  Ho hum, not much happening in the world at the minute. Quick discussion of stuff I learnt from television last night. -AC Milan rule, particularly the unfortunately monikered Kaka. -Pete Townshend's reputation was done no favours by the Beeb Brasseye-stylee Special last night. He had advanced warning of about a day that he was going to be arrested, which is handy if you, say, want to destroy incriminating evidence on various electronic storage media.
Now a question to be pondered by you, the reader. As I have mentioned several times on here and in various other discussions, I have an idea for a movie/ book/ comic strip etc. I'm starting to think I should write it down, because it is growing into a full formed plot (no ending as yet, just the first 2 acts). I have no aspirations to sell my idea to Hollywood and become the new Charlie Kaufman (or even sell it to Moving Pictures and become the new Richard Cuntis) but, hell, it could be a bit of a laugh. Now here's the question - what format? A Novel This is simultanously the easiest and hardest way to get everything down that I want in the story. It's a very descriptive method and it's easier to get character's motivations and feelings across. However, it's a lot of work to get everything to sound right, and, as you will know if you've read any book, it's very easy for it to turn to a load of shite. A Graphic Novel It's a good format for the story in question, I think. As I watch films and stuff, and have in various daydreams thought of shots for the inevitable movie adaptation, I know what framing to use for various bits of the film.
The problems include the fact that I'm not a great detail drawer (I can do outlines and such), which would mean it ending up looking like a movie storyboard (which isn't too bad, but misses a lot of detail). Another is that the story may get a bit 'wordy' in places, and this isn't the best format for that. A Script/Screenplay This is the idea I've been playing with the most. The problem is that it's actually quite hard to get in the correct frame of mind for writing and reading these damned things.
It would lose some of the descriptive power that the previous formats have and is very dialogue driven. Mind you, if I get a decent script, I could always give it to some unemployed bloke who can draw a bit and kill two birds with one stone. Any thoughts? = In the mean time - more shopped images! 
