This place had several massive film projectors and two digital ones. The booth stunk of asbestos. Lore states a projectionist died of a heart attack in the 30s, and his ghost haunts the booth.
Those pictures are amazing! I am soooo looking forward to rainy workshop!!! Also looking forward to hearing any rough draft future substack post lectures. Maybe doughnuts! Matt's delicious and melt in your mouth doughnuts.....
Hey Chuck, you mentioned in an interview recently that Will Self has some particularly good short stories. Do you mind me asking which short story collection of his you’d recommend?
Hey Chuck. I didn’t get the chance to ask my question in KC, so I’ll throw it out here. It’s sort of two parts.
1A- You often talk about building a story idea around a question. Fight Club - “What if there was a place where getting into a fight was as easy as asking someone to dance? What would that place look like?” Or Lullaby - “What if there was a cultural object (?) that destroyed anyone who misused it?” — Do you start with the question and write short stories/narratives based on that question? Or do you already have some short stories written and then adapt them to that question?
1B - I want to take your approach of writing short stories out of order and then sewing them together, but I keep getting stuck. I become kinda catatonic about the whole approach and end up wondering if I’ll put all this work into writing only to realize I’ve made the stories too hard to edit / tie together. I don’t understand how you write them and then fit them together since they initially operate as independent pieces, written at random times in random order. Does connecting your narrative come during the editing process? Or do you write a few to start, figure out your question/narrative and then adapt the few stories you already have to fit that question/narrative, and after that, write the rest of the stories using the building blocks of the first few stories that are already in place? It seems to me like you could only write a few stories this way to get going rather than writing an entire novel (?).
I hope that makes sense. Pretty much I’m trying to avoid making the editing process a total nightmare and I’m confused on how you go about that.
Looks like some bomb making supplies got left behind...💥💣
Looking sharp, boss.
Glad you’re going home! Finally a long deserved rest.
Do they still use film? I was a projectionist in the ‘90s, and I’ve heard most theaters switched to digital laser projectors in the early 2000s.
This place had several massive film projectors and two digital ones. The booth stunk of asbestos. Lore states a projectionist died of a heart attack in the 30s, and his ghost haunts the booth.
Nice! Can’t go wrong with a haunted theater legend.
Sounds like a writing prompt...
What's with the upside down tin of Grapefruit Juice with a spoon in it?
That's the sort of thing you'd never see in a film or a book, unless it had a purpose, but in real life you do see.
Taking the second photo and splicing it into the scene where Tyler points at the cigarette burn for maximum meta affect.
Those pictures are amazing! I am soooo looking forward to rainy workshop!!! Also looking forward to hearing any rough draft future substack post lectures. Maybe doughnuts! Matt's delicious and melt in your mouth doughnuts.....
Hey Chuck, how does workshop work? How does one get in the door?
I have this same question.
Come to Portland, pay the fee, bring a story.
Where and when? I need Chuck's and your guys's help. I have stuff to write and it's not good enough
Thank you
Where and when?
Hey Chuck, you mentioned in an interview recently that Will Self has some particularly good short stories. Do you mind me asking which short story collection of his you’d recommend?
Hey Chuck. I didn’t get the chance to ask my question in KC, so I’ll throw it out here. It’s sort of two parts.
1A- You often talk about building a story idea around a question. Fight Club - “What if there was a place where getting into a fight was as easy as asking someone to dance? What would that place look like?” Or Lullaby - “What if there was a cultural object (?) that destroyed anyone who misused it?” — Do you start with the question and write short stories/narratives based on that question? Or do you already have some short stories written and then adapt them to that question?
1B - I want to take your approach of writing short stories out of order and then sewing them together, but I keep getting stuck. I become kinda catatonic about the whole approach and end up wondering if I’ll put all this work into writing only to realize I’ve made the stories too hard to edit / tie together. I don’t understand how you write them and then fit them together since they initially operate as independent pieces, written at random times in random order. Does connecting your narrative come during the editing process? Or do you write a few to start, figure out your question/narrative and then adapt the few stories you already have to fit that question/narrative, and after that, write the rest of the stories using the building blocks of the first few stories that are already in place? It seems to me like you could only write a few stories this way to get going rather than writing an entire novel (?).
I hope that makes sense. Pretty much I’m trying to avoid making the editing process a total nightmare and I’m confused on how you go about that.
Looks like a fun adventure!
Jump Cut!
Such a classic place in town and a classic guy!!
Damn but you photograph well! Respectfully.
Please tell me that this was for CBS Sunday Morning...?
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