Wednesday, October 28, 2015

More Writing Updates


I started the Twitter account in late September. My goal was to reach 100 followers by Halloween! I ended up a few days early! Let's see if I can make it to 200 by the end of November!

I'm also considering participating in the NaNoWriMo... and work on a certain sequel. I've written the first chapter and started a flashback chapter. Perhaps I'll write the rest of the first draft in November!

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Twitter Posts

A month ago, I started up a Twitter account.
Here are some of the posts relating to The Face of the Pumpkin!








The Future

The Power of Love.... is a curious thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NMph943tsw

But of course this video is from the first film: Back to the Future (1985). Although only the first film was released in 1985, that year is a central point throughout the trilogy, as seen as the "present year" of the sequels released in 1989 and 1990.

In the second film, a direct continuation, the first part of the film, and one of the most iconic parts of the trilogy, is the part where they go to the year 2015. Specifically October 21, 2015.  Another important year in the trilogy is 1955, also seen in all 3 films... but of course at the time, no one had the hindsight that we have in 2015.

Some of the most iconic aspects of the representation of 2015 include the flying car, as seen in what it did to the technology of the DeLorean car, as well as the iconic hoverboards.

I must admit that this is the part of the trilogy where it's probably best not to think to much about the logic...



I must admit, when I was a kid and first saw this (I actually saw Part 2 before Part 1) I didn't understand the concept of the "future" or of years. Because of this film, I just thought that "The Future" was some type of parallel world with flying cars.

Here's a video where teens react.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgkx9JAON-I

and this (Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox talk about 2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1twReDT0y3k

Friday, October 9, 2015

Updates

This week I did the Relay for Life, watched more Once Upon a Time and wrote my first reply on Twitter in Portuguese.

Going back to my writing, I've tried to return to being a little more active on Critique Circle. I've also done more revising. Right now I'm doing another read-through of Part I and then I'll work on revising Part II before submitting my manuscript to a professional editor. This takes a long time, but hopefully it will be worth it!