Today, I graphed the numerical ranking vs. line number. Deciding to embark on the hero’s journey was neither straightforward nor easy.
Since
my numerical analyses make some you crazy, here’s Herbie Mann covering If (a Picture Paints a Thousand Words) by
Bread.
Speaking
of pictures, that album cover was ranked one of the worst of all time.
7 comments:
"I've got heartaches by the numbers; troubles by the score." Or so a famous Country Music song says.
Do you do a Psychological Profile of your main character? (Before, during, or after writing?) Needs, drives, doubts, fears, and the child in us; those send us meanadering along life's highways and byways.
Are you being more Spock than Bones in your writing? Just curious.
Good luck. I'm returning to pretending my problems don't exist. Sigh! Ignorance is bliss!
Very cool to see the graph! I admire how much you analyze writing. I analyze it in a different way (Wyman's Psychological profiling: yes, I do that, usually before but sometimes during or after).
Herbie Mann's music: Nice, though I am not a huge fan of flutes (though we do own some James Galway and John-Pierre Rampal albums). His album cover: ew.
Wyman: I haven't done a Psychological profile for this project yet. Perhaps I should. Being more Spock than Bones is a constant problem.
Ruth: I used this version because the words to Bread's original are a bit sappy.
What I should have mentioned in the post, is I need to add more wavering/indecision/hand-wringing between lines 550 and 800.
I like the chart! (Hate the photo, eww!) My protagonist was originally just a charge-ahead kind of guy, but I'm backing off that a bit. In fact, I've been wrestling with having him wrestle with taking that first step on the journey. So I may well have a crack at your chart.
I almost didn't use the YouTube link because of the album cover. Still, the jazz flute is nice graphing music.
TimInMich: I had the same conversation with Amy. Every hero doesn't have to have an inner debate about going on his or her quest. The hero doesn't have to be reluctant. Mine is.
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