As I have no new writing to
post, as such, I thought I’d give a little update on the writing I am doing. It’s
something I’ve mentioned vaguely in the past. This is work on a proposed TV
series, which I am tentatively calling The Wizard, The Prince, The Warrior,
and His Son. I know, I don’t have much of a talent for titles. Something
shorter and snappier would make it easier to shop around when it’s ready.
It takes place in our shared
fantasy world of Ortha, in the years after the Goldfire War. It involves the
efforts of Koppa, the wizard, to form a magical school for the kingdoms of
Forlan. To that end he forms a company, including the young Prince Varnik, the
famous Morgish General Roth, and his son Moq, who stows away for the adventure.
They travel around the lands, looking for magically talented students, while
their efforts are opposed by the evil sorcerer Zin, one of the Dark Lord’s
surviving lieutenants, who himself seeks revenge for his master’s downfall and to
further his own power.
I’m taking a rather leisurely
approach to things right now, writing only a bit each day every weekday, ending
each session knowing what I’m writing next, taking the weekends off, and trying
to give each little segment its own due consideration. I guess I’m averaging
about an episode per month; I just finished Episode Four yesterday and will
start Episode Five (after some preliminary notes Sunday) come Monday.
I’ve been sending the
completed scripts to my brothers John and Kenny. John, being local, gets my
bits of writing every day, and I get input and suggestions from him as I go
along. Working in the parks in Florida, writing and acting in shows, Kenny has
less time for it, though he has been encouraging. Being closer to ‘the business’
I would be interested in his more detailed, critical opinion, especially
anything that might help it get shopped around. Something I don’t plan to do
until I have at least a couple more episodes under my belt.
In the meanwhile, I’m simply
enjoying working on expanding the ‘mythology’ of Ortha, visiting places and
peoples that heretofore have only been notes in the background. It’s also simpler
and faster than doing things in prose. Still, I’m taking it easy and I think
the daily progress (instead of taking things in breathless chunks every two or
three days) is giving me more of a sense of accomplishment.
So I’m shaking off the cold
of the past few days and getting ready for a new month. Just keep writing.
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