Donald L. Vasicek

Category: How to write a novel

  • Plot

    There are numerous challenges that come up
    when one is writing and striving to break
    through and beyond. In order to “stay with it”,
    the writer must look inside of themselves for
    something that will carry them through the
    difficult times, keep them going, and take
    them to success.

    Ask yourself the questions below. By writing
    them down, you can refer to the answers as you write,
    and beyond. These answers will take you into
    the depth of yourself where you can clearly see
    your main character’s passion. This passion
    becomes the main theme of your story.

    Passion must be sizzling inside of you. It’s a
    human emotion. Your passion for your story
    has taken you to this point in time in your
    life. What do you want it to be this time
    next year? By understanding your and
    appropriately utilizing your passion for your
    story, your mind will be ratcheted up a few
    levels to the point where you are unable to
    get the words down fast enough.

    By utilizing the main theme of your story, you
    can show opposition to it. This creates conflict,
    which all good stories need, even comedies.

    This main theme, your passion for the story,
    will guide and direct you throughout the writing
    process. It will cause you to be more creative
    and imaginative, which, in turn, will produce
    a solid and seamless plot.

    The questions are:

    1. Who was I when I got the idea for my story?
    2. What was I doing?
    3. Where was I?
    4. When was it?
    5. Why did this idea come to me?
    6. How did I recognize it?

    Be diligent when writing the answers, very
    diligent. Shortcut the process and you will
    cause shortcut yourself and your opportunities.

    I hope this has been of help to you.

    Best Regards,

    Donald L. Vasicek
    Olympus Films+, LLC
    “The Zen of Writing/Filmmaking/Consulting
    http://michaelc.nextmp.net/wordpress
    dvasicek@earthlink.net

  • A favorite Zen story

    Favorite Zen StoryA favorite Zen story in which three men are observing a flag fluttering in the breeze: One man says, The flag is moving. The second man says, The wind is moving. The third man says, You are both wrong, it is your mind that is moving.

    If you look inside of yourself, you will see the information you need to be successful. This information contains everything you need to be successful. The secret to tapping into this information is contained in Writing/Filmmaking Whispering.  How so, you ask?

    Look inside of yourself and you will see the answer. This is the secret to successful writing and/or film-making. Look inside of yourself and you will see the secret.

    Why is it that Steven Spielberg is a successful filmmaker? He has the ability to look inside of himself and see the secret.

    Why is Stephen King a successful novelist? He has the ability to look inside of himself and see the secret.

    What do you seek when you write a letter, or make a corporate video? Do you look outside or inside of your mind and heart?When you look inside of your mind and heart you enhance your ability to see the secret to being successful in your undertaking.When you look outside of your mind and heart, you have no ability to see the secret to being successful.What rings true in each one of us is our ability to think and feel.

    When we tap into those senses to write a screenplay or make a documentary film, we look inside of ourselves. We see the secret to successfully write the screenplay or making the documentary film successful.You might ask, but I do that and I see nothing.

    The reason you see nothing is because you allow yourself to avoid seeing the secret. You allow yourself to avoid seeing the secret because you do not know how to see the secret.With Writing/Filmmaking Whispering, you will see the secret. You need simply to contact me.