Sorry!

I'm really sorry for the lack of posts lately. Like I mentioned in my last post, the holidays have me in a really frantic state. I'm so busy trying to get everything decked out for Christmas and buying presents, I hardly have time to breathe--much less write posts. I wanna post something, but I don't have one prepared for anything writing-related. So, if you just read my blog for the writing stuff, you can skip this post. I won't hold it against you.

I got a new puppy. So, Quinn, I know exactly how you're feeling right now. lol. He's a black lab and he's absolutely adorable. The only thing I'm not loving is the fact that my brother got to name him...so we're calling him Buddy. I wanted to name him Rasta, but le sigh. I didn't have a say in the matter. If you guys want some pictures, just ask and I'll take a few.

In other news, I finally saw How To Train Your Dragon and Toy Story 3 yesterday. But I still haven't seen the new Harry Potter movie. Why am I always so late to the scene when it comes to movies? Anywho, I finally watched HTTYD and TS3. And they both rocked my socks. Between the two movies, I probably cried a good ten times. (I'm such a wuss.)

I also saw The Last Airbender. Now, I'm no film critic, but jeez...it was so...bleh. There was no character development to speak of. At the end of the movie, I turned to my boyfriend and said, "You know how I'm always complaining about stories that don't develop characters? Now do you get it?" And he just nodded.

It was so bland and forgettable. When the characters failed, I didn't care, and when they succeeded, I didn't feel the need to cheer. And as someone who watched and enjoyed the cartoon, I'm really disappointed. It could've been so much better than it was if they'd just A) developed some damn characters and B) not used every line of dialogue to spew exposition all over the viewers. And from the looks over it, a sequel is in store. In fact, let me Google it and see.

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Sorry...I just slammed my head against my keyboard. It's a trilogy. Alright, with that in mind, I now want to make this point. One of my main problems with The Last Airbender was that it felt very, VERY rushed. Nothing was developed or dwelt on for more than a few minutes. Why--if they've got three movies to work with--would they DO THAT?!

They literally crammed three seasons of the cartoon into that one movie, killing any chance of the viewer connecting with the characters or feeling the importance of the story. As a writer, you need to know how to pace your story or you're just going to butcher it. If it's too slow, you're going to bore everyone to death, but if it's too fast, everyone gets lost in the whirlwind of stuff that's happening around them. You've got to find a good balance. Don't rush things, but don't drag them out either.

Hmm...looks like this turned into a writing post after all, huh?

Have you ever read/watched something that felt rushed or drawn out?

What movies have you seen lately?

HAPPY WRITING, LOVELIES!