tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post1986280361520690360..comments2023-10-21T22:10:53.015-05:00Comments on Design Notes: Hellstrom Voyage: Chapter 3 now upChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-54653675911222608622008-02-23T21:26:00.000-05:002008-02-23T21:26:00.000-05:00I'm totally unsure if I'll be able to pull it off ...I'm totally unsure if I'll be able to pull it off but my idea is to try and tell the story without flashbacks, through dialogue, almost like a play, with a minimum of description.<BR/><BR/>I really hate narration-heavy books, so I'm trying it in what's probably a more difficult way lol.<BR/><BR/>I'm also trying to write a very action-oriented book. <BR/><BR/>A lot of books love to be about peopleChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-56910653580410839942008-02-23T18:24:00.000-05:002008-02-23T18:24:00.000-05:00Yeah that is a struggle... You have to give the ba...Yeah that is a struggle... You have to give the background, but if you dumped it all it gets slow.<BR/><BR/>I've seen a few writers tackle that with a multi-flow story. They jump from one character's perspective to another's... all while covertly telling the story.<BR/><BR/>An example might be for Lady Med (during one of her segments--perhaps even in chapter 2) to drift back to the brothel she Masadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00183079794037865291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-7701371671295346872008-02-23T17:14:00.000-05:002008-02-23T17:14:00.000-05:00Yeah, I've been sort of nibbling around the edges ...Yeah, I've been sort of nibbling around the edges of some info, rather than coming right out and saying it.<BR/><BR/>I am desperately trying to avoid the "information dump" that comes in the first chapter of a lot of fantasy novels.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-17770228167377962372008-02-23T17:07:00.000-05:002008-02-23T17:07:00.000-05:00Thanks for the tip on women being the only casters...Thanks for the tip on women being the only casters. That makes much more sense and will, of course, have radical impact on the dynamic and the whole world.<BR/><BR/>Chapter 3:<BR/>This chapter is totally devoted to the opening of combat between 2 other vessels and the Constant. We see the Captain barking orders and get our first feel for what is possible in this world. There is a mix of Masadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00183079794037865291noreply@blogger.com