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marycatelli) wrote2022-07-24 11:43 pm
marycatelli) wrote2022-07-24 11:43 pm
a tale in time
How long will this story take?
On one hand, the original characters had two who became like wise elders after the inciting incidents. On the other hand -- serial number, filing off.
On the third hand, after cold analysis, in one part of the story there have be ten or so years, and in another section, there is an absolute minimum of seven years passing, and fourteen might work better. Even if they overlap a little, there are going to be years.
Meanwhile, a plethora of possibilities arise as to who the main villain will be. Just innocently introducing some foreshadowing into the idyllic opening, and was thinking he might be the major villain, and remembering that he can't be the same as the villainess who was featuring. Not even a sex change would save the day, because he has to be a wizard, and she can't be.
And there has to be one to have a clean climax with a final fight.
So I took some of the lesser villains and had them murder him. That went cleanly enough, at any rate.
On one hand, the original characters had two who became like wise elders after the inciting incidents. On the other hand -- serial number, filing off.
On the third hand, after cold analysis, in one part of the story there have be ten or so years, and in another section, there is an absolute minimum of seven years passing, and fourteen might work better. Even if they overlap a little, there are going to be years.
Meanwhile, a plethora of possibilities arise as to who the main villain will be. Just innocently introducing some foreshadowing into the idyllic opening, and was thinking he might be the major villain, and remembering that he can't be the same as the villainess who was featuring. Not even a sex change would save the day, because he has to be a wizard, and she can't be.
And there has to be one to have a clean climax with a final fight.
So I took some of the lesser villains and had them murder him. That went cleanly enough, at any rate.