"Stop digging your nose in research. Start writing. Be silly"
That was some much needed advice that I received in the last seminar. Even though research and reading can go on forever, it needs to take a backseat now and the process of concept development has to begin.
Here are the ABC's of what the stories require:
The Tone
The tales are from the perspective of the various animate and inanimate witnesses. They will try to evoke empathy and curiosity in subjects that are complex yet relevant to the lives of an urban audience. The tone will be casual, satirical and descriptive.
The concept
The storybook weaves together a narrative made up of the accounts of various species that have been witness to or marginalized by the depletion of biodiversity in and around urban environments.
The storybook weaves together a narrative made up of the accounts of various species that have been witness to or marginalized by the depletion of biodiversity in and around urban environments.
The setting
The stories are set in a landscape that spans across a peri-urban landfill, the farms that produce food for the city and the city itself.
The stories are set in a landscape that spans across a peri-urban landfill, the farms that produce food for the city and the city itself.
The Tone
The tales are from the perspective of the various animate and inanimate witnesses. They will try to evoke empathy and curiosity in subjects that are complex yet relevant to the lives of an urban audience. The tone will be casual, satirical and descriptive.
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