So I'm not so certain this is going to be one of my brighter ideas. Being of questionable mental stability in the best of times, all it'll take is one obnoxious, tweeny, troll to set me off and off the deep end I go. Even though I'm pretty sure this would be agitator lives in their mom's basement and the only action they get involves the same pc used to rile me up, there's still a part of me that will want to agree with them - that I'm just some whining fan boy that should just relax, roll over, and take the raping of mind and wallet that our "entertainment" industry has come to think is the okay thing for them do to us as customers; if I don't like something I then should just not contribute to it. I know I can come across as hyper-critical and over reactive but really, why is that such a bad thing? I never understood why the vast majority of people accept bad entertainment... sure I get the whole bad-B-movie-is-so-bad-it's-good thing, and I'll probably get around to doing some posts on those that I love to hate. I will say right now that I know making a quality story is not easy, no story that I have written has held up to my own criticism but because I'm so hard on my own work (even stupid rants like this one), I figure this gives me license to go after other peoples'. Plus, my father was a avid sci-fi/fantasy book collector and had a bigger selection than than most public libraries (he actually gave me his 40 years worth collection a while back) so his passion for reading passed on to me. I also am a huge gamer and movie freak. Again, I feel this background allows me to know what makes a good story.
I guess what I'm trying to get at is that don't misinterpret what I may say... I do get pretty extreme in my views and just because I may say something snobby like "Such and such movie was utter dog shit and unlike others who may have liked it, I didn't like like it because I have taste!" doesn't mean I'm actually telling you not to like something or that you are inferior because you have a different opinion as me. Hell, this is the main reason I'm even bothering with this whole blog thing, I hope that there are other somewhat like minded people out there that can relate with me. At the very least, I can get my thoughts out there that may help further discussions on the topics of storycraft/story development.
Oh I should probably add that I can't even promise anything will come of this - chances are that I will get lazy and not keep up. Between being a full time father of two young boys, full time salaried manager, and full time nerd I'm sure there will be times where what I post will come across as a nonsensical, lack of sleep induced, rambling mess, so if there is interest in what I say just bear with me and ask and I may be able to translate the gibberish.
