with a gun in his hand
Jul. 23rd, 2017 09:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marycatelliWhen opting for stirring up a story with Chandler's rule, I always have to decide what, exactly, is the man coming through the door with a gun in his hand.
In one story, dealing with fire magic, it was "set something on fire.' In another, it was "provide a mysterious door."
In one in progress, the main characters are going into a magical woods with a justly dark reputation. And indeed, many mysterious things are going to happen.
Which raises the temptation of just being random. I could throw in golden lilies in a clearing, a silver deer, an animated shadow. . . .
Except that in the end I have to pull it all together. Chandler described it as the rule for a certain, low level of pure action pulp.
I think the story's going to be a psychomachia -- no, not a soul battle, a soul journey. Which means I need to develop the characters further to see what sorts of drama would develop them. sigh
In one story, dealing with fire magic, it was "set something on fire.' In another, it was "provide a mysterious door."
In one in progress, the main characters are going into a magical woods with a justly dark reputation. And indeed, many mysterious things are going to happen.
Which raises the temptation of just being random. I could throw in golden lilies in a clearing, a silver deer, an animated shadow. . . .
Except that in the end I have to pull it all together. Chandler described it as the rule for a certain, low level of pure action pulp.
I think the story's going to be a psychomachia -- no, not a soul battle, a soul journey. Which means I need to develop the characters further to see what sorts of drama would develop them. sigh