Garren Jacobsen
Auror
There are scenes that stay with you forever. Scenes that touch your heart or chill you to the bone. I think it is the goal of every writer to have at least one scene like this. One scene that touches your reader in a way that affects them throughout the rest of their lives. I can think of three scenes off the top of my head that amazed me and I can still remember vividly.
This one from the 1987 movie Masters of the Universe (sure it hasn't aged well overall but damn did Frank Langella nail this role): https://youtu.be/2E2ZWfP4xUc?t=13m7s (I couldn't find the short version of this. End at the part where Skeletor says, "I don't think so, no.")
This one from Star Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzs-OvfG8tE
And last, this one from Lord of the Rings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6C8SX0mWP0
The first one inspired me and remains with me because, sure this villain is totally over the top, but that "I don't think so, no" just makes me want to have a villain like that (not all of him just that). Just someone that knows their power and outright denies the request with a little bit of melodramatic snark. Can't resist it.
Darth Vader inspired me here because for the first time I actually thought, yep, dude be evil. Now I want my villains to be just that intimidating and still classy because he kept the decorum in that meeting via force choke (and stopping when requested).
And the last, that one is self explanatory. I want something half that inspiring to come about in my writing.
So, perhaps, my question is what inspires you? What has stuck with you? And dang it how do you go about writing those inspiring moments?
This one from the 1987 movie Masters of the Universe (sure it hasn't aged well overall but damn did Frank Langella nail this role): https://youtu.be/2E2ZWfP4xUc?t=13m7s (I couldn't find the short version of this. End at the part where Skeletor says, "I don't think so, no.")
This one from Star Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzs-OvfG8tE
And last, this one from Lord of the Rings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6C8SX0mWP0
The first one inspired me and remains with me because, sure this villain is totally over the top, but that "I don't think so, no" just makes me want to have a villain like that (not all of him just that). Just someone that knows their power and outright denies the request with a little bit of melodramatic snark. Can't resist it.
Darth Vader inspired me here because for the first time I actually thought, yep, dude be evil. Now I want my villains to be just that intimidating and still classy because he kept the decorum in that meeting via force choke (and stopping when requested).
And the last, that one is self explanatory. I want something half that inspiring to come about in my writing.
So, perhaps, my question is what inspires you? What has stuck with you? And dang it how do you go about writing those inspiring moments?