Rant Rant Rant

Rant rant rant all day long... rant rant rant while I sing this song...

This is my less than ethusiastic rant. I am feeling pretty mellow right now and have nothing to rant about. So... I thought the perfect blog for me right now would be a rant. Ha. I'm sure by the time I'm done with this I will have worked myself into some type of frenzy.. although let me warn you, it may be anticlimatic. :-D

*insert people with monotone voices limply waving flags and saying "yay."*

I have a blog so that means I'm supposed to have some strong opinions to rant about right? Isn't that in the blog rulebook somewhere?

I was just looking at my title, "Rant Rant Rant" and the first thing that came to mind was the shower scene in Psycho... she's showering... suspenseful music comes on... we know something is going to happen... OH! there it is, a guy behind the shower curtain. We can see him, she can't... turn around stupid lady turn around! Then... we hear *rant rant rant*

Then what do we see? We see chocolate syrup going down the drain. She must've been part umpa-lumpa.

Okay so it's probaly more of a Ree Ree Ree... sue me.

Aha! I just an inspiration for a rant. Yes! *pumps fist into air like a big dork*

I finished a book last night... almost. I finished the real book but couldn't bring myself to read the epilogue. By the time I finished I didn't really care what happened to the characters after I knew they were all still alive.

I will not name the book or the author, for many reasons. I will say this, I enjoyed the book all the way to the climax... which um... is where you are supposed to enjoy it the most people! Everything was going along just fine... threat of lives, unknown foe that could be lurking anywhere, unknown planet, suspcious new magical powers, hot sex... you know the works. Then we get to the most important part of the book and what am I left with? The protagonists destroy this unknown alien foe who is pure evil by simply wrapping their love together and forcing it on him. UGH!

I don't know about most of you but I don't read books, even romances, because I want love to make the world go round. This was SO lame! I had really been enjoying the book too. It was just too obvious and cheesy. What do I think should've happened...?

Hmm, well you can even have the same basic idea but do it more subtley... as in, SHOW NOT TELL! Yes haha! I got that in again. If I say it enough it will sink in I swear.

For instance you can have a THEME of love conquers all as opposed to a PLOT of love conquers all. How do you do that? You have the characters overcome something hard that they would not have been able to conquer without the love they have for someone or the love someone has for them. This tripline in their path doesn't have to be a physical manifestation. It can be some emotional obstacle.

Here is an example. Let's say the couple has been in one life threatening situation after another. One of them has lost everyone they love in the world. They are untrusting and don't give their love freely, but then they do... although it has been a rough road getting there. Their lives are still in danger however. They don't want to be out of each other's sight, for fear that they will lose the only person they love.

Let's stop here for a moment... Does this mean that in order to conquer the foe that they should be next to each other, loving each other? NO! What should happen you ask? That's easy... you want to make your character do the one thing they don't want to...

You separate them! They have to TRUST each other... not just love each other. They will be full of anxiety because they don't know what is happening to the other one. They have to trust in many things, one, in themselves, two, the person they love and three, fate. They must trust that they were meant to be together. So with all of these things floating around in their heads like a whirlwind of killer bees, they have to fight the big bad.

This creates much more tension... adds a lot more suspense... then you can add action, not some pink glowey energy that makes everyone feel warm and fuzzy and yet destroys evil. Give me some hand to hand, cool technology, you are on an alien planet for pete's sake... gimme something interesting. And of course... there has to be a point where you think they won't make it... one of them is losing. Perhaps even they are connected in some way and they know the other one is about to die... but they still have to trust them. And I'll let you fill in the rest of the blanks yourself.

Oh man, I'd totally love this book if it were written. Give me emotional pain people. I am a sucker for tortured characters. They are so much more interesting.

Wow I think I totally suceeded at ranting. *another dorky fist pump* Yes!