Vera Smirnova

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Vera Smirnova
Benvenuto Tisi, gen. Garofolo
Die Anbetung der Könige/Adoration of the Kings (detail)
Italy (1508-10)
Gemäldegalerie; image via supernaut.info
Dominique Sanda, Stefania Sandrelli - Il Conformista, Bernardo Bertolucci
Feed the Muse, May 25, 2016
Choose any of the options below, or mix and match as much as you like. Set a timer for at least ten minutes and write without editing yourself.
Word: hypnagogic
Snippet: if you turn your hands to flames oh the light will burn the same
Genre mash-up: zombie apocalypse picaresque
Picture of the day: plant by matze2001
Movie mash-up: Pan’s Labyrinth meets Citizen Kane
Hieronymus Bosch c. 1505-1506
Triptych of the Temptation of Saint Anthony
Overlooked.
August Herman Neujd (1872-1931), St.Erik
Feed the Muse, May 13, 2016
Choose any of the options below, or mix and match as much as you like. Set a timer for at least ten minutes and write without editing yourself.
Word: trophic
Snippet: the moon hung in our hair, and the starry night unfurled
Genre mash-up: weird west alternate history
Picture of the day: the gate to chronos color by Absurdostudio-krum
Movie mash-up: The King’s Speech meets 2001: A Space Odyssey
20 Basic Plots
1. QUEST - the plot involves the Protagonist’s search for a person, place or thing, tangible or intangible (but must be quantifiable, so think of this as a noun; i.e., immortality).
2. ADVENTURE - this plot involves the Protagonist going in search of their fortune, and since fortune is never found at home, the Protagonist goes to search for it somewhere over the rainbow.
3. PURSUIT - this plot literally involves hide-and-seek, one person chasing another.
4. RESCUE - this plot involves the Protagonist searching for someone or something, usually consisting of three main characters - the Protagonist, the Victim & the Antagonist.
5. ESCAPE - plot involves a Protagonist confined against their will who wants to escape (does not include some one trying to escape their personal demons).
6. REVENGE - retaliation by Protagonist or Antagonist against the other for real or imagined injury.
7. THE RIDDLE - plot involves the Protagonist’s search for clues to find the hidden meaning of something in question that is deliberately enigmatic or ambiguous.
8. RIVALRY - plot involves Protagonist competing for same object or goal as another person (their rival).
9. UNDERDOG - plot involves a Protagonist competing for an object or goal that is at a great disadvantage and is faced with overwhelming odds.
10. TEMPTATION - plot involves a Protagonist that for one reason or another is induced or persuaded to do something that is unwise, wrong or immoral.
11. METAMORPHOSIS - this plot involves the physical characteristics of the Protagonist actually changing from one form to another (reflecting their inner psychological identity).
12. TRANSFORMATION - plot involves the process of change in the Protagonist as they journey through a stage of life that moves them from one significant character state to another.
13. MATURATION - plot involves the Protagonist facing a problem that is part of growing up, and from dealing with it, emerging into a state of adulthood (going from innocence to experience).
14. LOVE - plot involves the Protagonist overcoming the obstacles to love that keeps them from consummating (engaging in) true love.
15. FORBIDDEN LOVE - plot involves Protagonist(s) overcoming obstacles created by social mores and taboos to consummate their relationship (and sometimes finding it at too high a price to live with).
16. SACRIFICE - plot involves the Protagonist taking action(s) that is motivated by a higher purpose (concept) such as love, honor, charity or for the sake of humanity.
17. DISCOVERY - plot that is the most character-centered of all, involves the Protagonist having to overcome an upheavel(s) in their life, and thereby discovering something important (and buried) within them a better understanding of life (i.e., better appreciation of their life, a clearer purpose in their life, etc.)
18. WRETCHED EXCESS - plot involves a Protagonist who, either by choice or by accident, pushes the limits of acceptable behavior to the extreme and is forced to deal with the consequences (generally deals with the psychological decline of the character).
19. ASCENSION - rags-to-riches plot deals with the rise (success) of Protagonist due to a dominating character trait that helps them to succeed.
20. DECISION - riches-to-rags plot deals with the fall (destruction) of Protagonist due to dominating character trait that eventually destroys their success.
by Pavel Simakov
Writing exercise/challenge
1. Write a codex entry for your character. This can take the form of a short biography, a letter written about them, or anything you’d like. Take a look at some of the Dragon Age codex entries for examples. (x) (x) (x)
2. Describe your character from the perspective of someone who has never seen them before.
3. Write a letter from your character to another. It can be to their lover, their best friend, their parents or even their enemy.
4. Write an interview of your character from a journalist’s perspective. Describe the setting, the questions asked and your character’s reaction to them.
5. Write an entry from your character’s journal.
6. Write your character’s favourite recipe, as if they’re copying it down to give it to a friend. Add any notes or tips they use to make the dish to their liking.
7. Write a list of things your character keeps in their pockets.
8. Describe your character’s hands. Are they calloused or smooth? Scarred? Are their fingers short and stubby or long and slender? Are their nails bitten?
9. Write a conversation in a scripted format. No prose, just dialogue.
10. Describe the appearance of your character’s boggart.
Feed the Muse, May 12, 2016
Choose any of the options below, or mix and match as much as you like. Set a timer for at least ten minutes and write without editing yourself.
Word: obviate
Snippet: what’s the good of being good if everyone is blind
Genre mash-up: post-apocalyptic spy thriller
Picture of the day: Glass by KizukiTamura
Movie mash-up: Full Metal Jacket meets Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Its better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for who you are not
Saw my all time favourite dress. Great opportunity to shoot some close-ups!
THIS IS A FUCKING DRAGON DRESS YOU CANNOT CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE
I’M GONNA WEAR THIS
And feel like an amazing dragon every day :D