Creative Space - Grant Watson

Creative Space
Grant Watson

Ok, so this is the view of my creative process: I don't write too much on paper any more, except for vague story or scene ideas that I get while on public transport, the occassional snatch of good dialogue I'll think up. That sort of thing.

If I'm knee-deep in writing a script I have to have music filling the silence up, but it can't have lyrics that otherwise distract me, so hence the big collection of movie soundtracks above and to the right of the monitor. The speakers for my computer died recently, hence the old set of headphones next to the mouse.

Above the shelving unit is (in various locations):

- A Balinese monkey mask I got when I was seven years old. I have cautiously avoided asking what animal the fur on it comes from for my entire life.

- My wife's collection of different dolls from around the world from her childhood.

- The "Pigs in Space" set from The Muppet Show, currently piloted by Miss Piggy and an unfortunately designed X-Men Cyclops figure where if you press a button on his back he whips his arm up to his visor... unless you only half-bend the arm at the elbow, in which case he gives you the finger... unless you don't bend the arm at all, in which case he gives a Nazi salute. Disturbing.

- Lots of collectible figurines from those little Japanese toy
capsules: Disney princesses, Spider-Man and his enemies, Megaman, some Pokemon.

- A Dr Elefun statue in a little case.

- The collected cast of The Tick in plastic form.

- A six-piece photo frame set containing every surviving photo from my honeymoon. We took a camera with us that turned out to be broken, and these were the only images we managed to get out of it.

Making up the room behind me is a black couch that folds into a bed, a Ferris Bueller's Day Off lobby card, and two shelves filled primarily with play and film scripts.

Grant Watson

Grant Watson is a play, comic and television script writer. His plays include Degree Absolute and Serpentine, his comics include The Angriest Video Store Clerk in the World and Henry & Gil vs the Infinity Engine and his TV includes several failed projects that died before broadcast and something for the ABC he can't talk about yet.

http://angriest.livejournal.com

Tuesday's Ten Minute Tale - the setup!

You all know the drill by now. The first three people to post with a word, phrase, topic, theme, name, or whatever, dictate the direction of the story. I'll endeavour to incorporate all three suggestions, and write it within ten minutes of receiving the third post, work allowing. Then I'll post the result.

This is the last TTMT before NaNoWriMo, during which I won't be doing these. It's also the first since daylight savings hit, so I'm feeling jetlagged. Don't expect much of a finale!

EDIT - this is going to be muchj later than usual, I have a major project meeting in 5 minutes. My calendar says it's in an hour, but our systems have been screwed up by... yep, you guessed it, daylight frickin' savings! So, back in a few hours to actually do this!

Tuesday's Ten Minute Tale - the result!

Here we go. Sorry for the delay, bloody meetings, and thanks to chrisb74 for "daylight savings", prk for "discombobulate", and gillpolack for "olive oil".

( Daylight Savings )