There is one word for this: Aaaaarrrrgggghhh!!!
Please recall two posts ago, about the perversity of the Muses. Now they've hit prime time tv: ABC at 8 p.m. on Tuesday nights, a new show starring none other than the great Michael Chiklis, late of The Shield. Titled No Ordinary Family.
All these people in the family have a special power, a different one for each. Mother is super-fast. Father (Chiklis) is super-man, can fly, lift trucks, etc., wants to be a crimestopper. Daughter can hear thoughts, son is a budding math genius whose teacher thinks he's cheating because suddenly he's doing higher mathematics.
Maybe I really should give up. By the time my great, I thought unique, idea has gone prime time on such a scale, all the surprise factor is gone and it becomes hohum.
Not sure what to do here.
But, this blog is about writing and a work in progress. Doesn't necessarily have to be any particular work.
Your comments are welcome.
Love,
Nonny
Dianne,
ReplyDeleteRemember the lesson Shakespeare left us all, that nothing is ever really new and what is written well will make its way into people's psyches. Also, not sure the typical audience for prime time TV is the same as for books anymore. Don't let anything stop you. The writing gremlins will always try to. It's your job to fight them off.
Your fan Anne
Thanks, Anne. I don't know why the uniqueness of the idea was so important to me, but apparently it was. I'm still dealing with feeling like a burst balloon.
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