Comments on: 5 Things I Learned From “The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh” http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/index.php/5-things-i-learned-from-the-new-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh *Insert Literary Blog Name Here* (noun): a small corner of the blagosphere dedicated to books, writing, and kidlit. Come for the book lists. Stay for the coffee. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:12:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Amitha S. J. Knight http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/index.php/5-things-i-learned-from-the-new-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh/comment-page-1#comment-1235 Amitha S. J. Knight Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:46:50 +0000 http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/?p=1031#comment-1235 RT @PetaAndersen: 5 Things I Learned From “The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh”: http://bit.ly/2vGgxp
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]]> By: Peta http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/index.php/5-things-i-learned-from-the-new-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh/comment-page-1#comment-73 Peta Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:30:38 +0000 http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/?p=1031#comment-73 <a href='#comment-72' rel="nofollow">@Amitha</a> - On my way to read it now!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('73','Peta'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('73','Peta','<a href=\'#comment-72\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Amitha<\/a> - On my way to read it now!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Amitha – On my way to read it now!
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]]> By: Amitha http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/index.php/5-things-i-learned-from-the-new-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh/comment-page-1#comment-72 Amitha Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:06:33 +0000 http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/?p=1031#comment-72 <a href='#comment-69' rel="nofollow">@Peta</a> - My blog post inspired by yours: <a href="http://amithaknight.livejournal.com/48606.html" rel="nofollow">3 Writing Lessons from Battlestar Galactica</a><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('72','Amitha'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('72','Amitha','<a href=\'#comment-69\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Peta<\/a> - My blog post inspired by yours: <a href=\"http:\/\/amithaknight.livejournal.com\/48606.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">3 Writing Lessons from Battlestar Galactica<\/a>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Peta – My blog post inspired by yours: 3 Writing Lessons from Battlestar Galactica
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]]> By: Peta Andersen http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/index.php/5-things-i-learned-from-the-new-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh/comment-page-1#comment-1236 Peta Andersen Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:24:13 +0000 http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/?p=1031#comment-1236 5 Things I Learned From “The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh”: http://bit.ly/2vGgxp #writing #tv
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]]> By: Amitha http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/index.php/5-things-i-learned-from-the-new-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh/comment-page-1#comment-70 Amitha Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:09:33 +0000 http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/?p=1031#comment-70 Re: Pooh--I think "New adventures" is the cartoon one I used to watch because the theme sounds sounds really familiar. Re: Battlestar commentary -- I actually have found it really useful in terms of eliminating scenes and also as far as seeing what can go wrong if you don't have the overall story arc planned out ahead of time :) (Did anyone like their ending?) There were a lot of things they came up with that they just didn't know how to explain as they went a long (like Baltar's visions which they ended up explaining as "angels" :P) At least with novels you have the luxury of going back and changing things, but with TV shows across seasons, you can't go back and change what you wrote in season 1. For example, part of their world-building was that their paper wasn't rectangular, instead they had all the corners cut off. This ended up being a nightmare for them as the series went along since it affected every single book or diagram and even their TV screens (I think?) were like this. In writing this is easily fixed, but it does speak a lot towards being aware of the ramifications of world building rules.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('70','Amitha'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('70','Amitha','Re: Pooh--I think \"New adventures\" is the cartoon one I used to watch because the theme sounds sounds really familiar.\r\n\r\nRe: Battlestar commentary -- I actually have found it really useful in terms of eliminating scenes and also as far as seeing what can go wrong if you don\'t have the overall story arc planned out ahead of time :) (Did anyone like their ending?) There were a lot of things they came up with that they just didn\'t know how to explain as they went a long (like Baltar\'s visions which they ended up explaining as \"angels\" :P)\r\n\r\nAt least with novels you have the luxury of going back and changing things, but with TV shows across seasons, you can\'t go back and change what you wrote in season 1. For example, part of their world-building was that their paper wasn\'t rectangular, instead they had all the corners cut off. This ended up being a nightmare for them as the series went along since it affected every single book or diagram and even their TV screens (I think?) were like this. In writing this is easily fixed, but it does speak a lot towards being aware of the ramifications of world building rules.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Re: Pooh–I think “New adventures” is the cartoon one I used to watch because the theme sounds sounds really familiar.

Re: Battlestar commentary — I actually have found it really useful in terms of eliminating scenes and also as far as seeing what can go wrong if you don’t have the overall story arc planned out ahead of time :) (Did anyone like their ending?) There were a lot of things they came up with that they just didn’t know how to explain as they went a long (like Baltar’s visions which they ended up explaining as “angels” :P)

At least with novels you have the luxury of going back and changing things, but with TV shows across seasons, you can’t go back and change what you wrote in season 1. For example, part of their world-building was that their paper wasn’t rectangular, instead they had all the corners cut off. This ended up being a nightmare for them as the series went along since it affected every single book or diagram and even their TV screens (I think?) were like this. In writing this is easily fixed, but it does speak a lot towards being aware of the ramifications of world building rules.

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]]> By: Peta http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/index.php/5-things-i-learned-from-the-new-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh/comment-page-1#comment-69 Peta Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:51:40 +0000 http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/?p=1031#comment-69 <a href='#comment-67' rel="nofollow">@Amitha</a> - There were two cartoon series when I was a child "The Adventures" and "The New Adventures". The one we're watching right now is the second one. The theme song is a lot catchier (I've gotta get up, I've gotta get going, going to see a friend of mine...), and the animation slightly better. I have the new book, but haven't read much yet. We read it together, but Baby gets tired easily. Watching the director's commentary is an excellent idea! Character development scenes are so important, but sometimes hard to justify (well, is there anything happening here? Do I really want a scene with no action?). Seeing how the pros handle it must be useful. Have you applied any of it yet?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('69','Peta'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('69','Peta','<a href=\'#comment-67\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Amitha<\/a> - There were two cartoon series when I was a child \"The Adventures\" and \"The New Adventures\". The one we\'re watching right now is the second one. The theme song is a lot catchier (I\'ve gotta get up, I\'ve gotta get going, going to see a friend of mine...), and the animation slightly better.\r\n\r\nI have the new book, but haven\'t read much yet. We read it together, but Baby gets tired easily.\r\n\r\nWatching the director\'s commentary is an excellent idea! Character development scenes are so important, but sometimes hard to justify (well, is there anything happening here? Do I really want a scene with no action?). Seeing how the pros handle it must be useful. Have you applied any of it yet?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Amitha – There were two cartoon series when I was a child “The Adventures” and “The New Adventures”. The one we’re watching right now is the second one. The theme song is a lot catchier (I’ve gotta get up, I’ve gotta get going, going to see a friend of mine…), and the animation slightly better.

I have the new book, but haven’t read much yet. We read it together, but Baby gets tired easily.

Watching the director’s commentary is an excellent idea! Character development scenes are so important, but sometimes hard to justify (well, is there anything happening here? Do I really want a scene with no action?). Seeing how the pros handle it must be useful. Have you applied any of it yet?

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]]> By: Amitha http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/index.php/5-things-i-learned-from-the-new-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh/comment-page-1#comment-67 Amitha Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:41:07 +0000 http://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.com/?p=1031#comment-67 Cute! I haven't seen Winnie the Pooh in a long long time. I used to watch both a live-action version and a cartoon one as a kid. (Is this the same series or a new one?). Have you read the new book yet? As far as whether I've learned anything from TV--this is going to sound really dorky, but when my husband and I watched Battlestar Galactica last year, we usually watched the director's commentary versions as well. I found it helpful to listen to the director talk about the character's motivations in a scene or which scenes they decided to cut/keep for character development even when no action occurred (such as Adama's numerous shaving scenes). They also talked about when they switch scenes or which episodes they thought were problematic. Most of these discussions I thought were useful not only in script-writing but in novel writing too (and not just dialogue scenes).<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('67','Amitha'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('67','Amitha','Cute! I haven\'t seen Winnie the Pooh in a long long time. I used to watch both a live-action version and a cartoon one as a kid. (Is this the same series or a new one?). Have you read the new book yet?\r\n\r\nAs far as whether I\'ve learned anything from TV--this is going to sound really dorky, but when my husband and I watched Battlestar Galactica last year, we usually watched the director\'s commentary versions as well. I found it helpful to listen to the director talk about the character\'s motivations in a scene or which scenes they decided to cut\/keep for character development even when no action occurred (such as Adama\'s numerous shaving scenes). They also talked about when they switch scenes or which episodes they thought were problematic. Most of these discussions I thought were useful not only in script-writing but in novel writing too (and not just dialogue scenes).'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Cute! I haven’t seen Winnie the Pooh in a long long time. I used to watch both a live-action version and a cartoon one as a kid. (Is this the same series or a new one?). Have you read the new book yet?

As far as whether I’ve learned anything from TV–this is going to sound really dorky, but when my husband and I watched Battlestar Galactica last year, we usually watched the director’s commentary versions as well. I found it helpful to listen to the director talk about the character’s motivations in a scene or which scenes they decided to cut/keep for character development even when no action occurred (such as Adama’s numerous shaving scenes). They also talked about when they switch scenes or which episodes they thought were problematic. Most of these discussions I thought were useful not only in script-writing but in novel writing too (and not just dialogue scenes).

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