Elizabeth Culmer (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
edenfalling) wrote2016-06-06 07:30 pm
edenfalling) wrote2016-06-06 07:30 pm
writing woes, yet again
With regard to my current mini-ficlet fluff fill:
The problem with writing Telemain is that I have to think up reasonable-sounding magical theory and then phrase it as impenetrably as possible.
This is, of course, also one of the two most fun things about writing Telemain. (The other is Morwen wrong-footing him by being practical.) Because magical theory requires worldbuilding, and worldbuilding is my favorite of all favorite things -- working out how a given thing fits into a given secondary world's rules, its logical implications, and the ways people would naturally use it for unintended purposes. :)
But right at the moment, I think I accidentally invented a magical basis for faux-neon advertising billboards, and I have to break it really quick because they weren't around during canon. *headdesk*
The problem with writing Telemain is that I have to think up reasonable-sounding magical theory and then phrase it as impenetrably as possible.
This is, of course, also one of the two most fun things about writing Telemain. (The other is Morwen wrong-footing him by being practical.) Because magical theory requires worldbuilding, and worldbuilding is my favorite of all favorite things -- working out how a given thing fits into a given secondary world's rules, its logical implications, and the ways people would naturally use it for unintended purposes. :)
But right at the moment, I think I accidentally invented a magical basis for faux-neon advertising billboards, and I have to break it really quick because they weren't around during canon. *headdesk*