the first syllable : a podcast about writing

robert e g black

a podcast about writing a screenplay. exploring the ideas as they come, detailing the process and every little thing that connects to it. support the show at https://www.patreon.com/lemmingdrops read less
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putting into my head an idea
Jul 5 2022
putting into my head an idea
beginning a writing project, and detailing the convoluted process here

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putting into my head an idea
Jul 5 2022
putting into my head an idea
beginning a writing project, and detailing the convoluted process here
every time you push play
Jul 8 2022
every time you push play
the shrinking time loop and the melancholy of the end
when you've got nothing to think about but being dead
Jul 15 2022
when you've got nothing to think about but being dead
the lead character's take on death, and some clips about this screenplay project from this week's 'the groundhog day project: minute by minute' (along with guest austin prior)
it's not a bug, it's a feature
Jul 21 2022
it's not a bug, it's a feature
opening and closing scenes, four friends at the center of the story, order (or lack thereof) and tone.
i made my system a little too complicated
Jul 29 2022
i made my system a little too complicated
rewatching time loop stories and taking notes for references, and calculating triangle numbers to know how much more loop is left
an existential kinda deal
Aug 5 2022
an existential kinda deal
what is the point of a time loop story? plus, how to insert political messaging.
where each piece of the mix-and-match comes from
Aug 12 2022
where each piece of the mix-and-match comes from
figuring out the plot, sorting pages and pages of notes and references, and naming the main characters.
i should let you know who i am
Aug 19 2022
i should let you know who i am
telling you a bit about myself, and laying out the backbone of the plot as i see it currently
more of a worldbuilder than a storyteller
Aug 26 2022
more of a worldbuilder than a storyteller
flashback to childhood and since, looking at how i build stories and worlds, and the process of piecing together a new reality before the story of it can be written
it's a tragedy pretending it's an absurdist comedy
Sep 2 2022
it's a tragedy pretending it's an absurdist comedy
having too many ideas, and exploring some old 3x5 card story ideas of mine that never got written
transpersonal symbolism from the collective unconscious
Sep 9 2022
transpersonal symbolism from the collective unconscious
more time loops i've watched recently, plus why the story starts in the middle, and what's the point?
tv tropes, pay attention; you can add these.
Sep 16 2022
tv tropes, pay attention; you can add these.
#philconnoring, #timeloopstupid, #timelooproofie, and my notes from #TheMapOfTinyPerfectThings
the voiceover is aware it's talking to an audience
Sep 23 2022
the voiceover is aware it's talking to an audience
time loop and voiceover hand in hand, deliberate artifice, and what is going on with connor's parents?
though some of the details will change along the way
Sep 30 2022
though some of the details will change along the way
the opening line, connor's father, getting past the artifice of voiceover, and justifying the use of inside information (or not)
take the good, and keep it. leave the bad behind.
Oct 7 2022
take the good, and keep it. leave the bad behind.
x-files and highlander scripts i wrote as a teen, and adapting old ideas and characters into new stories.
that's what makes me happy
Oct 21 2022
that's what makes me happy
creative blocks, autistic burnout, musicals, halloween ends, and circling back to creative projects.
what you want to spend your time doing
Nov 4 2022
what you want to spend your time doing
#moviesbyminutes podcasting, the groundhog day project, lawrence/julie & julia, julie powell, legacies, and what matters.
the story of the last syllable notes file number eight
Nov 11 2022
the story of the last syllable notes file number eight
umbrella academy, learning the piano, royal promises, the sator square, last day of june, meet cute.
my main character is still a cypher
Nov 18 2022
my main character is still a cypher
recent loops, rhapsody on a theme of paganini, and character backstory.
i don't even remember now
Jun 9 2023
i don't even remember now
unfinished episodes, under the snow, song of fellfaraway, future plans, cock & bull movie talk, and the groundhog day project: minute by minute.