tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post298131628034771727..comments2023-04-28T04:20:05.766-07:00Comments on WRITER on WRITING: The First Time AroundVirtual Strangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01040333093180694172noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-6040521800796995762018-05-11T23:46:14.899-07:002018-05-11T23:46:14.899-07:00Glad to be of help. :)Glad to be of help. :)Virtual Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01040333093180694172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-90181416096642525052018-05-11T23:45:57.769-07:002018-05-11T23:45:57.769-07:00Oh, seriously? I think my girlfriend has that on h...Oh, seriously? I think my girlfriend has that on her bookshelf! :DVirtual Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01040333093180694172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-20926684549879255552018-03-30T06:47:15.671-07:002018-03-30T06:47:15.671-07:00*Exactly* like the link!*Exactly* like the link!Manuel Royalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392229225958688128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-14891126392407993982018-03-23T21:47:14.450-07:002018-03-23T21:47:14.450-07:00Pummeling my old cranium makes me think I read it ...Pummeling my old cranium makes me think I read it in "The Making of Star Trek" by Stephen Whitfield.<br />https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77759.The_Making_of_Star_TrekBig Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-50306222864281477382018-03-23T21:46:07.377-07:002018-03-23T21:46:07.377-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Big Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-85340178583718502662018-03-23T15:40:56.075-07:002018-03-23T15:40:56.075-07:00I've not heard that story but now I want to go...I've not heard that story but now I want to go look it up and refer to it constantly. :)Virtual Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01040333093180694172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-14530081945872649772018-03-23T15:40:19.693-07:002018-03-23T15:40:19.693-07:00A note like the link...?A note like the link...?Virtual Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01040333093180694172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-46318861738292811112018-03-23T10:48:22.222-07:002018-03-23T10:48:22.222-07:00I've always heard John W. Campbell used to lec...I've always heard John W. Campbell used to lecture writers on just this subject. Certainly bears repeating.<br /><br />And, a little searching told me that Charles and metal spiders are in a book called "The Crooked God Machine". (Nice when there's a note, for those of us who aren't the cool kids.) Now Amazon informs me I already bought that book in 2016; guess I'll read it!Manuel Royalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392229225958688128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-57686124955117335092018-03-23T06:06:58.335-07:002018-03-23T06:06:58.335-07:00When I was a lad, I read this was perhaps the over...When I was a lad, I read this was perhaps the overriding goal of Gene Roddenberry while struggling to create "Star Trek" (the Original Series, as we know it now). The principles of scifi at the time were to constantly have "As you know, Bob..." moments. Perhaps the old writers of scifi TV and movies just thought the audience was that dumb. Or unsophisticated. Maybe they were, but Roddenberry guessed that was not the case. "Wyatt Earp just uses his six-gun without supplying a five minute discussion on Samuel Colt and how gunpowder propels a bullet. Captain Kirk is just going to use a phaser in the same, familiar fashion."<br /><br />That stuck in my young brain and I have tried to emulate the idea ever since in my writings.Big Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.com