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Just something out of the blue because of the tags and my friends list.

RAMBLE
"Ramble" is from a word that means "to roam". Ramble is an instance of someone talking at length without direction. It also means to move or stroll without directly, casually.

RANT
From the Dutch word ranten and randen, meaning to talk nonsense or foolishly. "Randen" is also plural for Rand, meaning "edge" or "brink".

Rant is defined as a criticism done by ranting; also a wild, incoherent, emotional articulation or to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently.

I guess that's why I rarely do it.

I ranted about teen pregnancy (because I'm affected directly no, I'm not a mom), stupid actions (Pff! Can I be more specific?), and criminal acts mostly out of emotion, but that should mostly be it.
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Going back to an old matter. In another entry, I asked these questions:

Why do I like BACCANO?
Why do I like BASILISK?
Why do I like Y + M?
Why do I think will male a good ninja story?
How to make a compelling story line/plot?
What causes negative criticism?
Why am I slow in thinking up plot (or why do I find it difficult?)

I told myself that I can't do reviews, because:
1.) I can't seem to deduce and adduce strengths and weaknesses.
2.) Not a great critical thinker
3.) Again, not good at explaining myself
4.) Opinions are subjective
5.) Bad sentence structure

Guess you could say, I can't push my face out there. Or, just can't fight.

I'd like to fix that somehow. I could start by using a simple form of defeating Writer's Block, and that is just by using an outline. Or, I can use Mapping.

Reviews should get you to either want or not want to see what you just did.

Let me first state is that I believe that I get rarely dissapointed. I don't think there's anything in the world that I read or watched that made me say, "This-is-terrible!".

Ninja, and Futaro Yamada's ninja stories (well, mainly the comic adaptations Basilisk and Y+M by Masaki Segawa) are what inspired me to do the Seishin series.

For Y+M and Basilisk, I can easily say that a couple of the comics' strengths are Violence (Blood and Gore) and Art. How do I explain my reasons?

How about the novel BACCANO? I thought I wouldn't like a story with alchemists and every dude from the criminal underground getting indirectly connected to each other. It's history aspect, since it started in the 1930s, may have something to do with it. So I'll be thinking about that too.
mastergraywolf: (Huh?)
Questions I'd like to ask and (when I have time) answer myself. Just something to think over:


Why do I like BACCANO?
Why do I like BASILISK?
Why do I like Y + M?
Why do I think will male a good ninja story?
How to make a compelling story line/plot?
What causes negative criticism?
Why am I slow in thinking up plot (or why do I find it difficult?)

Anger

Jun. 23rd, 2011 01:56 am
mastergraywolf: (Huh?)
This feels like the longest week ever. And no, I barely had a chance to work on SolAka because of a stupid family member's newborn baby (my niece). I had a raise of stress from it. Why? I shouldn't right?

Babies should be cute and wonderful right? It is a cute baby, but it's the baby's "parents" and the involvement of the [sickly] grandparents.

It is personal problems that I probably shouldn't get so annoyed over, but I did because the situation is so careless. When your parents are idiots early on, it effects the baby.

Let me change the subject here

The New ACE COMBAT is looking great:



And Mirror B always makes me happy: http://youtu.be/a2iBY6ZeWG8

About Seishin: I screwed up while reading Japanese history. Mibuno Kai's history is not correct about Imagawa Yoshimoto; The MAtsudaira served them momentarily when Ieyasu was younger. Also, been trying to figure out why/how Kyoushirou's parents died.

And there might be some name changes to fit with the Pre-Edo times since names like Hajime (this would PROBABLY fit fine for like the first son) are too modern. Ugh. I wish I could be a little fancy.

Story making for Seishin is still super difficult.
mastergraywolf: (Huh?)
So I dropped Pokemon Fighters a while back. It was something that I was excited about bringing back into a remake, but I dropped it since I found it difficult to deal with. I wasn't sure how to go forward, my notes were a complete mess, and I gave up.

The same with Seishin, but I am trying to make progress with that series.

If its is too tough, I think it's best to put it away. Learned my lesson for trying to make sense of something I've been having trouble following in the first place.

Anyways, I thought about posting my current level of interest on my recent stories. Just my thoughts.

Mainly SolAka and "United We Soar". "Howl of the Gray Wolf" is my signature story, writing about Monster Rancher (Farm) in particular is what distinguishes me. In my opinion, without Howl, I wouldn't be MGW nor so determined about this kind of online hobby.

Howl is a simple story, sharing little aspects of both the game and TV series. Plus, I can't wait to get to the remake of Tiger of Freedom. I hope to live that long to get to that and perhaps do another story. Also, completing the remakes of Howl and Tiger is a fierce goal of mine as I really want to see them redevelop from terribly written stories.

Despite being difficult, I think SolAka oozes with positive energy and follows the image of the mecha genre enough. I think it's exciting to work on because of the characters and the machine design. It's my first time trying something with mecha so it gives me a challenge.

United We Soar is also exciting and I like the characters. It's also life-like, or at least I'm trying to give that impression. Did I do good with that? Plus, I've been wanting to form an Air Force story for a long time. If you're not into sci-fi or military drama, I think reading/designing a compelling story in those genres can be tough. I am not in the military nor have I been in there.

Regardless, I still wanted to do it. UWS may be a short series though.

2011

Dec. 29th, 2010 10:26 pm
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I had a nice Christmas and I'm feeling better than before. However, I have this lingering cough that I can't seem to get rid of. I cough less now, but my throat still stings.

The year of 2011 will be here this coming Saturday. I hope to resume writing before long and try not to go on these long hiatuses so often, rekindle a passion in storytelling. I have two major problems as an online writer: I often find myself having trouble figuring out where I want to take my stories, and I also find myself taking up difficult projects (AKA: thinking of difficult stories), despite the ideas being highly interesting to me. The example of the latter being Seishin, SolAka, and United We Soar.

My ninja series The Seishin Chronicle has been idle for a year now because how tough it is to do. Or maybe I should say that the serious challenge of my goal behind is what's tough about it. Learning enough about Feudal Japan, Japan in general, takes up a lot of time.

SolAka is my first science fiction/super robot story. After a dream I had, I wanted to try it out.

And for the longest time, I wanted to do a story on the U.S Air Force because of my long interest in this branch of military AND aircraft.

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BTW! A funny idea crossed my mind: What if my stories were reviewed like they were shows released on DVD? Yesterday, I was just imagining it in my head, that's all. What would the strengths and flaws of "Howl of Gray Wolf" be if someone gave out a detailed review? What would be, 1 out of 5, the rating of the story? The characters?

That's all that I thinking. Just something random.

I can't review for my life though.
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Everyone, I am done with HoGW's next chapter! Over two-thousand words, hooray! I am currently reading it over again for errors. I meant to add more but I put my intended part into the next chapter.

Summary )

As for the next chapter, highlight to read for spoilers (outline)

Title of next chapter is: JUSTICE ON THE WICKED )

Up next, will be Pokefighters since it should take less less time. Then, it'll be the next exciting chapter of SolAka! Speaking of my mecha story, here's my small view on character personality.

Random topic: Torahiko vs Hiori )

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