tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32547457.post6741291770926432898..comments2019-02-12T22:22:54.998-07:00Comments on Unfortunate Lily Maid: Vivaldi vs. IvesJonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621371263173026351noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32547457.post-89855712916434083532011-09-14T12:42:42.852-06:002011-09-14T12:42:42.852-06:00Hi. It's me again. I confess I haven't k...Hi. It's me again. I confess I haven't known if I've heard any of Ives' work. Have to remedy that.<br /><br />In the meantime, I'd like to offer something that I think relates to this. All too often, an aspiring writer will come up with a Great Idea, and be very excited about writing a story about that Great Idea. And all too often, the story fizzles, even if the Great Idea is REALLY GREAT!<br /><br />I submit that what happens there is not that the idea isn't Great, but that one idea alone isn't enough. Even the shortest story needs more than one idea, and the more complicated the story, the more ideas it needs.<br /><br />Whenever I hear of someone not being able to finish any of the stories they've tried to write, I urge them to pull some random (and, it is to be hoped, maybe even totally weird) idea out of a hat, the blue, the dictionary, their idea file (anyone who wants to write should keep an idea file), and see how that new idea can be made to fit with the Great Idea of the story.<br /><br />And I think that might be akin to what you say Ives does. I know it can work for stories, so I'm excited to hear how it works in music.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing.Nanakathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11138862619129125182noreply@blogger.com