Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! Very late today, because I worked Monday and Tuesday, which is most unusual. I am a dreamer, I dream vividly. This week, before both of the aforementioned workdays, I played in multiple dreamscapes, some more obviously linked than others. The dreams I awoke from on Monday were so …
Tag: Story ideas
Story Fragment #6: Tell you a Tale
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! It is story time once again. My series of old ideas rolls on. #1 here, #2 here, # 3 here, # 4 here and #5 here. These are scraps of writing I have mostly probably discarded as the basis for a larger story (one I will share I …
Story Fragments #5: The Salt Miner’s Tale
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! My series of old ideas rolls on. #1 here, #2 here. # 3 and #4 I will not link today, maybe later. You can find them here, easily enough. These are scraps of writing I have mostly probably discarded as the basis for a larger story (one I …
Story Fragments #3: The Long Night
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! It is official: this has now become a series! Of over used exclamation marks, probably. #1 here, #2 here. These are scraps of writing I have mostly probably discarded as the basis for a larger story (one I will share I still have hopes to use – will …
Story Fragments #2: I grew up rich
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! It is official: this has now become an occasional series! Of over used exclamation marks, probably. These are scraps of writing I have mostly probably discarded as the basis for a larger story (one I will share I still have hopes to use – will you guess which …
Why I Write Fantasy: Cosmology and History and Geology and Meterology and… as Inspirations. Knowledge is inspiring. Keep learning.
Time for another attempt by me to ramble on randomly about fantasy and see what falls out. No planning for this blog. I should be in bed already! If you don't have time, the title sums it up and you can stop here! (Added this line in last, haha!) When I consider characters, dilemmas, conflicts, …
Why I Write Fantasy: The Recurring Ideas That Won’t Let Go
I write fantasy stories because ideas for them keep popping into my head, almost always when I am in no position to write them down or record them. Life’s ironic like that. When I’m half-awake is a classic, that’s when ideas for dramatic situations come to me, cliffhangers without the set up that my still …
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Roderick T. Macdonald 