{"id":411,"date":"2011-10-20T12:13:08","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T10:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/?p=411"},"modified":"2015-10-13T13:04:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T11:04:38","slug":"rule-34-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damiengaleone.com\/?p=411","title":{"rendered":"What if…? and RULE 34"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some years ago I got my favorite movie, Jaws, on DVD as a Christmas gift. We\u2019ll leave the probing psychological question of why my favorite movie is about a man-eating shark for another time. The DVD was the 25th<\/sup> anniversary release and the DVD was chock full of extras and interviews.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Jaws\u2019 writer Peter Benchley, he talked about the birth of the idea of Jaws. He said that he had always wondered what would happen if a big shark was attacking people and wouldn\u2019t go away. Then he read a newspaper article about a guy who caught a 4,500 pound great white shark off of Long Island. Inspiration had met information and a little while later he started work on Jaws. And thus, for thirty-five years people have been afraid to go in the water. When I say people<\/em>, I mean me<\/em>.<\/p>\n

What if: The question that sparks most of my writing and story ideas. I can map the genesis of my idea for a novel to the frustrating experience of losing my sense of smell and getting no answers from doctors. I can map the genesis of my novel to when I asked the question: \u201cWhat if a guy started losing all of his senses and didn\u2019t know why?\u201d Once again, information and experience had met inspiration, and five years later the result was Senseless. Maybe I could get Richard Dreyfuss to play Phineas\u2019 father.<\/p>\n

When Lee told me about the concept of Rule 34, I was amazed. How had I never seen this concept portrayed in a movie or book? I immediately started in asking what if\u2026?<\/p>\n

What if a guy just introduced to the internet and internet porn stumbled upon a disturbing world?<\/p>\n

What if that guy believed that he had some control in this world?<\/p>\n

What if he was wrong?<\/p>\n

Anyway, the genesis of this story, Rule 34, is the line of questioning above. It has been drafted a couple of times, but I more than welcome feedback and constructive critique.<\/p>\n

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Read it here RULE 34<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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