On Writing
Oct 26, 2005 in General
Hi, this is Viewtru, guest blogging here again.
I guess that most of you know by now that I am taking part in this year’s NanoWrimo novel writing challenge. There are a few days left and my plot is almost ready. Still some details of the plot to figure out, though.
My entry will be a kickass wuxia novel to be called, “The 3-in-1 Kungfu Girl”. The story revolves around Pei Pei, a foul-mouthed kid from a fishing village who has a great survival instinct. She becomes a kungfu exponent because of a series of accidental happenings. Remember my recent story on ”The Twin Dragons of Li Daifu”? Well, Jade Flower and Li Chiang will have some tiny cameo roles in this story. Wu Chuan will have a much bigger role.
It seems to me that it is much easier to write the middle portion of the story than to write the beginning or the end. It’s like squeezing a tube of toothpaste. The middle is always the easiest part to squeeze.
When I was in school trying to write an essay, I would take about 20 minutes to figure out the first two lines. After that, I only need take only fifteen minutes to write the long middle portion. And then there would be no time to think of a proper ending because my favourite TV programme will be on.
I never did like doing essay homework. You know why? Because you can’t copy essay homework.
You know what homework I love doing in school? Mathematics. You can always have a great day watching TV at home and then go to school the next day and copy mathematics answers from the brighter kids in class. The teacher wouldn’t know who copied whom. We were da experts in the fine art of copying.
But not with essays. You really shouldn’t try to copy an essay.
There was only one case that I remember that a kid copied another kid’s essay WORD FOR WORD and submitted it as his own original effort. Of course the teacher spotted it. She wasn’t retarded. Well, not totally. The whole class was aghast. One should always copy in such a way that it could not be so easily detected. I mean, come on, there are certain professional standards among school kids, not simply simply copy anyhow you like. Hello? Stupid dumbass. The whole class was ready to flunk him.
Hey, gotta go now. My 3-in-1 coffee is calling me.
This is Viewtru signing off. Have a good day ahead!