Case's Worklog
Today I had a couple of Eureka moments. I've been working on the arcs for 'Severed Empire' and 'Wolf & Wyrm' (projects I hope will see the light of day eventually) and not really feeling how they would tie together cleanly.
I had some one-shot subplots for both that would flesh out a couple of characters, and I was spending so much time thinking about what the life of one of the W&W villains was like that I started to empathize with him. He wasn't the character I expected to switch sides, but now I realize that he's the one that will be the hero, whether he likes it or not.
And I finally figured out why the Empire fell. I had other "epic" scale reasons, but they were too impersonal. The sort of thing that would be reported in the background of the story and that wasn't working for me. I didn't want the characters to change in reaction to the world. I wanted the world to change because of what happens to the characters. I think I've found it.
I had some one-shot subplots for both that would flesh out a couple of characters, and I was spending so much time thinking about what the life of one of the W&W villains was like that I started to empathize with him. He wasn't the character I expected to switch sides, but now I realize that he's the one that will be the hero, whether he likes it or not.
And I finally figured out why the Empire fell. I had other "epic" scale reasons, but they were too impersonal. The sort of thing that would be reported in the background of the story and that wasn't working for me. I didn't want the characters to change in reaction to the world. I wanted the world to change because of what happens to the characters. I think I've found it.
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I already know them. I see them taking part in the events I have planned. It's weird encountering them for the first time. Like seeing someone's life in reverse.
Spend part of the day doing an OS and application reinstall. Dog tried to eat a pincushion and had to go to the vet. Family crisis turned things head over heels. And then our country fell into the hands the party 60% of the voting population voted against.
Somehow I still feel like I'm just making excuses
It's supposed to give the low population rural areas a chance to have a say too, but it actually swings too much power away from the individual voters nationwide. We need some serious vote reform.