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I love typing random concepts into Google and seeing what images come up that I can use for a post.
I love typing random concepts into Google and seeing what images come up that I can use for a post.
This image came from someone's fiction at the link above.
Today I wanted to write a little about my working on CYBERSPELL, my cyberpunk sword and sorcery epic that I started literally thirty years ago this year after reading SNOW CRASH.
Not that I have worked on it non-stop or substantially since 1995.
In my return to working on it earlier this year, after a long hiatus with focus on other projects, I focused in on what I consider to be the main character, a warrior by the name of Thomar, taken from a D&D character created by a friend of mine.
In my return to working on it earlier this year, after a long hiatus with focus on other projects, I focused in on what I consider to be the main character, a warrior by the name of Thomar, taken from a D&D character created by a friend of mine.
As I started to work again, I considered JUST focusing on Thomar but eventually my original plan for multiple POV characters resurfaced. As I worked, variations to the original plan and the set of POV characters also changed.
And that's what I mean by the topic at hand: Adding things and making Things fit.
The first thing I added was a chapter double-zero (00 being a thing in D&D with dice) and an action-rich scene that I had already written about as something that happened, and I decided it was something I needed to show. This addition allowed me to pull a character I had created and make them a POV character, if only for that chapter, maybe not in frequent rotation.
Similarly, with another character that will venture off on her own in the dangerous wilderness, I wanted her to make a friend, which got me thinking of another POV character. However, I dislike creating POV characters just for a a plot point reason, and so I put thought into how this character would fit into the overall story unfolding in the world.
This is a line of thinking that generates more story ideas and more POV characters as I have other ideas burbling away on the stove.
The lesson here is not being too fixated on my thinking that I do not consider changing things up for what works best for the story. And if I add things, then they have to fit into the overall scheme, possibly in multiple ways.
Expressed another way: Use what you have.
At this point, I have ceased to care if this book is marketable or even original enough to attract attention in the market place.
At this point, I have ceased to care if this book is marketable or even original enough to attract attention in the market place.
I just want to finish it.
Another adage: just keep writing.
That's all for today.
Another adage: just keep writing.
That's all for today.
Thanks for tuning in.
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2511.19 - 10:10
- Days ago: MOM = 3793 days ago & DAD = 447 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
- Days ago: MOM = 3793 days ago & DAD = 447 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
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