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ghastley |
Jul 18 2016, 04:56 PM
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I think what I'll do is start Kothet here with that one episode I linked to and then put it on hold until Clark is done. Then I'm committed, and might continue. And mALX can read it here, and not need the link. Since Kurdan is going to build a Stronghold over at Haven, I won't compete/contrast/contradict with that, so maybe I need to tell them about Munchkin. Or Cat-man Dhou? - he's one of my few characters that lets me show screenshots of his story. (This one has a few problems with thinking of himself in third person, but he is taking lessons from Tsarina.) This post has been edited by ghastley: Jul 18 2016, 05:09 PM
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mALX |
Jul 18 2016, 05:28 PM
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QUOTE(ghastley @ Jul 18 2016, 11:56 AM) I think what I'll do is start Kothet here with that one episode I linked to and then put it on hold until Clark is done. Then I'm committed, and might continue. And mALX can read it here, and not need the link. Since Kurdan is going to build a Stronghold over at Haven, I won't compete/contrast/contradict with that, so maybe I need to tell them about Munchkin. Or Cat-man Dhou? - he's one of my few characters that lets me show screenshots of his story. (This one has a few problems with thinking of himself in third person, but he is taking lessons from Tsarina.) He may be taking lessons from Malan if he talks about himself in 3rd person,
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ghastley |
Jul 26 2016, 07:47 PM
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I've hit a block with Kothet. After twenty chapters, he's finally in a position to discover/decide his housecarl's name, but I can't decide how that happens.
Does he get to choose a name for her? Prizna got hers from the CoC when he rescued her, but that's now set the precedent for female Dremora to have their own names. But do they all get one? or do they still have to earn the right? Kothet doesn't know, and she hasn't told him what's being going on in the Deadlands since he was effectively exiled by the gates closing. Only that Dagon approved of Prizna's actions, as he likes anything getting broken, and that includes rules.
And I'm having problems picking one myself. Xandra is my character that's doing the inverse of Kothet's story, building the tower and getting a male housecarl (with no known name), so that's one possibility. But "Prizna" was a meaningful name for her situation, and I'd rather do that again, if I can find one.
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Grits |
Jul 26 2016, 10:50 PM
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If you need a reason why some female dremora would have names already and some need to be given one, perhaps their caste system doesn’t allow names for dremora who are beneath the Churl rank? Just an idea. In ESO Jerric knows some named female dremora from Coldharbour, and Darnand has met one who serves Hermaeus Mora. Their names are on this UESP page: link. When I named the dremora from the Sanguine Rose (Krethuzet) I looked up Egyptian names for inspiration, since some of them sound Kyn-ish to me.
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ghastley |
Aug 9 2016, 09:26 PM
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QUOTE(Grits @ Jul 26 2016, 05:50 PM) When I named the dremora from the Sanguine Rose (Krethuzet) I looked up Egyptian names for inspiration, since some of them sound Kyn-ish to me.
I found a lot of female Egyptian names ending in -titi that seemed to suit her, somehow. But she might end up as Zahra (meaning flower) if I don't use that for an Orc first.
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ghastley |
Oct 12 2016, 09:33 PM
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As long as you make it clear that the POV has been changed, I don't see a problem. Especially as a single-viewpoint narrative has no easy way to show what the narrator doesn't know...
So starting off with "What (narrator) doesn't know, but I do, is that ..." would work fine. Or anything like that.
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Acadian |
Oct 12 2016, 09:49 PM
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I agree. When you do change perspective, I'd urge following a couple wise SubRosa rules: - Make it crystal clear whose perspective the scene is in. - Make the results worth the significant change in perspective. - Don't bounce around among perspectives - stick with one for at least a full scene. I am rather welded to a fairly strict first person view as you know. I have actually grown to enjoy the 'mystery' created by the fact that the reader doesn't know anything more than the primary character knows. It is a different way of providing suspense and mystery that I have grown to rather like. Overall though, it is your story and it sounds like you think a PoV change is important to get your objectives across - so I'd say do it. Just try to follow the guidelines above and, more importantly, have fun!
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Darkness Eternal |
Oct 14 2016, 10:24 PM
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QUOTE(ghastley @ Oct 12 2016, 09:33 PM) As long as you make it clear that the POV has been changed, I don't see a problem. Especially as a single-viewpoint narrative has no easy way to show what the narrator doesn't know...
So starting off with "What (narrator) doesn't know, but I do, is that ..." would work fine. Or anything like that.
Right. I'll take that into consideration. The issue of course was just changing point of view from the middle of the story when it was being narrated by a single character. This works well, too. Thanks Ghastly. QUOTE(Acadian @ Oct 12 2016, 09:49 PM) I agree. When you do change perspective, I'd urge following a couple wise SubRosa rules: - Make it crystal clear whose perspective the scene is in. - Make the results worth the significant change in perspective. - Don't bounce around among perspectives - stick with one for at least a full scene. I am rather welded to a fairly strict first person view as you know. I have actually grown to enjoy the 'mystery' created by the fact that the reader doesn't know anything more than the primary character knows. It is a different way of providing suspense and mystery that I have grown to rather like. Overall though, it is your story and it sounds like you think a PoV change is important to get your objectives across - so I'd say do it. Just try to follow the guidelines above and, more importantly, have fun! Hmm. The three I know of. You know you make a fine point there. I suppose I'll have to be creative if I am to stick with the first person in that particular chapter. Thanks Acadian. QUOTE(mALX @ Oct 12 2016, 10:47 PM)
I followed Sage SubRosa's advice too, and do agree with her = think it is best in separate chapters; but if you have to do it in the same chapter put a heading in bold to give the reader the heads up; and don't change POV back and forth in one chapter; if you change it once in the chapter, then end that chapter with the change and don't change back till the next chapter. (and once again, give the bolded heading to let the reader know whose POV they are hearing from now).
I wasn't considering using two points of views in one chapter. Only one. The story has always been through Vera's point of view. Its her seeing the world. To change it to some random character would seem out of place. I was just curious on it hehe. But thanks again for the advice. I'll see what I can cook up with this. Thanks mALX.
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Uleni Athram |
Oct 25 2016, 01:05 PM
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Old mentors and veteran ones! This young firebrand doth haveth a question! When posting chapters, how many is that perfect balance between quantity and quality? I'm starting to think that 3k words per chapter is just a long butt read for the audience and I was thinking on cutting it up to 1.5k per post. But then I thought 1.5k would be too short and I'm currently losing my mind right now and what's that pink elephant doing on the ceiling?
Anyway, what's just enough word count per chapter to keep people seated and reading?
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ghastley |
Oct 25 2016, 02:07 PM
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QUOTE(Uleni Athram @ Oct 25 2016, 08:05 AM) ... and what's that pink elephant doing on the ceiling?
I believe it was known as the Watusi. Or at least that's what my pink elephants did. Hippos are more into classical ballet. I do about the 1500 weekly thing, too. My actual measure is three screen-fulls in Wordpad, but that depends on window size, so it's a totally inaccurate estimate. It just seems to work, though. Do NOT post 200,000 words once a year, or like mirocu, five words every ten seconds.
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Acadian |
Oct 25 2016, 03:11 PM
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QUOTE(hazmick @ Oct 25 2016, 05:35 AM) I had the same problem a while ago, and (with help from Acadian and Grits) settled on 1000 to 1500 words per chapter for 1 chapter a week. If you post more frequently then you'll want less words, and vice versa.
Well said and I agree entirely. Forum fiction posting is its own unique style and, over time, I've come to believe that much over 1500 words per episode invites skimming and reduces the impact of all your hard work. You don't have to 'finish' each episode by bringing something to a conclusion - that is why we write continuing stories and often include an 'In our previous episode...' summary to warm readers up at the beginning of our next update. Speaking of next updates, once a week allows enough time for your readers to easily fit it in their schedule but is frequent enough to stay current. Good luck Uleni and have fun!
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Uleni Athram |
Oct 25 2016, 08:53 PM
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Thank you, Danke, ありがとうございます
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