marycatelli: (East of the Sun)
So off goes the hero to ask a question of a far-off marvel.  Rather like going to fetch an ogre's feathers, or the devil's three golden hairs.  Along the way he meets three people with questions, who ask him to ask for them, too. . . .

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marycatelli: (A Birthday)
how to develop an idea. . .

The biggest question is often whether you should go haring off every wild idea that comes along.

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marycatelli: (A Birthday)
Not every time.  But often enough.  You throw in a concept as a throw-away, and it starts to sprout in the story.
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marycatelli: (Cat)
Was philosophically contemplating girls and boys and shapeshifters.  Swan maidens and dove maidens and pea-hen maidens are all, of course, girls.

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marycatelli: (A Birthday)
So off goes our heroine.  Into The Woods.

So the first time she sees a marvelous bird menaced, she throws a rock at the menace.  The second time, I think of what would be around, and decide that a branch would work better.

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marycatelli: (A Birthday)
The more abstract a piece of inspiration, the hard it is to bring down to a story level.

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marycatelli: (A Birthday)
Ah, the flower language.  All the more fun when you are inventing half your own flowers. . . .

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