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omfg. never thought this day would come.
16 years ago
I have resolved a problem that has been holding me back for years in my writing.
I am a transformation author. I write what is commonly known as TF stories. They're typically short and don't have much in the way of a plot. I've been trying all this time to improve upon the TF story by adding a massive backstory and a whole lot of stuff post-TF sequence in my stories. I just didn't feel comfortable with leaving the reader (and my character, for that matter) hanging after the TF sequence.
Turns out, I'm doing it wrong. Not even J.K. Rowling wrote the complete life of Harry Potter. There's a much easier way to do this: by way of a "universe" concept. The best example I have is here, Brian Erik Coe's "The Visionary's Saga":
http://transform.to/~tsa-faq/TSA_FA.....html#Visionary
The Universe provides a sort of macro-wrapper for all the stories under its umbrella. It provides a framework, a world, and details about the world. What this does for the reader is give the story a larger context.
So now, after the transformation, I no longer have to include a massive backstory. This universe, this umbrella solves the life story problem, because it provides the reader with, well, not a complete idea, but a sense of what the character's life will be like post-TF. This, of course, assumes the reader is familiar with the universe. And it saves me the trouble of writing all that extra plot.
What makes this revelation even better is that I already have a universe going- I wrote it long ago, but haven't had much of use for it until now. Need to go back, edit it to include my newer concepts and for publication, and I'll have it up here.
This will make writing so much easier.
Never thought I'd see this day. I wonder if this is what it's like to be released from prison...
I am a transformation author. I write what is commonly known as TF stories. They're typically short and don't have much in the way of a plot. I've been trying all this time to improve upon the TF story by adding a massive backstory and a whole lot of stuff post-TF sequence in my stories. I just didn't feel comfortable with leaving the reader (and my character, for that matter) hanging after the TF sequence.
Turns out, I'm doing it wrong. Not even J.K. Rowling wrote the complete life of Harry Potter. There's a much easier way to do this: by way of a "universe" concept. The best example I have is here, Brian Erik Coe's "The Visionary's Saga":
http://transform.to/~tsa-faq/TSA_FA.....html#Visionary
The Universe provides a sort of macro-wrapper for all the stories under its umbrella. It provides a framework, a world, and details about the world. What this does for the reader is give the story a larger context.
So now, after the transformation, I no longer have to include a massive backstory. This universe, this umbrella solves the life story problem, because it provides the reader with, well, not a complete idea, but a sense of what the character's life will be like post-TF. This, of course, assumes the reader is familiar with the universe. And it saves me the trouble of writing all that extra plot.
What makes this revelation even better is that I already have a universe going- I wrote it long ago, but haven't had much of use for it until now. Need to go back, edit it to include my newer concepts and for publication, and I'll have it up here.
This will make writing so much easier.
Never thought I'd see this day. I wonder if this is what it's like to be released from prison...
