Sunday, March 30, 2014
UNEARTHLY TALES: The universe and all it's great mysteries, lay wai...
UNEARTHLY TALES: The universe and all it's great mysteries, lay wai...: UNEARTHLY TALES The story of Captain Anna Urissa and her crew traveling out into deep space, searching for her father.
UNEARTHLY TALES: The universe and all it's great mysteries, lay wai...
UNEARTHLY TALES: The universe and all it's great mysteries, lay weighting.
How I created my characters.
“Characters are a voyage of emotions, thoughts and people, mixed with a touch of reality.” John Sparks
I would like to introduce Doctor, Robert J Guttenberg and Doctor Sing Ann Howell. DR. Guttenberg currently is the Director of, National Aeronautics Research Consortium, (N.A.R.C.) DR. Sing is the lead scientist with a Mathematic Ph.D from Tokyo University, located in Japan. Earned a second Ph.D in Computer Engineering from Harvard University.
Step two. How I created my characters, Doctors, Sing and Guttenberg.
There are two versions of my book: Unearthly Tales From Space, and Unearthly Tales. I will share a few paragraphs used in both versions of my book in order to introduce each character. Then explain who they are, and what governs their personalities and motivation.
“Characters are a voyage of emotions, thoughts and people, mixed with a touch of reality.” John Sparks
I would like to introduce Doctor, Robert J Guttenberg and Doctor Sing Ann Howell. DR. Guttenberg currently is the Director of, National Aeronautics Research Consortium, (N.A.R.C.) DR. Sing is the lead scientist with a Mathematic Ph.D from Tokyo University, located in Japan. Earned a second Ph.D in Computer Engineering from Harvard University.
Step two. How I created my characters, Doctors, Sing and Guttenberg.
There are two versions of my book: Unearthly Tales From Space, and Unearthly Tales. I will share a few paragraphs used in both versions of my book in order to introduce each character. Then explain who they are, and what governs their personalities and motivation.
Chapter Six
Message in a Bottle
Dr. Robert Guttenberg drank the last of his scotch, and slammed the glass onto the table. He, eyed a month-old copy of the Sun Times. His nightly ritual entailed a glass of scotch and a look at the front page. Today’s was dated June 15, 1958.
He glanced at the front page photo, reading the caption: “National Aeronautics Research Consortium (NARC), opens its headquarters in Maine. Director Robert J. Guttenberg, presides over ceremony.” Robert had gotten used to the title of Doctor over the last thirteen years, but now, with the Doctor’s forty-first birthday just past, America’s President Andrew Summers had laid the burden of the National Aeronautics Research Consortium on his shoulders. It was all because of Sputnik.
A shadow of fear lingered in his mind every time he looked at that newspaper. He needed all the courage he could muster, including that in a bottle. Once the whiskey had washed away his fear he stumbled off to bed.
Here we see Dr. Guttenberg was posted on the front cover of a newspaper signifying he is an important element to the story. As leader of the NARC he is under pressure, a drink or two at night relieving a little stress. We learn Guttenberg’s age signifying a midlife element while he feels the pressure. Soviet launch of Sputnik, famous event and an element of pressure on Guttenberg. In just the first couple of paragraphs we get a good feeling of who Guttenberg is and how he operates. He is an over stressed nerd. I used a famous name in history to help define who he is. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press with replaceable/moveable wooden or metal letters in 1436 (completed by 1440). Commonly called, Gutenberg Press.
As I created Dr. Guttenberg I would think about who I am and draw the opposite. I sometimes wish I was a Vulcan. No emotions and in tight control. But sadly I am very emotional and possess a mind filled with dreams. I wish I was a man who never effected by women and their power to draw my attention. It’s like superman and Kryptonite, women can grab my attention and make me powerless. Guttenberg doesn’t see this, and doesn’t respond, causing Dr. Sing to work harder trying to grab his attention. I am using the reverse sociology idea. The more she tries to grab his interest and secure her future for good. The more she becomes emotionally drawn and attracted to Dr. Guttenberg. Guttenberg has no idea any of this is happing, he likes the attention but is focused on reaching outer space.
Chapter 6
Message in a Bottle
An attractive woman poked her head up from behind the workstation, and saw Robert coming. “Good morning, sunshine,” she said with a touch of sarcasm. “I am so pleased you could join us.”
“I’m sorry, what was your name again?”
She looked at Guttenberg and narrowed her eyes. “Sing Ann Howell…Director Sing Ann Howell.” Laughter burst from the other scientists. Dr. Howell approached Guttenberg, and ran her finger down the lapel of his lab coat, giving him a friendly smile, “Be a gentlemen, Robert, and offer a woman a cigarette.”
Howell watched his embarrassment grow. She was new to the lab, with her first Ph.D. in Mathematics from Tokyo University and second in Computer Engineering from Harvard. A product of Japan’s postwar reconstruction process, Robert felt she was the wave of the future, and she was cute.
As Guttenberg pulled out a cigarette, Sing prolonged his discomfort by pulling two pins from her hair, letting it spill to her shoulders. She took the cigarette, then turned to the men behind her. “One of you boys have a light?” A handful of Zippo lighters appeared. She chose one, then took a long drag. She crossed her arms, eyed Guttenberg, and asked, “So what would you like to know?”
“I would like to know— wait, what are you doing?”
Dr. Howell put the cigarette between her lips, then reached up and unbuttoned his lab coat. “Hold still, honey, I will tell you everything you need to know, but first I need to get you dressed properly.” She corrected his fiasco with the buttons.
Doctor Sing Ann Howell, a Japanese women brilliant with a manipulative ability. She knows the power women have and isn’t afraid to use it. Reading we learn she is a product of post war Japan. Before the war women had almost no rights or ability to pursue there dreams. After the war and governed by American forces, deep changes were made. Creating Dr. Sing I remembered the words of an older Japanese women.
“Before the war if you were born poor, you would stay poor. After the war, you were given a chance to move up.” Grandparent of my friend.
As I created Dr. Sing I use the idea of a woman that is brilliant, and feeling stuck in a man’s world. Elements of insecurity still plagues her mind, reminding her to look for ways to secure her future. She had paid her way through college working in a bar. Not just any bar, if you know Asia and how some of the bars work, women work a key role. They are entertainment, they work as a (buy me drink girl), you buy a drink and they earn a portion of what you spend. They spend their time as your best friend. Men want one thing and the women want another, it’s a carful dance, trying to make sure they don’t need to leave the bar with the men in order to make their money. It takes a very skilled and clever mind to navigate this environment. Dr. Sing became a master, and when the right US person showed up, she use her skills to enter the US and receive a top line education chasing her security. Even though she finished her education in Japan and was the most talented in her ability, men still dominated hiring and work. She quickly found her name was the last on every hiring list.
With a top level American education and secure position as the lead scientist at NARC, she still felt a level of insecurity that haunt her mind. Everything was a threat, the temptation to keep using her talent as a buy me drink girl survived because of insecurity or fear. As I explore Dr. Sing I am sure we will learn more and see her need to face fears and insecurities. Sometimes fear is valid, maybe she knows how to face her challenges better than I do.
Character Creation.
I have used conversations, ideas, elements of actual people to create a character. When traveling a lot, talk to individuals while weighing for a flight. Talk to them and introduce yourself. You will be surprised how many want to talk and tell you there entire life stories. Some of what you will hear is a novel on its own. It will help you draw ideas that can be used in your characters. We all have struggles or concerns that will haunt us most of our lives. Fears, or personal struggles or dislikes or philosophy all can be used. Elements in our lives and the lives of others have a cycle or pattern that tends to repeat.
Character building is a voyage of mind body and soul, in my personal voyage I explored my thoughts wishes and desires. Wondering what life would be like if elements of science fiction became real.
Thank you for sticking with me. It a long blog.
John Sparks
See my book on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Unearthly-Tales-From-Space-Romantic-ebook/dp/B00CLXCC8W
Watch a preview video.
Unearthly Tales From Space By John Sparks
Visit my website.
http://www.unearthly-tales.com/
Message in a Bottle
Dr. Robert Guttenberg drank the last of his scotch, and slammed the glass onto the table. He, eyed a month-old copy of the Sun Times. His nightly ritual entailed a glass of scotch and a look at the front page. Today’s was dated June 15, 1958.
He glanced at the front page photo, reading the caption: “National Aeronautics Research Consortium (NARC), opens its headquarters in Maine. Director Robert J. Guttenberg, presides over ceremony.” Robert had gotten used to the title of Doctor over the last thirteen years, but now, with the Doctor’s forty-first birthday just past, America’s President Andrew Summers had laid the burden of the National Aeronautics Research Consortium on his shoulders. It was all because of Sputnik.
A shadow of fear lingered in his mind every time he looked at that newspaper. He needed all the courage he could muster, including that in a bottle. Once the whiskey had washed away his fear he stumbled off to bed.
Here we see Dr. Guttenberg was posted on the front cover of a newspaper signifying he is an important element to the story. As leader of the NARC he is under pressure, a drink or two at night relieving a little stress. We learn Guttenberg’s age signifying a midlife element while he feels the pressure. Soviet launch of Sputnik, famous event and an element of pressure on Guttenberg. In just the first couple of paragraphs we get a good feeling of who Guttenberg is and how he operates. He is an over stressed nerd. I used a famous name in history to help define who he is. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press with replaceable/moveable wooden or metal letters in 1436 (completed by 1440). Commonly called, Gutenberg Press.
As I created Dr. Guttenberg I would think about who I am and draw the opposite. I sometimes wish I was a Vulcan. No emotions and in tight control. But sadly I am very emotional and possess a mind filled with dreams. I wish I was a man who never effected by women and their power to draw my attention. It’s like superman and Kryptonite, women can grab my attention and make me powerless. Guttenberg doesn’t see this, and doesn’t respond, causing Dr. Sing to work harder trying to grab his attention. I am using the reverse sociology idea. The more she tries to grab his interest and secure her future for good. The more she becomes emotionally drawn and attracted to Dr. Guttenberg. Guttenberg has no idea any of this is happing, he likes the attention but is focused on reaching outer space.
Chapter 6
Message in a Bottle
An attractive woman poked her head up from behind the workstation, and saw Robert coming. “Good morning, sunshine,” she said with a touch of sarcasm. “I am so pleased you could join us.”
“I’m sorry, what was your name again?”
She looked at Guttenberg and narrowed her eyes. “Sing Ann Howell…Director Sing Ann Howell.” Laughter burst from the other scientists. Dr. Howell approached Guttenberg, and ran her finger down the lapel of his lab coat, giving him a friendly smile, “Be a gentlemen, Robert, and offer a woman a cigarette.”
Howell watched his embarrassment grow. She was new to the lab, with her first Ph.D. in Mathematics from Tokyo University and second in Computer Engineering from Harvard. A product of Japan’s postwar reconstruction process, Robert felt she was the wave of the future, and she was cute.
As Guttenberg pulled out a cigarette, Sing prolonged his discomfort by pulling two pins from her hair, letting it spill to her shoulders. She took the cigarette, then turned to the men behind her. “One of you boys have a light?” A handful of Zippo lighters appeared. She chose one, then took a long drag. She crossed her arms, eyed Guttenberg, and asked, “So what would you like to know?”
“I would like to know— wait, what are you doing?”
Dr. Howell put the cigarette between her lips, then reached up and unbuttoned his lab coat. “Hold still, honey, I will tell you everything you need to know, but first I need to get you dressed properly.” She corrected his fiasco with the buttons.
Doctor Sing Ann Howell, a Japanese women brilliant with a manipulative ability. She knows the power women have and isn’t afraid to use it. Reading we learn she is a product of post war Japan. Before the war women had almost no rights or ability to pursue there dreams. After the war and governed by American forces, deep changes were made. Creating Dr. Sing I remembered the words of an older Japanese women.
“Before the war if you were born poor, you would stay poor. After the war, you were given a chance to move up.” Grandparent of my friend.
As I created Dr. Sing I use the idea of a woman that is brilliant, and feeling stuck in a man’s world. Elements of insecurity still plagues her mind, reminding her to look for ways to secure her future. She had paid her way through college working in a bar. Not just any bar, if you know Asia and how some of the bars work, women work a key role. They are entertainment, they work as a (buy me drink girl), you buy a drink and they earn a portion of what you spend. They spend their time as your best friend. Men want one thing and the women want another, it’s a carful dance, trying to make sure they don’t need to leave the bar with the men in order to make their money. It takes a very skilled and clever mind to navigate this environment. Dr. Sing became a master, and when the right US person showed up, she use her skills to enter the US and receive a top line education chasing her security. Even though she finished her education in Japan and was the most talented in her ability, men still dominated hiring and work. She quickly found her name was the last on every hiring list.
With a top level American education and secure position as the lead scientist at NARC, she still felt a level of insecurity that haunt her mind. Everything was a threat, the temptation to keep using her talent as a buy me drink girl survived because of insecurity or fear. As I explore Dr. Sing I am sure we will learn more and see her need to face fears and insecurities. Sometimes fear is valid, maybe she knows how to face her challenges better than I do.
Character Creation.
I have used conversations, ideas, elements of actual people to create a character. When traveling a lot, talk to individuals while weighing for a flight. Talk to them and introduce yourself. You will be surprised how many want to talk and tell you there entire life stories. Some of what you will hear is a novel on its own. It will help you draw ideas that can be used in your characters. We all have struggles or concerns that will haunt us most of our lives. Fears, or personal struggles or dislikes or philosophy all can be used. Elements in our lives and the lives of others have a cycle or pattern that tends to repeat.
Character building is a voyage of mind body and soul, in my personal voyage I explored my thoughts wishes and desires. Wondering what life would be like if elements of science fiction became real.
Thank you for sticking with me. It a long blog.
John Sparks
See my book on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Unearthly-Tales-From-Space-Romantic-ebook/dp/B00CLXCC8W
Watch a preview video.
Unearthly Tales From Space By John Sparks
Visit my website.
http://www.unearthly-tales.com/
UNEARTHLY TALES: The universe and all it's great mysteries, lay wai...
UNEARTHLY TALES: The universe and all it's great mysteries, lay wai...: UNEARTHLY TALES Graphic novel coming soon! The story of Captain Anna Urissa and her crew traveling out into deep space.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014
UNEARTHLY TALES: The universe and all it's great mysteries, lay wai...
UNEARTHLY TALES: The universe and all it's great mysteries, lay wai...: UNEARTHLY TALES Graphic novel coming soon! The story of Captain Anna Urissa and her crew traveling out into deep space, searching...
So today was a learning experience. I was working to improve my Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Unearthly-Tales/552706428146951 and learned how to sell my book using a Author Marketing Application on Facebook. Here is where I learned how to use it. How to Sell Books on Facebook Without Paying for Advertising Nothing is perfect, but every step you can take greatly improves you changes of success. Success is a step by step process that take preparation and endurance.
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