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Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry. I'm angry.
I'm trying to write a sci-fi fantasy...and it's very hard to worry about it being original, realistic, and good at the same time. I know it's a fantasy and fantasies don't need to be realistic, but this is not the kind that has magic or anything spiritual. It doesn't have to be completely realistic (since it is in another world), but I want it to be believable.
Anyway, I want it to be original, but the story really hasn't gone anywhere. Now, I think I may have to resort to the hero having some object that the enemy wants, so the hero tries to get away.
It would help get the plot started. It would work well. It'd be more believable than what I have now.
But is it so cliche that it shouldn't be used at all regardless of how original the rest of the plot and characters are? I don't know.
One of the reasons I am having trouble with this story is that I do not think in a linear way...at all. I think in layers. If I try to think linearly it ends up being a mess.
So, this story should end up multi-layered...but since it is a story it needs to be linear...which is going to be difficult for me.
Sorry. I'm angry.
I'm trying to write a sci-fi fantasy...and it's very hard to worry about it being original, realistic, and good at the same time. I know it's a fantasy and fantasies don't need to be realistic, but this is not the kind that has magic or anything spiritual. It doesn't have to be completely realistic (since it is in another world), but I want it to be believable.
Anyway, I want it to be original, but the story really hasn't gone anywhere. Now, I think I may have to resort to the hero having some object that the enemy wants, so the hero tries to get away.
It would help get the plot started. It would work well. It'd be more believable than what I have now.
But is it so cliche that it shouldn't be used at all regardless of how original the rest of the plot and characters are? I don't know.
One of the reasons I am having trouble with this story is that I do not think in a linear way...at all. I think in layers. If I try to think linearly it ends up being a mess.
So, this story should end up multi-layered...but since it is a story it needs to be linear...which is going to be difficult for me.
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