{"id":695,"date":"2016-03-21T15:34:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T20:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zachbarnesonwriting.wordpress.com\/?p=695"},"modified":"2016-03-21T15:34:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T20:34:54","slug":"minecraft-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zacharybarnes.us\/index.php\/2016\/03\/21\/minecraft-apocalypse\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft Apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to add even\u00a0more levity to this blog, I&#8217;ve decided to jot down some of my failed, impromptu, or even somewhat worthless short story ideas\/musings. \u00a0It shall be called: &#8220;Stuff that sounded cool at the time.&#8221; \u00a0Huzzah.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been getting back into\u00a0<em>The Walking Dead<\/em>, and as such, I&#8217;ve got the post-apocalypse on my mind quite often. \u00a0However, I personally can only ingest so much of a genre before my brain starts spitting out satire. \u00a0Hence, the Minecraft Apocalypse. \u00a0This would be a\u00a0story about how a bunch of Minecraft players stuck in a\u00a0<em>Walking Dead<\/em>-ish\u00a0apocalypse would try to survive in the real world by punching the ground\u00a0and expecting to get nice blocks of craft-able dirt. \u00a0Because of this, and the nature of bloodthirsty zombies, the story would be quite short.<\/p>\n<p><em>Great satire<\/em>, methinks&#8230; And that&#8217;s the whole problem.\u00a0In my mind,\u00a0Minecraft Apocalypse\u00a0is hilarious, but as soon as I begin to consider\u00a0the things that are actually important to a\u00a0quality story, the whole idea\u00a0unravels.<\/p>\n<p>As a writer, not all of our ideas can metamorphose into a fully-fledged piece of expression, and it&#8217;s important not to invest too much energy into the ones that aren&#8217;t working. \u00a0Why? \u00a0Well, if you&#8217;re like me, you probably don&#8217;t have gobs of time to spend writing each day, and therefore\u00a0you&#8217;ve got to make the\u00a0time you do\u00a0have really count. \u00a0So, do yourself a favor and put the idea&#8211;your Minecraft Apocalypse&#8211;to rest. \u00a0Jot it down in a quick little blog like this, or bury\u00a0it in a folder of dead ideas. \u00a0After all, there&#8217;s no crime against stealing from yourself, and that idea&#8211;even if it&#8217;s not fully fleshed out&#8211;might be fodder for your next great piece of writing.<\/p>\n<p>Happy mountain-day, er, I mean Monday!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-741\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/zachbarnesonwriting.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/milky_way_mountains_landscape_by_yakub_nihat-wallpaper-1920x1080.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"milky_way_mountains_landscape_by_yakub_nihat-wallpaper-1920x1080\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019m on facebook at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zachbarnesonwriting\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zachbarnesonwriting<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">And Twitter: @ZacharyBarnes4<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Like or follow me if you enjoy\u00a0the blog!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Don\u2019t steal\u00a0my words. \u00a0They\u2019re mine. Zachary Barnes 2016\u00a9<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a writer, not all of our ideas can metamorphose into a fully-fledged piece of expression, and it&#8217;s important not to invest too much energy into the ones that aren&#8217;t working.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[60,61,64,65,113,132,204],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":181,"url":"https:\/\/zacharybarnes.us\/index.php\/2015\/04\/22\/writing-and-exercise-similar\/","url_meta":{"origin":695,"position":0},"title":"Writing and Exercise:  Similar?","date":"April 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In order to avoid betraying my utter ignorance, I'll speak in vague generalities: if you're walking or running efficiently, your body works a bit like a pendulum, swinging (not forcing) itself forward. 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