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times passes
Jun. 26th, 2023 11:18 pmAs is its wont. . . but really, I'm very bad at indicating time passing. Especially several years.
I think I shall put in a seasonal reference in each one. Summer, fall, winter, spring, summer, fall, winter, spring will indicate something
Meanwhile, the hero goes off and does something. At least it shows his nicer side. But I suspect it will have to come up again.
I think I shall put in a seasonal reference in each one. Summer, fall, winter, spring, summer, fall, winter, spring will indicate something
Meanwhile, the hero goes off and does something. At least it shows his nicer side. But I suspect it will have to come up again.
frolicks and follies
Mar. 28th, 2022 09:18 pmI had a detail of world-building: clouds in this world often take on clear and recognizable shapes.
It's turning into a nuisance to remember. OTOH, I can easily fix the problem by slipping cloud shapes into the sky whenever I see I forgot.
I shall have to ponder whether to keep it.
It may be wise to have the hero and heroine buy food, they know they are in danger of being unable to buy, owing to magic.
But either I have to use the fact later, even if the heroine only frets that she can't stop and eat even if she collapses, or remove it. And either way, I have to parse this way down.
sigh
But either I have to use the fact later, even if the heroine only frets that she can't stop and eat even if she collapses, or remove it. And either way, I have to parse this way down.
sigh
'tis the season
Jan. 10th, 2021 12:31 pmPicked up a story again and had some people next to a marshy area and later walking through the woods.
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further flowery fluff
Jul. 23rd, 2020 11:10 pmWhen I have established that the heroine likes flowers and gardens. . .
When I send her through the forest where there are glades filled with wildflowers. . .
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When I send her through the forest where there are glades filled with wildflowers. . .
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weather wants to be windy
Apr. 8th, 2020 09:40 pmOpening scene of the story has to be a calm day. The heroine's brother particularly choose it to be a calm day as this is good for lessons on climbing up and down walls.
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adventures in the mundane
Mar. 28th, 2019 11:39 pmSuperheroine wakes up the first morning in her new home, a location especially designed for the superpowered.
Author ponders how far to compress it.
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Author ponders how far to compress it.
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Four RPG adventurers, all of whom have been around the block. A few times. And it's not a world where magical objects are sparse.
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A common trait in fairy tales: something happens three times. Cinderella goes to three balls, three brothers try to build the magic ship that sails through air as well as water, three sisters set out to seek their fortune and find a coach-and-six, a coach-and-four, and a great bear -- etc. etc.
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researching spring
Apr. 3rd, 2018 08:53 pmI think I'm going to dillydally on a story a bit.
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running off about the past
Oct. 8th, 2017 10:52 pmSo the characters have landed themselves at a lighthouse. And one of them, being fond of history, started to talk about its past.
Or rather one incident about its past. It involved pirates.
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Or rather one incident about its past. It involved pirates.
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I must go down to the sea again
Sep. 4th, 2017 10:09 pmActually, it may be a first time for some of the characters -- handy for explanations -- especially if it's the viewpoint character.
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I mentioned, in the first paragraphs, that there were unicorns and firebirds in the forest. Some local color to add clues about magic. Above and beyond the fact that the woods involved are always in dusk. . . you can't be too careful in cluing the readers in.
A unicorn has appeared. Twice. In plot significant ways.
I wonder if a firebird will as well.
A unicorn has appeared. Twice. In plot significant ways.
I wonder if a firebird will as well.
for the birds
Jul. 18th, 2016 10:33 pmPlugging along on the tale, trying to get our heroine educated, and what does the muse do? Why go off and put some filagree on the world, with more bird-maidens. . . .
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