From: A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org   
      
   On 25.12.18, Brian P.   wrote:   
   > On Saturday, December 22, 2018  A. Tina Hall wrote:   
   >> On 23.12.18, Brian P.  wrote:   
      
   > [...]   
   >> 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. [...]   
      
   Oh, I wasn't going to use that for my story, I just got distracted   
   comparing the two, and then didn't want to start rambling about my stuff   
   in your post. :)   
      
   I've already got the festival. :) I mentioned the details somewhere in   
   my rambling, too (in the other thread, where it belongs).   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   So you write outlines, and then start writing and just write what   
   happens, kind of?   
      
   Even if it doesn't work out as planned, I'm still curious, and would try   
   it if I can at all. :)   
      
   Maybe some frame to fill the 15 years with, with sections marked with   
   what could go in there, would take away from the scare it currently   
   produces.   
      
   >>> [...] 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?   
      
   Hm. For me, with anything I find doubtful, justification comes from   
   having a reason I can accept in the story. If I can't have that, I must   
   find some other way to resolve it, tweak things until I'm satisfied.   
      
   Like, why did X not warn Y? That would bug me, unless I find a really   
   good reason that makes sense for the characters. I'm very picky on such   
   things, characters doing stupid stuff for plot reasons is one of the   
   reasons why I gave up on published books. (I think I mentioned that   
   characters are far more important to me than story. I read/write (for)   
   the characters, the rest is just to show them.)   
      
   On the other hand, I sometimes seem to have just the right people   
   present to do the job, or be in a convenient place to do it, but it's   
   the other way round, those present do what they can to do it (whatever   
   the 'job' may be).   
      
   --   
   "They didn't want him as court jester. Perhaps you would just   
   keep him, and I'll get a room in the city."   
                             -- Sil about Karja, Magic Earth 7/6   
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