The Lighter Side of Absolute Zero: A Writing Exercise? <link rel="prev" href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2006/10/atmosphere_in_weird_fiction.html" title="Atmosphere in Weird Fiction" /> <link rel="next" href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2007/03/late_nights.html" title="Late Nights" />   <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/mt-site.js"></script> </head> <body class="layout-one-column" onload="individualArchivesOnLoad(commenter_name)"> <div id="container"> <div id="container-inner" class="pkg"> <div id="banner"> <div id="banner-inner" class="pkg"> <h1 id="banner-header"><a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/" accesskey="1">The Lighter Side of Absolute Zero</a></h1> <h2 id="banner-description"></h2> </div> </div> <div id="pagebody"> <div id="pagebody-inner" class="pkg"> <div id="alpha"> <div id="alpha-inner" class="pkg"> <p class="content-nav"> <a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2006/10/atmosphere_in_weird_fiction.html">« Atmosphere in Weird Fiction</a> | <a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/">Main</a> | <a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2007/03/late_nights.html">Late Nights »</a> </p> <a id="a001077"></a> <div class="entry" id="entry-1077"> <h3 class="entry-header">A Writing Exercise?</h3> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-category">{Rumination}</span> <span class="entry-topics">Topics: <a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=5&tag=Writing&limit=20&IncludeBlogs=5" rel="tag">Writing</a> </span></div> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p> I’ve had a couple of potential writing exercises kicking around in my head, only I don’t like them much. One would be to take an “underwritten” (one that lacks much detail or dialog or whose pace is too fast) fairy tale (hopefully somewhat obscure, so as not to hurt any fan feelings) and use it’s outline and re-write it. The other would be to take a fairy tale (again probably not a popular one) and re-work its atmosphere so as to make it more of a ghost story than a fairy tale. </p><p> I have two reasons for not liking either of these. The first is this sounds more like work than fun; in this case I’d be working on the craft and not the art of writing. The second is my general distaste for re-tellings; be original for crying out loud. </p><p> This does not mean I won’t do either of these, the second one appeals the most as it seems the most helpful to me, but it does mean I probably will not share them and will despise myself at some level for stooping so low. (Can we see why I don’t write much?) </p> </div> <div id="more" class="entry-more"> </div> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Seth Croston Barber on October 4, 2006 5:23 PM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2006/10/a_writing_exercise.html">Permalink</a> </p> </div> <div class="trackbacks"> <h3 id="trackback" class="trackbacks-header">TrackBack</h3> <div id="trackbacks-info"> <p>TrackBack URL for this entry:<br />http://blog.0kelvin.net/mt-tb.cgi/477</p> </div> <div class="trackbacks-content"> </div> </div> <div id="comments" class="comments"> <div class="comments-content"> </div> <form method="post" action="http://blog.0kelvin.net/mt-comments.cgi" name="comments_form" onsubmit="if (this.bakecookie.checked) rememberMe(this)"> <input type="hidden" name="static" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="entry_id" value="1077" /> <div class="comments-open" id="comments-open"> <h2 class="comments-open-header">Post a comment</h2> <div class="comments-open-content"> <script type="text/javascript">  </script> <p class="comments-open-moderated"> (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. 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