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magic here and there
Nov. 21st, 2025 11:59 pmSo plugging along on the story, and three characters manifest interests in new magic, which, I abruptly realize, are going to have to have significance.
And indeed some other characters need an interest or they will seem flat. Maybe I can give two of them the same interest.
And indeed some other characters need an interest or they will seem flat. Maybe I can give two of them the same interest.
that terrible toad
Sep. 27th, 2025 10:32 pmA minor comment in the outline, how the heroine got the attention of the wizards.
But it wasn't detailed enough.
( Read more... )
But it wasn't detailed enough.
( Read more... )
ah, descriptions
Apr. 29th, 2025 10:49 pmWhile stymied on one work, I went to work on another. And realized I hadn't described the characters.
Lucky me. The opening scene is when the viewpoint character remembers her life in another world. Nothing is more natural than her looking at her own reflection and at the members of her family and trying to remember whether her family looked like that. Her real family. If it was real. . . .
At least the descriptions are in.
Lucky me. The opening scene is when the viewpoint character remembers her life in another world. Nothing is more natural than her looking at her own reflection and at the members of her family and trying to remember whether her family looked like that. Her real family. If it was real. . . .
At least the descriptions are in.
What In The Woods
Apr. 25th, 2025 03:25 pmThe heroine has gone into the woods. Several other scholars are with her.
I know that they will threatened by monsters of shadow. Probably lions. I know that her woodcraft will be vital -- you can tell you really reached the top of a hill when you see the sky ahead of you.
Nothing else is clear.
Furthermore, this will lead into an eruption, where the villain, having been foiled at every turn by our heroine, goes all out to make her play.
Nothing about that is clear, either.
sigh
I know that they will threatened by monsters of shadow. Probably lions. I know that her woodcraft will be vital -- you can tell you really reached the top of a hill when you see the sky ahead of you.
Nothing else is clear.
Furthermore, this will lead into an eruption, where the villain, having been foiled at every turn by our heroine, goes all out to make her play.
Nothing about that is clear, either.
sigh
juggling two stories
Mar. 7th, 2025 11:58 pmOh you plot bunnies!
Two very different stories about a character who finds herself in another world. The means by which they are moved differ, the situations they find themselves in differ, their powersets differ, and the reasons they have powers differ. Their enemies differ, and so does the conflict.
This probably means they should have different reactions to arrival, perhaps all the more in that they do not glide over it as a machine that the readers will simply accept as not relevant to the plot. (It is relevant in both cases, though -- the reasons differ.)
Both are going to have metaphysical questions, though. No matter how different I make them.
(And I don't even know if either one is a full story yet.)
Two very different stories about a character who finds herself in another world. The means by which they are moved differ, the situations they find themselves in differ, their powersets differ, and the reasons they have powers differ. Their enemies differ, and so does the conflict.
This probably means they should have different reactions to arrival, perhaps all the more in that they do not glide over it as a machine that the readers will simply accept as not relevant to the plot. (It is relevant in both cases, though -- the reasons differ.)
Both are going to have metaphysical questions, though. No matter how different I make them.
(And I don't even know if either one is a full story yet.)
big, little, big, little
Feb. 14th, 2025 10:52 pmWas plugging along on a story.
Knew there was a character, a servant, who knew about a cursed prince. Needed him as a plot device to keep the prince alive, and also he gave me a way to keep the prince busy. Made him a big solid guy, a huntsman.
So writing along on the outline and realized that I had to name this servant. I dug up a name, decided it looked good, and if it's a diminutive, it's ironic he has it.
Put it down on the character list. Character started to wonder whether he could be a lean and wiry huntsman instead.
Ah, the game of names.
Knew there was a character, a servant, who knew about a cursed prince. Needed him as a plot device to keep the prince alive, and also he gave me a way to keep the prince busy. Made him a big solid guy, a huntsman.
So writing along on the outline and realized that I had to name this servant. I dug up a name, decided it looked good, and if it's a diminutive, it's ironic he has it.
Put it down on the character list. Character started to wonder whether he could be a lean and wiry huntsman instead.
Ah, the game of names.
