Here's what I came up with from yesterday's elements ...
Two estranged sisters - one a sorceress, the other a thief - meet when the latter breaks into the former's workshop to sabotage an engine of war in the form of a massive obsidian crow … but which is hero and which is villain?
I think I'm just going to post my logline from here on out, unless all the elements don't show up in the logline. What I am finding out, rather quickly, is that I'm getting a side benefit of practice with character descriptions in the first two hundred words. You see, when I do describe characters (and I don't always), I do it almost right away. It's a big peeve of mine when authors describe characters several pages after their introduction. By that time, I've already formed my own mental picture. So I try to give a few key details right away. I might add more later on, but the kind of thing you immediately notice about the character, you promptly see on the page.
Quotes, musings, tidbits and news from speculative fiction author Lindsey Duncan - click over to This Site for her website.
About Me
- Lindsey Duncan
- I'm a professional harp performer, chef / pastry chef, and speculative fiction writer from Cincinnati, Ohio. My contemporary fantasy novel Flow is available from Double Dragon Publishing, and my science fiction novel Scylla and Charybdis is now out from Grimbold Books. I've also sold a number of short stories and a few pieces of speculative poetry. I write predominantly fantasy, usually epic and/or humorous, with some soft science fiction. I play the traditional lever harp with a specialty in Celtic music - but I also perform modern and Renaissance tunes. And yes, you read that right - I have a diploma in Baking and Pastry and an Associates in Culinary Arts and am currently working in the catering field at Kate's Catering and Personal Chef Services (Dayton, KY). I am a CPC (Certified Pastry Culinarian) and CSW (Certified Specialist of Wine).
1 comment:
I form my own metal picture as well by the end of the first chapter. When it turns out the MC looks different than I pictured, I feel like I need to go back and re read the whole thing!
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