I think, though, there are often layers to a world; the things that are in the "now" of the universe, and seem immutable, and the things that are in the history of said universe, when things were very different.
That, I don't have problem with. It comes more along the lines of 1)Mages have limits and can severly hurt themselves by trying to go too far. 2) Main character with no training can do things that no one has done in umpteen thousand years and never suffers repercussions for pushing themselves too far. (No I'm not thinking of Robert Jordan, why do you ask?) 3)A character dies. Quick, I need a way to alter time so that I can bring them back. (Again with Jordan) As an aside, Evayne does not fall in to category three, in my opinion, since she follows her own timeline. That's an interweave with its own rules.
The one complaints I get from people who have stopped reading are: 1. Nothing happens or 2. Too many @#$@%$! characters.
You have never had "nothing happen". To compare to Jordan (yet again), he has 1000 pages at a time where nothing is resolved and you get maybe 150 pages per group of people. Comparison: you had more happen in Sea of Sorrows with Valedan than Jordan did in Crown of Swords & Path of Daggers combined. (all characters/story arcs included) 300 pages versus 2000. Gee, who should have more happen plot wise?
So... I tend to listen to the inner muse
Is there any other way to do it? The reason I don't write much is I never like what I have done. It seems so fake. (Ask Zhaneel69 how nice I am with editing. I'm worse on myself.) When I read, I see what is happening like a play or movie. I just can't write fast enough to keep up and I lose five ideas for where it was going for every one that I manage to get out. Not very comforting, especially when I go back and think, "That wasn't what was in my head!" GRRR. That, and to me, everything that comes out feels like it is borrowing from the authors I really like (Tolkein, Friedman, Williams, West) which just leaves me feeling like a hack. Of course all the essays I wrote in school felt absurdly obvious too and one professor told me I didn't look at the world like anyone else so, what do I know about my own perspective? I'm kind of locked into it. Of course it looks obvious, I know the process that creates what is there. Oh well.
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Date: 2004-10-21 04:48 pm (UTC)That, I don't have problem with. It comes more along the lines of 1)Mages have limits and can severly hurt themselves by trying to go too far. 2) Main character with no training can do things that no one has done in umpteen thousand years and never suffers repercussions for pushing themselves too far. (No I'm not thinking of Robert Jordan, why do you ask?)
3)A character dies. Quick, I need a way to alter time so that I can bring them back. (Again with Jordan)
As an aside, Evayne does not fall in to category three, in my opinion, since she follows her own timeline. That's an interweave with its own rules.
The one complaints I get from people who have stopped reading are: 1. Nothing happens or 2. Too many @#$@%$! characters.
You have never had "nothing happen". To compare to Jordan (yet again), he has 1000 pages at a time where nothing is resolved and you get maybe 150 pages per group of people. Comparison: you had more happen in Sea of Sorrows with Valedan than Jordan did in Crown of Swords & Path of Daggers combined. (all characters/story arcs included) 300 pages versus 2000. Gee, who should have more happen plot wise?
So... I tend to listen to the inner muse
Is there any other way to do it? The reason I don't write much is I never like what I have done. It seems so fake. (Ask Zhaneel69 how nice I am with editing. I'm worse on myself.) When I read, I see what is happening like a play or movie. I just can't write fast enough to keep up and I lose five ideas for where it was going for every one that I manage to get out. Not very comforting, especially when I go back and think, "That wasn't what was in my head!" GRRR. That, and to me, everything that comes out feels like it is borrowing from the authors I really like (Tolkein, Friedman, Williams, West) which just leaves me feeling like a hack. Of course all the essays I wrote in school felt absurdly obvious too and one professor told me I didn't look at the world like anyone else so, what do I know about my own perspective? I'm kind of locked into it. Of course it looks obvious, I know the process that creates what is there. Oh well.