I’m watching Castle Rock and I must say it defies expectation. What I thought I’d see was a sprawling link up of Stephen King’s main stories. Instead we have characters–secondary characters and their relations, mostly–and locations featured in all new stories that tie together pretty well. This second season focuses on Annie Wilkes who is the lead villain in Misery. Now this is where things get confusing. I’m not entirely sure it is Annie Wilkes. There is a connection there to be certain, but that is the joy of this series–the connections exist but the stories are entirely their own thing.
This show is one of a few I am watching right now; offering my brain a different sort of input from the onslaught of military research being done in advance of a very short story I am writing. I used to be the research guy and I am back to that again, because it is important and it invigorates me.
Knowledge is a very oft overlooked part of a writer’s arsenal. Knowledge begets internal consistency, which leads to really good story overall.
Some Thoughts:
- Missing the structure of Nano already.
- Missing football saturdays as well. I don’t have too much longer in my life to enjoy that and once it is over I know I will appreciate it’s end.
- That is all I got.