jon_chaisson | Weekend Update Has the Harry Lime Theme Stuck in Its Head

So yes, today A and I headed to the Opera Plaza Theatre (surprisingly this is the first time we've ever gone to see a movie there, even though we hang out at the Books Inc in the same plaza before nearly every opera or symphony we go to) to see the classic The Third Man. The first time I saw it was in college -- first semester of junior year, I think -- for my Book to Film class, and I think that was the first movie I watched then where I finally understood the trick of filmic storytelling. More to the point, I'd finally figured out the ability to deliver certain pieces of the overall story without making it obvious. Sure, I could say I loved it for the Dutch angle shots and Orson Welles' famous 'cuckoo clock' speech, but there's so much more to it that I loved. It definitely taught me how to tell a story with nuance. As I'd said on Twitter, the only downside is that now I'll have the damn theme song stuck in my head for the next few days.

Here! Have an earworm!

Meanwhile...the writing work is going well so far this month. I've been keeping up with the daily 750 Words -- in fact, just the other day I started using it as a playground for some ideas for the new MU story, and in the process figured out a major plot point that'll take place much further down the line. I now have a much clearer view of how the rest of the story should unfold, which also means I now know how to fix the chapters I've written already.

In retrospect this is actually kind of normal for me when I start a new project...I'll start working on a new project and kind of flounder for the first chapters, feeling my way, until something finally clicks, and then the rest of it falls into place quite nicely. It's kind of an awkward way to work, maybe, but the end result is the same, and I'm happy with that.

So! Onward and upward! :)