I Want You To Write For Pleasure—to Play. Just Listen To The Sounds And Rhythms Of The Sentences You

I want you to write for pleasure—to play. Just listen to the sounds and rhythms of the sentences you write and play with them, like a kid with a kazoo. This isn’t “free writing,” but it’s similar in that you’re relaxing control: you’re encouraging the words themselves—the sounds of them, the beats and echoes—to lead you on. For the moment, forget all the good advice that says good style is invisible, good art conceals art. Show off! Use the whole orchestra our wonderful language offers us! Write it for children, if that’s the way you can give yourself permission to do it. Write it for your ancestors. Use any narrating voice you like. If you’re familiar with a dialect or accent, use it instead of vanilla English. Be very noisy, or be hushed. Try to reproduce the action in the jerky or flowing movement of the words. Make what happens happen in the sounds of the words, the rhythms of the sentences. Have fun, cut loose, play around, repeat, invent, feel free.

Ursula K. Le Guin, Steering The Craft

Good Omens Script Book Deleted Scenes

I have just spent the last 3-4 hours scouring the internet for the 5 deleted scenes that were spread between limited edition copies of the Good Omens script book so I could print them and put them into my signed, 1st edition, copy of the script book.

Through much trial and piecing together pictures of the pages from Google Images, I managed to find and type up all of the scenes. I figured that since I couldn’t find a place with all the deleted scenes in one I may as well share what I wasted 4 hours of my life on for others who care to read the deleted scenes in one place. The only scene I didn’t type up was the 4 Horsemen scene since it’s included in every book. Considering Gaiman himself had assumed that all copies of the book would have all the scenes I don’t feel too bad doing this.

You can read the scenes here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1diJukGVVYlWJSnJ_Mq5dKjtC2DjHNU5ND8n3gR3-BRQ/edit?usp=sharing

If the link doesn’t work, please let me know.

Also, if you find any typos that I missed that doesn’t seem like a Gaiman-esque purposeful typo let me know.

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sohmygodness

5 years ago

Good Omens - summary/partial transcript of DVD audio commentary

I’ve done a summary and partial transcript of the audio commentary to Episode 1. You can find it here. I hope they’ll be helpful to those whose first language isn’t English, and to those who struggle with audio-only commentaries, plus there aren’t subtitles for the commentaries.

Similar summaries of the rest of the episodes will follow in due course, hopefully finished by the end of the week. Stay tuned - I’ll do another announcement once they’re all done.

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sohmygodness

1 year ago

intimidating

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6 months ago

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sohmygodness

4 years ago

Happy anniversary, Good Omens!

It’s been 30 years since the book hit the shelves, and almost one year since the show landed on our screens. It’s time to celebrate another thing that’s good about Good Omens: the fans. Here’s one more way to spread the word: fic rec bingo! [insp / insp]

The way it works is simple. Pick a row, column, diagonal, or the four corners, and reblog this post with a short list of fic recs! (If you haven’t written your own fic, the Free Space can be used to rec any fic of your choosing.) Choose a different fic for each square in your line, be sure to include links, and garner bonus points for a quick description of why these fics are your favs. Old favourites, hidden gems, new loves–share them all. Feel free to over-achieve, and go for the full blackout!

Don’t forget to kudos and comment on the fics you read, rec, and discover! I can’t wait to read what you’ve been reading!

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