And there's more here.
There. The cat's out of the bag. You know how my secret procrastination method.
Except it's grown worse. It's invading my writing world. I have this idea...
Wait for it...
I want to tell a story in pictures.
I mean, I see pictures anyway when I write. I see pictures when I imagine my stories, and meanwhile, I think in sentences, even when I look at the world around me. Or at least in words.
Like: "Street sign. Blue. Noticing -- why? Familiar street. Bright against background. Image? Image. Pole, sign -- computer. Maybe. Not my best. Can do?..."
Etc.
That was pretty much the stream of consciousness of a second while I was walking my puppy tonight, and I happened to look up and notice the light and colors of a familiar street corner. And thought that it would be possible to make this exact image in computer art and that I almost had the skills, and then I started going through my computer files mentally...
So I'm thinking... If I'm that visual and the words come naturally jumbled and broken... What if I put images first and words as support, instead of words first and images as ghosts in my mind?
What if I tried my hand at a graphic story with the help of my favorite graphic software?
Plot -- scenario -- storyboard -- actors --
It's beginning to look a lot like a movie, actually. And no, none of my characters are in the Gallery yet, but then I don't know them well enough yet to ask for autographs.
What? Oh, what it's about?
Well, it's set in the real world, but sometime in the future...
Oh, sorry, I'd better check on the puppy. He keeps getting into all the trash baskets lately.
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