266126276487521854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-9231556168052613902011-08-03T07:44:16.280-07:002011-08-03T07:44:16.280-07:00Those were great examples, I think they will influ...Those were great examples, I think they will influence my submission. I'm targeting the quest for treasure, but shown from dual perspectives, one rewarding and the other tragic.Rick Daleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173516899130463413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092805684169371138.post-55023769214823153332011-08-03T06:13:11.874-07:002011-08-03T06:13:11.874-07:00If this post isn't inspirational enough, I...If this post isn't inspirational enough, I'm not sure what would be. And here I'd thought you'd gotten all stuffy lately and you have me cracking up this morning. Anyway, thanks for the inspirational ideas.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07823808700523297184noreply@blogger.com