31 Plays in 31 Days 2025, #26 - “Lost Girls”
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breakinglight11Scene eight of the Wicker Man remake! Another fairly original scene, meant to both advance the detective story, develop characters relationships, and establish some important information. I find myself consistently concerned that the themes are not really coming through, at least not to the degree that I want. Of course, that’s a classic “later draft” issue, where you tweak things to make it more precise to what you’re trying to convey, and I should be grateful these first drafts are coming so easily. But it’s hard not to fixate on what I know I want, but haven’t quite nailed yet.
( Day #26 - Lost Girls )
( Day #26 - Lost Girls )
31 Plays in 31 Days 2025, #25 - “Dogs in the Night”
Aug. 25th, 2025 09:16 ambreakinglight11Continuing on strong with The Wicker Man remake! I still can’t believe the momentum I’ve got on this. So here is scene seven, another fairly original scene. I’m reasonably happy with it, but I think it needs a little refining to manifest my chosen themes.
( Day #25 - Dogs in the Night )
( Day #25 - Dogs in the Night )
Mid life crisis
Aug. 24th, 2025 11:27 amdianec42So... Apparently my mid-life crisis is playing bass in my friend's punk band. What can I say, I volunteered without knowing what I was getting myself into. Which is very on brand for me.
I last played about 15 years ago. Since that time, in no particular order, I've gone through menopause, broken my fretting pinky, worked from my dining room table with terrible ergonomics and worse posture (and occasional kittens), and messed up both of my shoulders (not at the same time (yet)).
I do love me some fast, loud, 80s and 90s covers. But oh my dog, I can NOT keep up. The lead guitarist is my age(*) so I can't exactly bitch about being old, damn kids, lawn, yada yada.
I don't even know where to begin. My posture sucks. My endurance sucks. My upper body strength sucks. I have an "ergonomic" wide strap but I have it adjusted pretty short and the adjustment buckle(**) digs into my shoulder something rotten.
I am considering posting the above paragraph to about 5 different subreddits. How do I fix my posture for long sets? What exercises are good - both in the gym and on the instrument? What should I wear?
Jamming is loads of fun but I'm also exhausted just thinking about it.
(*) For any aspiring groupies, WE ARE BOTH 41.
(**) What do you even call the slidy thing that adjusts the strap?
I last played about 15 years ago. Since that time, in no particular order, I've gone through menopause, broken my fretting pinky, worked from my dining room table with terrible ergonomics and worse posture (and occasional kittens), and messed up both of my shoulders (not at the same time (yet)).
I do love me some fast, loud, 80s and 90s covers. But oh my dog, I can NOT keep up. The lead guitarist is my age(*) so I can't exactly bitch about being old, damn kids, lawn, yada yada.
I don't even know where to begin. My posture sucks. My endurance sucks. My upper body strength sucks. I have an "ergonomic" wide strap but I have it adjusted pretty short and the adjustment buckle(**) digs into my shoulder something rotten.
I am considering posting the above paragraph to about 5 different subreddits. How do I fix my posture for long sets? What exercises are good - both in the gym and on the instrument? What should I wear?
Jamming is loads of fun but I'm also exhausted just thinking about it.
(*) For any aspiring groupies, WE ARE BOTH 41.
(**) What do you even call the slidy thing that adjusts the strap?
31 Plays in 31 Days 2025, #24 - “Willow”
Aug. 24th, 2025 09:41 ambreakinglight11Scene six of my Wicker Man remake! This is another scene that deviates from the original and reflects my own interpretation of the story, which I’m finding is mainly showing up in my depictions of the characters. I like what this one adds, though I’m concerned that in keeping some things vague I may not be conveying to the audience exactly what I want.
( Day #24 - Willow )
( Day #24 - Willow )
31 Plays in 31 Days 2025, #23 - “Night Dance”
Aug. 23rd, 2025 10:04 ambreakinglight11More Wicker Man! With this, scene five, I build directly from the last scene I posted. I have done an unusually good job this time around writing this script in sequence, which is something I can’t often do. Maybe because I’ve already got a structural template from the original script. But I feel like I am doing a half-decent job capturing the significant stuff from the original while inflecting it in the thematic direction I want.
( Day #23 - Night Dance )
( Day #23 - Night Dance )
31 Plays in 31 Days 2025, #22 - "Broke Up"
Aug. 22nd, 2025 11:28 ambreakinglight11Taking a little break from posting scenes from my Wicker Man remake, since I'm trying to do that one in sequence and I'm currently working on a scene I'm struggling to hammer out a bit. This is going back to Lacuna, which is coming out very out of order like most of my writing does, and tries to expand on a theme I'm trying to include as character work.
( Day #22 - Broke Up )
( Day #22 - Broke Up )
31 Plays in 31 Days 2025, #21 - “Rowan”
Aug. 21st, 2025 08:33 pmbreakinglight11Scene four of my Wicker Man remake idea. This scene is the first one I think that truly adds something rather than just iterating on the original. I’m not sure it has all the layers and nuances I want— it’s kind of in that place where I can’t tell if I’m being too obvious or not clear enough. But I’m overall pretty happy with how it came out.
I always loved the name Rowan.
( Day #21 - Rowan )
I always loved the name Rowan.
( Day #21 - Rowan )
Car maintenance
Aug. 20th, 2025 03:43 pmlmkI took my car in today because it had started smelling bad. Actually, it has been smelling bad for a few months, but I didn't want to spend money on maintenance until I had a job lined up.
It turns out there was something nesting inside the ventilation system.
The service people recommend peppermint oil to prevent a recurrence.
It turns out there was something nesting inside the ventilation system.
The service people recommend peppermint oil to prevent a recurrence.
31 Plays in 31 Days 2025, #20 - “The Inn”
Aug. 20th, 2025 10:35 ambreakinglight11Scene three of my Wicker Man remake idea. I was quite surprised at how much I’ve wanted to work on this, but the feeling of creative flow is one of the best things ever, so I’m going with it as long as it lasts.
This scene is the first one that I feel like I’m really able to start inflecting the original story with the main theme I’d like to inject— the idea that the cult is an excuse to instrumentalize and consume women. I’m hoping to introduce it slowly but I think here’s a good place to start making it perceptible. That way, I can move away from the idea that the problem is the pagan-ness— instead, the problem will be patriarchy. THE PROBLEM IS ALWAYS PATRIARCHY!
( Day #20 - The Inn )
This scene is the first one that I feel like I’m really able to start inflecting the original story with the main theme I’d like to inject— the idea that the cult is an excuse to instrumentalize and consume women. I’m hoping to introduce it slowly but I think here’s a good place to start making it perceptible. That way, I can move away from the idea that the problem is the pagan-ness— instead, the problem will be patriarchy. THE PROBLEM IS ALWAYS PATRIARCHY!
( Day #20 - The Inn )