Question for Cheerskep and other writers:
I happened to see an ad on a web site for Clint Eastwood's new movie,
"Changeling" (about a 1920s event in LA in which a woman's infant was
abducted, and when the police return the child, she suspects it's a
different boy). The basic story line seemed like a pretty mundane
"True Detective" kind of thing. But it still got me to wondering:
What is it about the kernel of a story that hooks you? How do you go
about envisioning a larger story? What is it that makes you conclude
that you want to write the full story (book, play, etc.)?
I know for myself how this happens when I paint or draw a picture, or
even attempt sculptures. But I don't have a clue about writing
stories. Or for that matter, since I have absolutely no innate talent
for music, how a composer goes about developing a song or longer
composition.
Aside from my intrigue with this question, I think the answers can
shed some light on how what we call "aesthetics" is incorporated in
the actual making or developing of a work.
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Michael Brady
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