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where are the others?
Aug. 22nd, 2023 11:37 pmWas settling characters into their places, because they stop wandering for the next part.
Realized that I need to introduce other characters. There are four knights at this post, plus of course servants, but there are more in force when the clash comes.
I think I will merely have them say, as two youngsters leave with the wizard, that more knights will arrive to make this a proper post, because the others are not important character. Proper disemphasis.
Realized that I need to introduce other characters. There are four knights at this post, plus of course servants, but there are more in force when the clash comes.
I think I will merely have them say, as two youngsters leave with the wizard, that more knights will arrive to make this a proper post, because the others are not important character. Proper disemphasis.
on powers, good and evil
Aug. 12th, 2023 01:29 pmSo, for plot contrivance reasons, there are not good powers and evil powers, beyond the obvious things like "animating the bodies of the dead" or poisoning people, which are intrinsically evil.
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knights errant
Aug. 9th, 2023 11:01 pmRumors are flying. One is that there is a knight errant, wandering about, doing good deeds.
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legacy of leaping
Jul. 21st, 2023 11:30 pmThere's a superpower -- well, a magical prowess (I may change that term) -- where a knight can pass from one place to another without going through the intervening distance. They call it leaping. Sometimes they can take other people, and things as well.
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ah metaphors
Mar. 31st, 2023 10:13 pmOnce a writer was skipping along in her work, describing a bear as cinnamon colored. . .
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they all meet at an inn
Jan. 14th, 2023 11:58 pmRevising a story. A number of characters meet at an inn. At different times, for different consequences.
Not to go on an adventure killing dragons, though. . . .
Not to go on an adventure killing dragons, though. . . .
meetings and greetings
Dec. 10th, 2022 11:51 pmThe muse has started a lot of characters. The fun side is -- there is only the most minimal connection between them.
As if, they are all in the same set of countries.
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As if, they are all in the same set of countries.
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stops on the way
Nov. 26th, 2022 11:47 pmThe heroine is off traveling. I have her impulsively stop somewhere she did not reasonably think would help her on her quest. (Frustration might play some part, since she doesn't have much hope of any place helping her.)
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on her way
Nov. 8th, 2022 10:54 pmOn her way, the heroine finds the city having a festival.
Except, whoops, I hadn't detailed what she had been looking for in the city.
She's not going to amble aimlessly, especially since she arrives during the preparations and half-hopes she can get something done before it.
Seek out the university, perhaps. And its library. That was why she stopped, after all.
Except, whoops, I hadn't detailed what she had been looking for in the city.
She's not going to amble aimlessly, especially since she arrives during the preparations and half-hopes she can get something done before it.
Seek out the university, perhaps. And its library. That was why she stopped, after all.
taking the train
Oct. 23rd, 2022 08:39 pmThey have to take the train. Somewhere. At some point.
Because I have to establish that there is such a thing in their world. Just to keep it look like a classic high-fantasy world. It's probably going to be a magical, clock-punk train though.
I don't think there's a telegram, they use magic for that.
Because I have to establish that there is such a thing in their world. Just to keep it look like a classic high-fantasy world. It's probably going to be a magical, clock-punk train though.
I don't think there's a telegram, they use magic for that.
next stop on the quest
Mar. 31st, 2022 11:21 pmThe heroine is on a quest.
Go to I Know Not Where, Bring Back I Know Not What --
Which is technically true. She wants something to solve a problem, but she doesn't know exactly what. Those are fun to organize.
Fortunately, though she is not in a fairy tale and doesn't get a mysterious figure to advise her, she had a clue from the start, and followed it to where she has another. It introduces a complication.
Go to I Know Not Where, Bring Back I Know Not What --
Which is technically true. She wants something to solve a problem, but she doesn't know exactly what. Those are fun to organize.
Fortunately, though she is not in a fairy tale and doesn't get a mysterious figure to advise her, she had a clue from the start, and followed it to where she has another. It introduces a complication.
running around
Feb. 4th, 2022 11:27 pmThe princess has to go gallivanting off by herself some time.
So I remember to have her talk about walking and even going into the mountains.
Except that I have her casually mention bringing along a man servant to help at need. And she has to gallivant alone.
Ah, trade-offs. There have to be political realities in this world, thus mitigating the fairy tale setting. She might run away to become a scullery maid, at need, and might even succeed in getting away, but she wouldn't be able to announce that she was off to seek her fortune.
So I remember to have her talk about walking and even going into the mountains.
Except that I have her casually mention bringing along a man servant to help at need. And she has to gallivant alone.
Ah, trade-offs. There have to be political realities in this world, thus mitigating the fairy tale setting. She might run away to become a scullery maid, at need, and might even succeed in getting away, but she wouldn't be able to announce that she was off to seek her fortune.
the rest of the quest
Jan. 8th, 2022 10:19 pmThe thing about a princess going off with her army to find the prince who visited when she was sleeping. . . .
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a matter of timing
Nov. 10th, 2021 11:59 pmWhen you have two stories running in parallel and two events connect them --
Those two have to happen in the same order.
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Those two have to happen in the same order.
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sailing all day
Sep. 28th, 2021 11:29 pmAh, decisions.
Should the heroine sail all day, and then the next day see other ships?
This, of course, is breezed over in a paragraph. Still, it may be wise to indicate that she's going to be traveling for a long time on the voyage.
Should the heroine sail all day, and then the next day see other ships?
This, of course, is breezed over in a paragraph. Still, it may be wise to indicate that she's going to be traveling for a long time on the voyage.
