Quote of the Day

[tarotgal]

"Since then I've learned that you have to figure out the ending first. And then work backwards. Cause if you don't know where you're going, you can't get there."
-Andrew Fleming in audio commentary for 'Threesome'
(talking about the ending he wrote post-production that seemed better than the others though still not perfect)

Perhaps this is my problem with writing. Most of the time I don't know exactly where I'm going.

Comments

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the ending to 'Threesome' has never felt right to me. And the alternate one on the dvd just depressed me.

Still love the movie, though.

[tarotgal]

I would have liked more m/m to be honest. It didn't feel so much like a threesome as a... 'two couples where one woman is part of both couples'-some. I thought they all had fantastic chemistry, and I loved the movie... I was just hoping for maybe one little kiss to even things out, if not a full-on sex scene. *shrug* But given that it was, you know, based on real life events and was released in the 90's, I can understand it.

I agree about the ending(s). Though I like where they are in their relationships... and considering I've lost touch with many of my best friends in the past, that definitely rang true for me... but the movie was so good that the ending didn't feel good enough to end the movie, if that makes sense.

[katleaf.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I agree with him. Yes, I think there should be a vague idea of how the story wraps up - but if the outline is too tight it doesn't allow for the characters to develop on their own through the action of the story. Sometimes I find that my characters do things I might not have originally expected. If I had the ending completely mapped out to start with, I don't think this could happen. Or at least, not so easily.

[tarotgal]

I think there's a difference between mapping something out completely and having an idea of how you want something to end. I totally agree with you about strict outlines and if I didn't let characters take over I'd never get ANYTHING written. But I do think it's important to know where the story is going & what you're trying to accomplish with it. And I definitely think that's a huge problem of mine. Many times I'll start a story because of a certain scene I see in my head... then I get to a point where I have no idea how or when the story is supposed to end.

Though more often than not when I do have an idea of the ending, I'll write the beginning and write the ending and then completely botch the middle... which is even worse because then people don't stick around for the brilliant ending. *sigh* I should just give up now and spare us all! LOL