Let's try that again

[rolanni]

What's up with I-Google, anyway? I had -- still have, actually -- the Japanese Fox theme, except I can't see most of it now. I dumped my cache and history, as suggested, but -- still no joy. *Is sad* The fox made me smile.

Because of various problems of voice and timing and stage-setting, I have scrapped my first bold foray into Ghost Ship, shedding whiskers, kittens and spaceships; and set the word count back to Zero. From Zero, then, we venture forward once more. Cautiously. And carrying a Big Stick.

Progress on Ghost Ship

1497 / 100000

Comments

Master-Level Storytellers

[(Anonymous)]

I believe the wonder, and the terror, of writing "speculative fiction" of the highest order really centers around the fact that story staging/setup in your imagination, where such thought experiments occur, can actually get much messier than in the mundane "real" world. Fortunately, relevant world clocks can feasibly be reset to zero when the need is great enough. I suspect the need to persevere and manage such situations adeptly is why so many lesser authors are constrained to less adventurous genres, especially non-fiction. That's why they, unlike you two, are not "Storytellers" in the most extensive connotations of that rare and wondrous title. Creation is surely the persistent application of your will to shape and order the threads of situations in which you place your oft rambunctious characters to tell this next tale.

Re: Master-Level Storytellers

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I think that all genres have their unique challenges; but the need to get it all straight in your head is something common to all writers.