From: bobthrollop@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 6:48:12 PM UTC-8, A. Tina Hall wrote:   
   > On 23.12.18, Brian P.  wrote:   
   [...]   
   > My mind can't help comparing that to the characters I want to continue     
   > the story of, and it stands out how very human yours is. :) (Or how much     
   > mine are not, they'd not know what to do with any of that.)   
   >    
   > Not to get too distracted, it sounds like a good idea. Certainly draws     
   > an image in my mind. :)   
      
   Don't try to adapt my ideas too literally.  If you're writing a grand festival   
   sequence, ask yourself what your characters _expect_ a grand festival to be   
   like in the abstract, and then invent details to make it happen like that,   
   only better--or not.  (   
   Is it traditional to meet new relatives?  To hear grander music than is   
   available during the year?  Do parents think it's going to be good for the   
   children?  etc.)   
      
      
      
      
      
   >    
   > Planning in advance, how do you do that, do you make notes? Draw charts?     
   > Just imagine it in your head? Something else?   
      
   I'm the last person you should ask, since I've never done it successfully.  In   
   general, I plan by writing outlines, but I've never figured out how to follow   
   them once written.   
      
      
      
   > > [...] it's always driven me crazy the way that characters in   
   > > action movies can get dumped in a foreign country with no   
   > > preparation, and somehow never lack for a place to stay and money to   
   > > live on.  Now I'm going to be guilty of the same thing.   
   >    
   > Can't she have won the trip, or some mysterious source gifted it to her?   
   >    
   > Is there someone who wants her to go there, and thus arranged for it in     
   > the most inconspicious way you can think of?   
   >    
   > (Apart from you, I mean. :) )   
      
   Explaining it in the story is relatively easy.  But that's different than   
   justifying it as an author.  I'm sure there's a good expression for the two   
   concepts, but I can't think what it is; can anyone help me out?   
      
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