Plot is the idea that hurt others and prevent the plot creater's profit.
So, try to research many opened ideas that win, which ideas not hurt others?
What is Moral? |
Very good insight by Mr Moore, indeed. Makes me want to buy 'Writing for Comics'.
What if you don't come up with good ideas?
I believe that you need a little effort to start thinking good ideas, for stories, scripts, a website, whatever.
You need to think about the fact of coming up with ideas, start exploring possibilities, and get in a proper state of mind. If you just tell to yourself: "I don't have imagination, I will never have any good idea", then you won't for sure. You have to, proactovely, start to think in positive.
Another good method may be discussions/brainstorms with other prospective "ideators".
Any other advices to get ideas for unimaginative people? |
By the way, don't you find Mr. Moore to be a little... scary? It seems that he shares Richard Stallman's hair stylist. ;)
http://tech.neveragain.de/mirrors/www.juriga.tv/elug/pix/rms-elug-014.jpg |
> Any other advices to get ideas for unimaginative people?
Alan Moore talks about this more in-depth on page 8+ of the essay... I think the book's worth it to buy. Ideas are drawn from life, so you need to live a life (not just read works of others), but also watch the life carefully.
I think one way to get ideas is to have a fool's vision and to then apply good reasoning afterwards. For instance, a kid might throw a ball down the street, which is a foolish thing to do (by measurements of the stereotypical "grown-up"). On the other hand, an adult might go to do the same work every day, which is a very reasonable thing to do (but boring, measured by the kid). Combine the two, and you might have something artistic, challenging, an interesting idea... you apply reason & hard work in perfecting something silly like throwing a ball down the street, and you end up with a touching video of thousands of balls bumping down the street. http://www.bravia-advert.com/balls/
Once more Dali: "My whole ambition in the pictorial domain is to materialize the images of my concrete irrationality with the most imperialist fury of precision..."
http://library.humboldt.edu/art/Artists/Dali_Salvador/Dali_Paranoid_Critical_Transformation.htm |
I already had seen the bravia ad, and thought it was excellent, very well shot. You made a good point with the example.
I think I will order the book on my next amazon purchase. |
