Ok…So couple of things came to realization yesterday:
1) I probably want to outline the whole Divine Comedy written by the wonderful Dante to make sure I don’t pigeonhole myself in any part the story,
2) I probably want to write the back story to the story after outlining the Divine Comedy,
3) Dan Brown has published a book yesterday called, “Inferno”. Robert Langdon, the main character, has to recollect his amnesia lost memory by using the Divine Comedy. Cool!
I read Da Vinci Code, and Angels and Demons. I highly recommend reading the edition of Angels and Demons where there are actual pictures of all the stuff Dan Brown describes. It’s much easier to visualize where the story is going.
Back to topic: I’m making my own outlines of the stories in Dante’s Divine Comedy, then based off of those outlines I plan the outline for the series. I’m only intending to write the the section of the inferno book this summer.
A lot more prep-work than I was planning on doing on this chicken Julia Child.
The cool thing is that I’ve been learning about Aristotle’s writings and more depth into Greek/Roman Mythology while doing this. I’ve read Bulfinch’s Greek/Roman Mythology and greatly enjoyed it.
What I liked about the summary of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics was about friends. Aristotle believed that in order to be a “good person” an attribute for most good persons was being a good friend.
It is mentioned that acrimonious people don’t take pleasure in another person’s company. I thought that was a little odd. I need to read more on that.
The reason why I mention the different kinds of friends is that want the main character to eventually become a “good person.” If anyone has taken a philosophy course, what makes a good person can be very…the best word I can think right now is… contradictory.
Example: We have consequentialist, a person who locates morality in the consequences of an act, aka, what’s the end result of the action? and then you get to result, do the means justify the ends?, versus categorical morals… which define the motives behind those actions. I thirst, therefore I a buy a cold Pepsi. I thirst, therefore I steal a cold Pepsi. Same results: different actions.
This is my understanding of the two. Watch Michael Sandel’s Justice Course online, free video course of Harvard’s, for more information. I watched the whole thing last spring semester and liked it. I think the course was taped in the fall semester at Harvard because in one episode there is a student in the audience wearing a Spiderman suit the entire time. Funny? Yes!
Conclusion: I’m writing more outlines than I was planning on doing. Total outlines I plan on doing: 7
Here’s the breakdown:
3 outlines for the actual Divine Comedy; 3 outlines of the novel version based on the Divine Comedy; 1 outline for the back story
Day 3 feels like a tough love.
It’s hard; but they make it work.
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