Just think, the whole twentieth century exists, for your delectation.
Infamously, one of the guys in Ben Hur fell under the horses while filming the chariot race. The shot was left in the movie as a tribute - you can see a chariot bounce over him.
The amount of unplanned moments that get kept in movies is amazing.
I remember that Buster Keaton has a small role in Sunset Boulevard. He's one of the silent-movie stars who gather at Norma Desmond's house for bridge games and parties. Norma herself had been a silent-movie star (as was Gloria Swanson who plays her). She laments that the silent movies were better, that the coming of sound ruined a lot of careers, including her own.
A very good comedic showing of this takes place in Singing in the Rain which shows the early days of "talkies." A lot of the vignettes are hilarious but actually happened.
Although, he survived it.
I'd not remembered that. I guess it would have been poor taste if the poor guy had been killed, and they ran over his corpse.
It occurred to me that one could write a Geek Pride story about stunt people, so maybe it isn't that far off topic. It could be set in the 1920's or in the present. Anyway, I forgot, how many words do you anticipate when finished?
Probably around 20k. But I’m actually worried about it taking on a life of its own and becoming a 30k behemoth. 7k hasn’t even got me to the main story line yet.
He was already dangling, so maybe he fell ten feet instead of fifteen or twenty, which probably would have killed him. Also, he doesn't seem to be using anything on the ground to soften the impact, which I think is how it's usually done now. Yeah, I guess that car was going too fast to stop at that point. Another example of how he had to rely not just on his own perfect timing, but the skills of other people to also time it just right.
Didn't Michael Cimino say that Heaven's Gate took on a life of its own? (I know, I'm doing it again!
) Anyway, it looks like my main story line starts at around 5,500 K words out of a total of 11,600. Maybe I'm just succinct?
To be honest, I don't know if it's ever been tried. I understand what you're trying to do, but normally most fancy formatting gets stripped out prior to the post going up. Even if you submit a Word doc in Times New Roman, it gets converted to Arial.Okay, so for my Geek Pride story, I'm going to post a fantasy story.
But the gimmick is, when the main character first meets the Eldritch being (basically a goddess) she speaks in an overwhelming, incomprehensible language.
I chose to represent this with words absolutely wrecked by diacritics. For example:
W̸̞͋͗̊h̸͓̀a̷̤̍t̸̡̫͓̏ ̶͇̗̿̇͑m̵̲̬̈́̋o̴̧̨̘͗͌̀r̶̦͙̠̍̌ẗ̷̢̜̪̌́ą̷̌͐̒l̵̳̙̗̐͊ ̶̘̺̬̌ḑ̸̳̯́a̷̫̲͗̊͝r̸̫̜̭̿͛ẽ̴̘̰̗́̽s̷͔̹̽̉ ̷̳̙̏t̸̛̠̞̻ǒ̵̲̘̃ ̵͎̙̱̒d̷̩̃͝ḯ̷̩̥̆ş̸̳̿̈ṱ̶͙͓̆ų̴̯̃̄r̵̪̖̈b̸̟͚͌̿ ̸͈̏̕m̶͍͒͋̈́e̸̯̚?̵̵̵̵̵̵̵̢̢̢̢̢̢͕̳͕̳͕̳͕̳͕̳͕̳͆̎̈́͆̎̈́͆̎̈́͆̎̈́͆̎̈́͆̎̈́͆̎̈́
Obviously, that's hard to read, but L'ventia doesn't have much dialogue, and she steadily decreases the "glitchy-ness" of her words when she realizes that she can't be comprehended.
Anyway, my question is, will this post on the site properly? It does look right in the preview page, but that's no guarantee.
Btw the last time I asked this question in the forums, the topic suddenly became "Is glitchy looking text a good idea?" and the general consensus was "No, it's a bad idea, most of us hate it."
That isn't a concern of mine. I like the idea so I will use it, if it works. Does anyone know if it'll work?
Honestly, I can deal with losing it.
You're mixing up anecdotes. The "being run over by a chariot" is from Ben Hur in 195? something. Buster Keaton was the one who fell from the water tower and broke his neck, filming The General, in 1924, thereabouts.
Probably not on a phone, which is what many readers use. I think all formatting gets stripped from the phone apps.
Is your question "Can these stories connect to previous stories?"
When I preview the story on my phone, it does still show up like I want it to. But I've just posted a test poem, so we'll know for sure in a few days. (Or more like a week, maybe. My last poem took FOREVER to post)
I can't even get small caps to go through. How do you indicate the word of death without small caps?
