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out of the corner
Jul. 21st, 2025 11:40 pmAt least the story is moving forward again. I think I may need to go back and revise in more of the fighting so that it's clearer what they have to do.
sigh
sigh
jumping back in time
Jun. 8th, 2025 11:42 pmOh, yeah, the heroine knew about these things all along.
She should have prepared. Enough so the readers would know.
Hopping back in the manuscript
She should have prepared. Enough so the readers would know.
Hopping back in the manuscript
this will be important later
May. 30th, 2025 11:09 pmIntroduce him, introduce her, show off that --
She's too important a character to just fade into the woodwork. Even if she is shy, the heroine will be determined that she has a good time at the school.
And the other villain of the piece should make an appearance too, even if he can be downplayed later.
Foreshadowing, I suppose. And there should be some day-to-day school stuff between the highlights
She's too important a character to just fade into the woodwork. Even if she is shy, the heroine will be determined that she has a good time at the school.
And the other villain of the piece should make an appearance too, even if he can be downplayed later.
Foreshadowing, I suppose. And there should be some day-to-day school stuff between the highlights
reading the library
Aug. 12th, 2024 11:35 pmNot mine. The character's library. I had put in that there was a library in the home he -- acquired.
I had also put in earlier that he liked to learn himself. That he had sneaked off to talk to a wizard just to learn.
So -- that the other characters are reading now is not enough. He should have read earlier. I'll have to hint. Also to let him give some direction.
I had also put in earlier that he liked to learn himself. That he had sneaked off to talk to a wizard just to learn.
So -- that the other characters are reading now is not enough. He should have read earlier. I'll have to hint. Also to let him give some direction.
Working on a legend (which is going to include a vital clue for our heroine).
Realized that with a twelve-year-old heroine, I probably want to shift it from the legend I was ripping off somewhat closer to the fairy tale in the same vein. . .
Fortunately when telling a story about a queen slandered and driven from court, the legends and fairy tales form a continuum. Keep that the problem is the king's male cousin, switch it from his attempt to seduce to his resentment that the king hadn't married the cousin's daughter. . .
Realized that with a twelve-year-old heroine, I probably want to shift it from the legend I was ripping off somewhat closer to the fairy tale in the same vein. . .
Fortunately when telling a story about a queen slandered and driven from court, the legends and fairy tales form a continuum. Keep that the problem is the king's male cousin, switch it from his attempt to seduce to his resentment that the king hadn't married the cousin's daughter. . .
ah the writing life
Mar. 7th, 2023 11:00 pmYou're zipping along on a scene where a major character's new powers are revealed.
As a sideline, the scene is also going to characterize a minor character, establish the rules of magic, and foreshadow what's going to happen to the minor character. (Poor fellow. Tempting nemesis is unwise.
As a sideline, the scene is also going to characterize a minor character, establish the rules of magic, and foreshadow what's going to happen to the minor character. (Poor fellow. Tempting nemesis is unwise.
philosophical examples
Sep. 8th, 2022 10:05 pmYou know if I have heroes debating justice and one brings up other, less justified vigilantes than the other hero. . . .
It just might be wise to have vigilantes in the story beforehand?
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It just might be wise to have vigilantes in the story beforehand?
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a firm foundation of words
Mar. 18th, 2022 10:54 pmSome writers can, if stuck, go on and write future scenes.
I'm not one of them.
To be sure, I can go back and insert scenes if I realize they are needed, but if I know a scene is needed, it needs to be done, because otherwise, there might to be too many changes in the future scenes if I don't know what's in this one.
If the outline omitted it, or omitted crucial details, of course. Those sprout with such ease. . . .
I'm not one of them.
To be sure, I can go back and insert scenes if I realize they are needed, but if I know a scene is needed, it needs to be done, because otherwise, there might to be too many changes in the future scenes if I don't know what's in this one.
If the outline omitted it, or omitted crucial details, of course. Those sprout with such ease. . . .
discoveries
Mar. 1st, 2022 11:39 pmOn one hand, the plot element about a part of the forest is not developed well enough. It has to foreshadow the final danger, or it has to go.
On the other hand, going through a scene wondering what I was thinking, I realized what one boy would say at the end, and how it would give the heroine the motive to go do something I was wrestling with. And even what she could say and do that would provoke it, with a little initial impetus from another character.
Such is the whim of the muse.
On the other hand, going through a scene wondering what I was thinking, I realized what one boy would say at the end, and how it would give the heroine the motive to go do something I was wrestling with. And even what she could say and do that would provoke it, with a little initial impetus from another character.
Such is the whim of the muse.
here comes a book
Aug. 20th, 2021 11:21 pmThere I was, innocently writing up how my heroine was packing.
Including some text books.
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Including some text books.
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back and forth
Apr. 10th, 2020 10:57 pmRevision needs to take in the whole story. Beginning to end. And needs to be fairly quick.
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tell me a story
Dec. 27th, 2019 08:59 pmSo winter is passing and the hero and heroine amuse themselves by walking to, and in, the gallery of her father's castle. Which is the occasion of the telling of past tales.
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wars and rumors of war
Dec. 28th, 2018 04:01 pm Someone would have heard. . .
Fairy tales generally report the news when the main character stumbles on it: a hero can walk right up to a town before hearing that they have to sacrifice a maiden to the dragon every year, and this year the lot has fallen on the princess.
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Fairy tales generally report the news when the main character stumbles on it: a hero can walk right up to a town before hearing that they have to sacrifice a maiden to the dragon every year, and this year the lot has fallen on the princess.
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The heroine is about to learn the kingdom was at war. Yes, even in fairy tales, there are wars.
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