Thursday, October 12, 2006

My Blog Anniversary

In honor of my one year anniversary (this past Tuesday), I've perused all 270 posts to see what, if any, real value I've gleaned or shared in the past year and I'm pleased to say that it has not been an entire waste of time -- although it has been a PARTIAL waste of time. I've listed some of the more useful posts and conveniently NOT listed the most babbling, obtuse, and nonsensical ones.

By the way, if you need anniversary gift suggestions -- Final Draft, squirrel repellant, Tijuana Brass CD's and does anyone know if the 1968 Banana Splits program is available on DVD?

Four banana, three banana, two bananas, one
All bananas playing in the bright warm sun
Flipping like a pancake, popping like a cork,
Fleagle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork
So, I guess I'll keep this up another year -- or, until I run out of things to say.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore
Why Characters Say No
How Many is Too Many?
Inconsistent Characters
Fish With Feet
Mysterious Characters
Fascinating Characters
Character Empathy
Character Over Gimmick

WRITING ROMANTIC COMEDY
My Rom Com Question
Rom Com-mon Denominator
Learning the Rom Com
Finding the Romance Part Two
Finding the Romance Part One

SUBTEXT
Disappearing Subtext
Deciphering Subtext

EXPOSITION
Properly Exposing
Exposition ABC's
Over Exposure

BATTLE SPEECHES
Purpose of Battle Speeches
More On Battle Speeches

SCREENWRITING & STORY CRAFTING
Thematic Reflexivity
Architects and Designers
How Many Pages Per Diem?
How Good is Good?
Sensible Stories
What Producers Look For
Repugnant Protagonists
Crushing the Villain
Seducing the Audience
Tactics for Making Passes
The Silent Treatment

19 comments:

AMERICAN RESTOP said...

Cool... Something to read during my breaks.

Already read how you got the line, "He's a tool."

Funny stuff.

Unk

Milehimama @ Mama Says said...

Cayenne pepper will repel squirrels. Also will cure a sore throat. The spice that keeps giving!
Oh, and expect your blog counter to be thrown off as I revisit several times to read all the links. Sorry to mess up your traffic.

MaryAn Batchellor said...

Thrilled to have my blog counter jump -- always wanted to be one of the popular kids.

mernitman said...

Yay MaryAnn & Happy Bloggo-Year!!!
You are indeed an idea whose time has come and no army of indifference, misunderstanding and duplicity (i.e. the Biz) will ultimately be able to withstand you. xx B.

Patrick J. Rodio said...

Wow, you're all growed up!

MaryAn Batchellor said...

I give up, Unk, I remember writing it but don't know what article it's in!

Lianne said...

Happy blogoversary Maryan! And thanks for posting links to your greatest hits - I've found the rom-com stuff really useful.

Sal said...

Belated happy blogiversary! I'm afraid I don't know where to get the Banana Splits on DVD but I can sing you the song. Here's to another year of many more excellent posts.

Anonymous said...

I even scoured the "grey market" for Banana Splits dvds and closest I came was 4 episodes on dvd transferred from VHS, but look what I found? Danger Island! Link probably won't work here but search for Banana Splits dvd on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/DANGER-ISLAND-DVD-SEEN-ON-BANANA-SPLITS-ALSO-BONUS_W0QQitemZ220038071150QQihZ012QQcategoryZ617QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

MaryAn Batchellor said...

Uh oh, Chongo! Aren't you the chivalrous darlin' for searching for me, Todd!

Yeah, Sal, I thought about recording it for hottie cartoon me to sing, but "Tra la la, la la la la" just didn't sound so great a capella.

OR, hope you're having better Rom Com luck than I've had. All that research can make me a better writer but doesn't seem to have made me any more romantic.

MHM, I use liquid cayenne for clearing my throat before I sing so I'm thinking -- hmm, cayenne on their nuts. Could work for squirrels AND men who stand too close to my desk.

Billy, I'd hug you but, really, don't get too close to my desk.

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