Eorling Mead Hall Planning/Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Ealasaide · 07-18-2007, 07:59 AM

My edited post will be back up sometime tomorrow. Unfortunately the only remaining copy is on my office computer and I am at home today.

littlemanpoet · 07-18-2007, 09:53 AM

One additional thing to keep in mind about working with the plot twists in other writers' posts is that "Time" is fluid. You need not be stuck in thinking that your character is in "suspended animation", as it were, for the duration of other people's posts. So your posts can cover the same plot time as all the previous posts for which it makes sense.

For example, Elempi is posting that Harreld is stomping down the hallway and then stops and then roars and charages. During that same time-period, Noggie can have Stigend do something completely independently, because Elempi has made no comment on Stigend's character.

If I'm saying something you already know and you're wondering why I'm bothering, just let it pass; if this helps, great.

littlemanpoet · 07-19-2007, 09:56 AM

Are people waiting for me to revise my post before continuing? I was waiting for Eala to re-post her post, after which I was going to revise mine and carry the Harreld bit into a new post. Just checking.

Another trick that we might find helpful: Other writers have their characters do surprising things, to which our first reaction may be, "But my character would have done such and such in the middle of that action! - - I need to ask that writer to revise accordingly." That's the obvious way to go, but there's a better way - a Tolkienian way.

The Tolkienian way went like so: Tollers would make up an Elvish word, then find himself asking the question, "well how did that word come to be?" Then he'd write a story about it.

So when something doesn't happen the way you expected, ask yourself, "Now, why didn't my character do such and such when that character did so and so?" Then use your imagination to see what kind of answer you come up with. You might surprise yourself that what results turns out to be better and more interesting than going with the original plan.

Nogrod · 07-19-2007, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Are people waiting for me to revise my post before continuing? I was waiting for Eala to re-post her post, after which I was going to revise mine and carry the Harreld bit into a new post. Just checking.

I have been waiting for you both...

But Eala said she would post today so it might be soon. Good to know you're going to revise your posts lmp as well so that I don't rush in when there still are possible changes...

Ealasaide · 07-19-2007, 04:52 PM

Sorry for the delay, everybody. I'll have my post back up there tonight. I was going to try to work on it today at work, but ended up having to work at work. (Oh, horrors!

)
I'm revising it a bit, but I'll definitely finish this evening.

***********************

Okay... the new version is up.
Folwren -- I hope you don't mind Thornden's taking what would be the equivalent of a hockey check to the chest. It was the only way I could think of to get ol' Ghem out of there.

Nogrod · 07-19-2007, 08:12 PM

lmp: could it be that the "madman" on Withold's throat is Harreld as you wrote?

I could write tomorrow how Stigend slips out and gets after Ulric then...

littlemanpoet · 07-20-2007, 03:08 AM

Sorry I was delayed in my revision. All set now. I seem to have settled the matter perhaps a bit too deftly. Let me know if you want me to change something in reference to your character.

littlemanpoet · 07-26-2007, 03:54 AM

Lhuna, in post # 835 you have Eodwine telling Ginna to go to Modtryth and the boys. Please have him aim her toward the kitchen.

Lhunardawen · 07-26-2007, 05:33 AM

Oh, sorry, I forgot about that. My post has been changed.

You and Nogrod should edit your posts after mine, too.

07-19-2007, 04:52 PM	#5
Ealasaide Shadow of Tyrn Gorthad Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Fencing Lyst Posts: 810	Sorry for the delay, everybody. I'll have my post back up there tonight. I was going to try to work on it today at work, but ended up having to work at work. (Oh, horrors! ) I'm revising it a bit, but I'll definitely finish this evening. ********************* Okay... the new version is up. Folwren** -- I hope you don't mind Thornden's taking what would be the equivalent of a hockey check to the chest. It was the only way I could think of to get ol' Ghem out of there. Last edited by Ealasaide; 07-19-2007 at 08:04 PM.

07-19-2007, 08:12 PM	#6
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	lmp: could it be that the "madman" on Withold's throat is Harreld as you wrote? I could write tomorrow how Stigend slips out and gets after Ulric then... __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

07-18-2007, 07:59 AM	#1
Ealasaide Shadow of Tyrn Gorthad Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Fencing Lyst Posts: 810	My edited post will be back up sometime tomorrow. Unfortunately the only remaining copy is on my office computer and I am at home today.

07-18-2007, 09:53 AM	#2
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	One additional thing to keep in mind about working with the plot twists in other writers' posts is that "Time" is fluid. You need not be stuck in thinking that your character is in "suspended animation", as it were, for the duration of other people's posts. So your posts can cover the same plot time as all the previous posts for which it makes sense. For example, Elempi is posting that Harreld is stomping down the hallway and then stops and then roars and charages. During that same time-period, Noggie can have Stigend do something completely independently, because Elempi has made no comment on Stigend's character. If I'm saying something you already know and you're wondering why I'm bothering, just let it pass; if this helps, great.

07-19-2007, 09:56 AM	#3
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Are people waiting for me to revise my post before continuing? I was waiting for Eala to re-post her post, after which I was going to revise mine and carry the Harreld bit into a new post. Just checking. Another trick that we might find helpful: Other writers have their characters do surprising things, to which our first reaction may be, "But my character would have done such and such in the middle of that action! - - I need to ask that writer to revise accordingly." That's the obvious way to go, but there's a better way - a Tolkienian way. The Tolkienian way went like so: Tollers would make up an Elvish word, then find himself asking the question, "well how did that word come to be?" Then he'd write a story about it. So when something doesn't happen the way you expected, ask yourself, "Now, why didn't my character do such and such when that character did so and so?" Then use your imagination to see what kind of answer you come up with. You might surprise yourself that what results turns out to be better and more interesting than going with the original plan.

07-20-2007, 03:08 AM	#7
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Sorry I was delayed in my revision. All set now. I seem to have settled the matter perhaps a bit too deftly. Let me know if you want me to change something in reference to your character.

07-26-2007, 03:54 AM	#8
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Lhuna, in post # 835 you have Eodwine telling Ginna to go to Modtryth and the boys. Please have him aim her toward the kitchen.

07-26-2007, 05:33 AM	#9
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Oh, sorry, I forgot about that. My post has been changed. You and Nogrod should edit your posts after mine, too.