I am currently working on two projects that have been on and off for quite some time. The first is a relatively recent ambition to create my own graphic novel. I actually have a sizable chunk of story written for it, but the artwork is much more tedious. My wife is working on that at the same time she is trying to keep our little son Mark from chewing on every book or technological device in our home; naturally, the art portion is not nearly as quick as the writing. I am still enthusiastic about the characters, the fantasy world they live in, and the general themes of the story. When we have enough complete... we will be posting them online and providing links here.
My second project is something that I have been working on since 2003. It began as a short story based in the world of the greatest video game franchise ever, the Legend of Zelda. After writing twenty pages and realizing I was nowhere near the end of where I wanted this story to go, I knew that my project would require much more work. In the summer of 2006, I finally wrote the words THE END at the end of my work. After assigning it the title The Secret of Ganon, I began the lengthy and unfinished process of editing. It was amazing to me how many errors went unnoticed by the otherwise thorough spell checker. It probably didn't help that I was adding terms like hookshots, moblins, Gorons, Zora, Gerudo, Hylians, and other assorted terms to my spell checking dictionary.
After dozens of times going through and revising my book, I feel like it is a great story. Ignoring probability, I thought to myself how amazing it would be to have my book become the basis of a full-length motion picture. Zelda fans have longed to see their Hylian hero on the silver screen for ages, and Nintendo, apparently protective of their lucrative franchise, has not shown the slightest inclination to make this dream a reality. Ambitious beyond the status quo, I have spent the last several months converting my novel into a screenplay. This has been no small challenge, but isolating the dialogue is helping me to identify places that need improvement.
I don't know how many more years my Secret of Ganon project will last, but hopefully, one day, people will be able to enjoy my hard work before their eyes in the comfort of a movie theater. Maybe my chances are slim to none... but I like to think that those are the odds Link overcame when he gripped the blade of evil's bane and struck down the King of evil!
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Sweet, I agree that it would be awesome to have a Zelda movie. If your wife would like help with any art, like backgrounds to help speed up the work, myself and Guy Kidd may be able to help. I've been contemplating a manga of my own, but have dragged my feet for so long.
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