This morning I went over my short list of possible topics to write on for various publications and topping the list was "do zombies dream?" Then again, I also had one on the propensity of ghostly activity trapped within the stone walls of structures due to the magnetic content of the rock, and one on why I like cheese so much. Let's just say I'm eclectic.
Friends tell me inspiration strikes while they're in inconvenient places like the shower or in the car while driving with only a two-year-old to shout notes to. The only thing I'm doing in both of those places is singing bastardized zombie songs - though I don't have to change the words to Bad Romance - and I somehow manage to find inspiration through offhand Twitter remarks and at Food Lion deciding whether the family colon needs 9-grain wheat or if I can slip in some white bread without dire consequences. I know. Envy me.
What's next on your topic list? I'm going to spend the day thinking of the karmic consequences of Inception until my brain explodes. And cheese.
I had that same sense of, "where the hell did THAT come from?" when I watched Inception too. :-) There are just some books and movies that are so far out there that you have to wonder where the creators found their inspiration. What drugs where they on? lol
ReplyDeleteI was recently talking to a friend about story structure and in particular three-act story structure. As I was talking about it I compared it to the movie Inception, where you step down each layer of the dream world to get deeper and deeper into the subconscious of the story. I should write a blog post about it. :-)
Inception...Yes. I do believe someone was dropping acid when they wrote the script.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen the whole movie, but I did see the theater trailer for Inception. Made me think a demolition crew was taking down M.C. Escher. But the thing bouncing through my mind is zombies and the Greenbrier. Mainly because I just wrote about the Greenbrier recently, and saw it the other night on a show about secret bunkers. I can't say more, except to hint that it involves office supplies and a ball-point pen gatling gun.
ReplyDeleteRebecca, I'd love to see that post. Inception is an excellent way to think of it!
ReplyDeleteBeth: don't forget the rubber band ball grenade launchers. They can leave a mark.