Will I become one...

I sift from professional to professional seeking and searching then I think about becoming that writer...

You notice them, the ones who desperately want to do everything themselves, and then you wonder...will I become one?  Have I already become one?  Or- am I just crazy?  I see a couple here and there- well not here necessarily- but I see them.  Are writers not team players?  Do most writers have problems collaborating their writing with other writers?  Am I a writer who is so territorial about the projects that I receive that I will refuse to accept a great Idea when I see one- specifically for the sake of owning it as only mine?  That makes me sick and sad because it just doesn't make any damn sense- for the project or anyone involved.  More so it doesn't make any sense for the 'shine' factor of the idea.  I did work with one when I first came here- this writer shot down everything I said before I could even get out the entire idea, and then they refused to come up with a variety of thinking patterns themselves.

It makes me worry- are writers more likely to fall into patterns of thinking in only one direction, and does that hurt the business that they're either in or working on?  I feel like it does, and I intend to be a team player- if not for the sake of starting any kind of conversation.

BECAUSE_

I find that the idea of 'the conversation' doesn't just refer to things like social media.  The conversation is the exchange of idea no matter how hard until the best is created in some form.  I think writers have a mush harder time grasping that- it means they must think inside not just their realm, but that of a few others as well.  A writer must be the all over thinker- because in the end the writing really means the thinking, and the thinking really means the communication of a great idea truly understood.

Social 'Sponsitility'

Saying that ad people never act like children is stupid because that's what makes us interesting most of the time...

It's true though, we act like children sometimes on the surface to make tough decisions seem more bearable.  I don't know I think it builds character.  The point is that I feel really fucking bad for the people in ad who have to act as if they've taken a neat and tidy IT job with a cube that will never grow, be decorated, or have an ounce of fun littered anywhere on the premise.  I look forward to the new and interesting crap that I can bring to my office, my coworkers.  These stupid pieces of crap mean god jokes, a game here or there, and not one damn piece means that the work won't get done.  If anything it means that it will get done a little faster because dammit!  i had fun doing it!

No!  the people I'm talking about, which I really don't know if they exist anymore, are the addy's and the marketers that promote 'bad people'  who takes care of cigarette companies, health insurance companies, politicians; who makes cool new shit for THESE people?  I want to know, more so I want to know if they've decided to dedicate their lives to just this kind of person, company, brand etc.  Is the feeling- well know that I've started I might as well just go full fucking throttle in this direction?  Now that would be a place worth writing about.  The people that worked there would truly be interesting ones indeed.  How would you keep that cynical advertising attitude, with a joke here and there, a little fun, oh yes and don't forget the cancer, chemicals, and generally destroyed nature of millions of people.  Would you literally have to be crazy to run it. - I can see this person being a boss that makes truly important decisions based off of something like a dice roll- op! fivesies!  okay time to make something really powerful for smokers- quick I know!  Just take a nuclear powerplant, turn the stacks into giant cigarettes, and let them smoke for all the world to see- bam! you've got yourself guerilla!

I just don't know, but the idea of a company built off of all horrible things that they are probably controlling so it does the least damage makes me smile a little- interesting.

Every Work place has them...

Boo- to the invasive colleague with the eagle ears.  End of story

A different character: A new piece of the story

The key to a show that people can relate to is the character and the new quarks they have to offer...

 I need to write a pilot, or some sort of Show-like program.  I have to say that although I'm unsure of the story's path, I know the type of characters that I intend to have, and I think that's more important.  After all would I have spent time ever watching "Ally McBeal' a show about dreary lives and sad music if the characters weren't well written, and worth relating to?  Absolutely not, generally I have no interest in such a thing.  However these characters found individual status as well as a level of group character that appealed to a wide range of people. Making a ridiculous situation half the time, and a very serious situation for the other half, makes for a drastic enough balance so the subject can be literally anything.  

But let's face it- there are too many shows out there that try to be all about office antics, or comedy that's all about the college world- yes fuck the real world -we don't have to be in it yet!  (That's where Undeclared failed to succeed)  I love the movies that apatow productions makes, but their serious successes rely on their ability to appeal to what's actually happening to people, and just being real.  The fact about undeclared is that with all the college hoopla and making light of any serious money situations is that they 'really' don't just go away by the end of the show.  Undeclared could have really pioneered the sarcastic nature of extending probems into very sarcastic smart solutions that allowed the characters to grow in a more life-centered direction.

So where do I go with a show that I'd like to write?  Well it doesn't matter as long as I remember the rules- THE RULES!

If I had my agency

If I had my agency...

My eclectic group of people would defy the old-timey nature of my favorite beloved ficticious agency.  Ye, that's right I'm telling Shackelsby and Willowsworth to suck it.  For the moment at least.  An agency needs to be 70% nerds, 20% busy-body, and 10% mob/ mafia qaulifyers.  The nerds keep us up to date, and there is never a dull moment when a girlfriend can be created in a new media format every 34.5 seconds.  I want a team of top-notch nerds... I want the ones that build their own light sabors, and then randomly open up a panel on the side that connects them to a gaming widget- to tell all the other nerds just how freakin' fly they are.  

The busy bodies can just be busy- yelling randomly about how much money we're wasting pretending to do research while we all play the variety of gaming systems that have been supplied for new media purposes.- Why the fuck do we need Guitar Hero 1, 2, and 3!!!!

The mob-sters  can be the presenters- I want somebody intimidating.  But I want the woman that secretly runs the mob- you saw that coming.  I want somebody who's not afraid to put a hit on the competition. and I'd like to have somebody that can make me some damn good italian food- I don't cook that robert-deniro loving, thinly sliced garlic, delight.-

Finally, I want to be the owner of the agency that has gone so mad-cap, fuck-me-crazy that I am forced to make top-dog decisions from the fake little office I've made from my deluxe sweet at Lumming hills mental infirmary.  I can just see it now- We'll take the business, if this rock makes it to that nurse's cleavage- My lovely, old, crazy butt hanging out my robe- even though I never HAD to wear a robe in the first place.

a name....

If I had a comic...

If I had a comic...

I would definitely quit the whole 'let's make somehthing ridiculously epic' thing.  In my opinion, most of them fail because they aren't relevant enough to real issues (Marvel obviously does a good job).  I have to say that the last comic i truly enjoyed was the one they made up for "Queer as Folk"  That was pretty damn good.  No no, if I were to make a comic it would either be something that completely over-exaggerated a stereotype like: 'Green-Team vs. The ad kids"  and it would just completely over-do their battles about ad people selling their souls, and the green team doing everything perfectly for the environment (My Ass).  It would go on in this direction and they would have super-hero style battles in the land of MCAD where they battle to gain the most popular votes.  I can see it now: super hero fights meets political jargon ( i know- never happened before).  If I didn't go in this direction so friggin' close to home, I'd do something so god damned adorable that you just couldn't stand it- (Hunter-Eating Cute Deer).  Picture Deery Lou with a little blood around the mouth at all times.  I think it's be a big hit, and a great escape to scary humor.  I'd read it, plus personally I think the green club would secretly like it. 

They're replicas of people I've already known...

It's always weird as shit when you run into a person that looks exactly like someone you've known...

It's happened to me in the past where you'll see someone that reminds you exactly of another person you were once close too.  The scary part is when you get to know this new person and they act exactly the same way, giving you free reign over their reactions-because you already know what it will be.  I do my best to avoid these repeats in the interest of meeting new people.  However, I never realized just how useful it could be in a situation where being a step ahead on the actions of others is always in your favor. 

My first week here I was in a meeting being ignored about my ideas in the digital realm (as a creative who is supposed to shut up and write something clever) when this slightly mousy media strategist got all excited about his brill idea to blow away our idea by giving away something cool that was free- making him look smarter (in his eyes).  The account people that we were trying to sell on the creative looked intrigued by him, but there are few things that bother me more than someone who held information from you in the spirit of presenting on behalf of his team.  What is so striking about this person is that he is exactly like a friend Alex I used to have in highschool.  He would be really quiet most of the time, until he intended to sound smarter than you or the group.  I would always take it upon myself to shut down these people- it's all about control whether I intended that or not.  The thing is, it didn't matter who he was trying to get to, he would always shut up and listen to me, and then drool a little because I verbally beat him.  That's the thing about not just men (women too), but men especially- they want to be beaten- it presents a challenge.  

So now I sit here in my office widdle-ing away at my crazy writing scheme for the idea of exponential fears- picture it- generic event topic like a wedding- plus a crazy concept like bikers at the republican convention- then create an exponential story line.  It makes for some interesting writing.  However sitting here not doing some great media concepts to go along with my great writing means one thing- that mousy little fucker that reminds me of Alex, and his team are doing these things that would strengthen the creative- away from me, out of my control, where I can't beat him.  It's time to break down the cubicle walls, get to guys like this and beat them, maybe that's really the way to reach people who don't want to combine departments- beat them, join them, and create some great god-damn work.- well back to it.  I have some crazy characters to write, and some drooling nerds to break down.