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9 months ago
I have new characters to introduce to the normal canon world. But there is a specific encounter that's supposed to happen before they're introduced. I have been tempted to just say fuck it and skip the encounter altogether and just say it happened, but it's a major event. What do you think? Would you prefer for the actual event to be skipped, but talked about after the fact, or see said event in "real time"?
Anyway; Random thoughts aside. I'll post the most recent chapter of Aurora soon. That story is about 2/3rd through. My hopes are that I finish that story this year. And I have another short introduction to my newest D&D character to post that I am quite proud of. I used a style/medium I hadn't yet used to try to tell a story. I think it came out well.
Anyway; Random thoughts aside. I'll post the most recent chapter of Aurora soon. That story is about 2/3rd through. My hopes are that I finish that story this year. And I have another short introduction to my newest D&D character to post that I am quite proud of. I used a style/medium I hadn't yet used to try to tell a story. I think it came out well.
naikelea
~naikelea
What is holding back the specific encounter? Timing of other events? Load of other projects being worked on? I have similar situation with stories of my OCs - I'd like to keep timeline linear vs jumping back and forth but don't really want to wait on some of the later stories. The idea of talking about events that happened in the past is one way to cover it but could leave some confusion about why characters act/do what they do. That could be good though.
Electricfox777
~electricfox777
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I've for the most part been focusing on "Aurora" for the better part of two years (at least when I can get my muse to work with me) and haven't touched the normal canon in most of that time. The event in question needs a character to be introduced and have an interaction that causes things to change. But I've been having trouble coming up with the specific details of said interaction and have been debating just saying it has happened, and just moving on.
naikelea
~naikelea
I could see skipping it and jumping ahead to other parts of the story, then trying to use a "Remember when..." or similar mechanic later to explain things... but with new character introduction that could be difficult. It would require glossing over a lot of the new character info which could be problematic. Maybe go, as you mentioned, smaller scale/fewer details so you can move things along. Can always talk about it later in greater detail as a memory sequence, or told from different characters perspective.
Electricfox777
~electricfox777
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Yeah I think I'll go with a smaller scale intro. That way the intro is done, and nothing is skipped.
fc32
~fc32
Why rush things? If you have a specific writing project you want to get out there before you introduce them then stick to it. Don't let a new and shiny feeling derail your planned progress.
Electricfox777
~electricfox777
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Maybe I should just go for a smaller scale thing. Same event, but not as detailed. Just try to get it out there.
fc32
~fc32
That's a good compromise. And if you want later on you can revisit that as kind of a different perspective of the same events to bring more detail or highlight significance to specific parts of the event.
Electricfox777
~electricfox777
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Yar.
