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That stuff builds up the first section — the book seems to be arranging itself into a three-act structure, and I'm not fighting it. There is going to be a definite tonal shift at the end of act 1, but that's kind of the nature of three-act stories, right? So, "the whole work" is constantly shifting in tone, but I think — and truly hope — it's in ways that grow logically from what's gone before, and that won't confuse my readers. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 10. Chapter 1: Characters> Do we meet any significant primary or secondary characters in the first chapter of your WIP. Who are they?
Yes, the book opens with Jessie Nakamura being introduced in either the second or third paragraph. Then her mentor, Ángel Castillo, shows up maybe a page later. Those are two of the central 5 MCs.
Also, the very first paragraph "introduces" San Francisco, who is a critically important character. I'm not remotely joking about that.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 10. Chapter 1: Characters> Do we meet any significant primary or secondary characters in the first chapter of your WIP. Who are they?
Yes, the book opens with Jessie Nakamura being introduced in either the second or third paragraph. Then her mentor, Ángel Castillo, shows up maybe a page later. Those are two of the central 5 MCs.
Also, the very first paragraph "introduces" San Francisco, who is a critically important character. I'm not remotely joking about that.
Addendum: We also "meet" Jessie's mom, sort of; Jessie has a phone conversation with her. That counts, right? Anyway, she's a side character of middling importance, despite having fairly little "screen time".
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Addendum: We also "meet" Jessie's mom, sort of; Jessie has a phone conversation with her. That counts, right? Anyway, she's a side character of middling importance, despite having fairly little "screen time".
Holy crap, I completely forgot to post my #WritersCoffeeClub entry yesterday! 🤦🏻 I'll take care of that, and then today's. Ugh, I feel so stupid.
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Holy crap, I completely forgot to post my #WritersCoffeeClub entry yesterday! 🤦🏻 I'll take care of that, and then today's. Ugh, I feel so stupid.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11. The Main Cast> Introduce your main cast of characters with just a short line for each. For example, Sam is a test pilot who fears heights.
👩🏽 Jessie Nakamura is facing 30 and flailing to try to find her place in the world, when San Francisco shows her that magic is real.
🧑🏽 Ángel Castillo, Jessie's magical mentor, is a fashionable wizard who knows nearly everyone in San Francisco's magical world. 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11. The Main Cast> Introduce your main cast of characters with just a short line for each. For example, Sam is a test pilot who fears heights.
👩🏽 Jessie Nakamura is facing 30 and flailing to try to find her place in the world, when San Francisco shows her that magic is real.
🧑🏽 Ángel Castillo, Jessie's magical mentor, is a fashionable wizard who knows nearly everyone in San Francisco's magical world. 1/2
👩🏽 Their friend Margot Chu, a noir-loving martial artist, knows the City's tiniest alleys like a Hammett character.
👱🏻♂️ David Hartmann is newly arrived in the City, a programmer enjoying the hottest clubs — and guys — of the Castro as he learns magic from Margot.
🧔🏻 And Carlos Velázquez, the scholar who can research any mystery, dreams of being a more physical hero. 2/2
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👩🏽 Their friend Margot Chu, a noir-loving martial artist, knows the City's tiniest alleys like a Hammett character.
👱🏻♂️ David Hartmann is newly arrived in the City, a programmer enjoying the hottest clubs — and guys — of the Castro as he learns magic from Margot.
🧔🏻 And Carlos Velázquez, the scholar who can research any mystery, dreams of being a more physical hero. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 12. Main Plot> (Learn early, or unfolds gradually? Snippet?)
It unfolds gradually, as the MCs (and the readers) slowly learn more and more about the villains' plans.
One very quick plot snippet: when three MCs raid the Big Bad's lair in chapter 2, they expect to find a magical artifact he's created, one that they're sure would allow him to control the minds of the Board of Supervisors and probably the Mayor. 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 12. Main Plot> (Learn early, or unfolds gradually? Snippet?)
It unfolds gradually, as the MCs (and the readers) slowly learn more and more about the villains' plans.
One very quick plot snippet: when three MCs raid the Big Bad's lair in chapter 2, they expect to find a magical artifact he's created, one that they're sure would allow him to control the minds of the Board of Supervisors and probably the Mayor. 1/2
But they don't find that. It appears to be elsewhere. Instead, they *do* find a magical tome of great power, and so they have to try to figure out what he's planning with that. (As well as the aforementioned artifact, which they still have good reason to believe exists... but where?) 2/2
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But they don't find that. It appears to be elsewhere. Instead, they *do* find a magical tome of great power, and so they have to try to figure out what he's planning with that. (As well as the aforementioned artifact, which they still have good reason to believe exists... but where?) 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13. Story Inspiration> What inspired you to tell the story in your WIP.
Living in San Francisco, and loving city life and the way cities feel so alive, and poking my nose into all the magical, secret little places in San Francisco.
And seeing how much San Francisco is at a crossroads right now.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13. Story Inspiration> What inspired you to tell the story in your WIP.
Living in San Francisco, and loving city life and the way cities feel so alive, and poking my nose into all the magical, secret little places in San Francisco.
And seeing how much San Francisco is at a crossroads right now.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14. Setting> Where is your WIP set? Why did you choose this setting? Describe your world-building.
San Francisco, present day — except with the addition of people who can talk to the living City, and of magic that it can teach them.
I chose it because I lived there and loved it. The world-building was simply adding the magic system, and the society of people who can do it, and slipping all those things into the cracks so it blends in with our own world.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14. Setting> Where is your WIP set? Why did you choose this setting? Describe your world-building.
San Francisco, present day — except with the addition of people who can talk to the living City, and of magic that it can teach them.
I chose it because I lived there and loved it. The world-building was simply adding the magic system, and the society of people who can do it, and slipping all those things into the cracks so it blends in with our own world.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15. Antagonist> Does your WIP include an antagonist? If so, who is it? What's their relationship with the MC? Share a snippet.
My WIP includes 5 antagonists, whose relationships with the 5 MCs vary quite a bit. The 3 MCs who are established magicians all know the villains at least a little, having been introduced around the community when they awoke. The 2 "newbie" MCs might or might not get the usual intros to all of the villains, as... 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15. Antagonist> Does your WIP include an antagonist? If so, who is it? What's their relationship with the MC? Share a snippet.
My WIP includes 5 antagonists, whose relationships with the 5 MCs vary quite a bit. The 3 MCs who are established magicians all know the villains at least a little, having been introduced around the community when they awoke. The 2 "newbie" MCs might or might not get the usual intros to all of the villains, as... 1/2
...some of the villains are retreating from the community, becoming less accessible. But not all; at least one of the newbies, upon being introduced to a particular villain, will realize he's seen him perform before.
Furthermore, one of the villains was the mentor to one of the MCs. So that relationship is increasingly fraught as the book progresses. 2/2
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...some of the villains are retreating from the community, becoming less accessible. But not all; at least one of the newbies, upon being introduced to a particular villain, will realize he's seen him perform before.
Furthermore, one of the villains was the mentor to one of the MCs. So that relationship is increasingly fraught as the book progresses. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16. Theme> Is there an overriding theme to your WIP? What is it?
We all help shape the future, in every moment and every choice we make. It's up to all of us to make a better world. There aren't "good people" and "bad people"; there are people who *do good and bad things*.
Be the change you want to see in the world. Be a change for the better.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16. Theme> Is there an overriding theme to your WIP? What is it?
We all help shape the future, in every moment and every choice we make. It's up to all of us to make a better world. There aren't "good people" and "bad people"; there are people who *do good and bad things*.
Be the change you want to see in the world. Be a change for the better.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17. POV> Do we experience your WIP through a particular POV, or does the focus move? Who's POV do you mainly use?
It's a very multi-POV book. The POV is close 3rd-person past, and the focus of whose POV we're close to *mostly* goes chapter to chapter. (Later chapters may well switch on a more scene-to-scene basis instead, once the characters have been well-established.) The POVs are more MCs than anything else, but will also include SCs and villains.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17. POV> Do we experience your WIP through a particular POV, or does the focus move? Who's POV do you mainly use?
It's a very multi-POV book. The POV is close 3rd-person past, and the focus of whose POV we're close to *mostly* goes chapter to chapter. (Later chapters may well switch on a more scene-to-scene basis instead, once the characters have been well-established.) The POVs are more MCs than anything else, but will also include SCs and villains.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18. Main Characters Meet> Does your MC meet another significant character? Share a snippet.
I can't understand how the MC of a story could fail to meet any other significant characters, unless no other character is significant at all? I guess some stories are very, very focused on one person like that, but those aren't the stories I ever intend to tell.
My WIP starts with one MC, and she meets another MC within 2 pages.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18. Main Characters Meet> Does your MC meet another significant character? Share a snippet.
I can't understand how the MC of a story could fail to meet any other significant characters, unless no other character is significant at all? I guess some stories are very, very focused on one person like that, but those aren't the stories I ever intend to tell.
My WIP starts with one MC, and she meets another MC within 2 pages.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19. Plot Reveal> What's the first big plot point? With or without spoilers. Share a snippet if you can.
I think the first big plot point is the very first thing that happens in the book: San Francisco awakens Jessie Nakamura, turning her from a normal person into a city shaman who can hear the City's voice and do magic. This will happen in either the 2nd or the 3rd paragraph.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19. Plot Reveal> What's the first big plot point? With or without spoilers. Share a snippet if you can.
I think the first big plot point is the very first thing that happens in the book: San Francisco awakens Jessie Nakamura, turning her from a normal person into a city shaman who can hear the City's voice and do magic. This will happen in either the 2nd or the 3rd paragraph.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20. Halfway> Thinking about this WIP or past works, is it going well at the halfway point, or will you need to change tack or even drop the whole project? Has this ever happened to you?
I am nowhere near the halfway point, and I know it.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20. Halfway> Thinking about this WIP or past works, is it going well at the halfway point, or will you need to change tack or even drop the whole project? Has this ever happened to you?
I am nowhere near the halfway point, and I know it.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21. Tropes> What tropes are explored in your WIP? How do these apply to your characters?
You don't really "explore" a trope, do you? Tropes are storytelling tools; you *use* them.
Some TV Tropes names for ones I'm using: Ensemble Cast; Five-Man Band (and the ones it's composed of); The City (ofc!); Affably Evil; Badass Longcoat; Anyone Can Die; Family of Choice; Action Girl; Voice With an Internet Connection; Bi the Way; Happily Married; and Earn Your Happy Ending. 1/8
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21. Tropes> What tropes are explored in your WIP? How do these apply to your characters?
You don't really "explore" a trope, do you? Tropes are storytelling tools; you *use* them.
Some TV Tropes names for ones I'm using: Ensemble Cast; Five-Man Band (and the ones it's composed of); The City (ofc!); Affably Evil; Badass Longcoat; Anyone Can Die; Family of Choice; Action Girl; Voice With an Internet Connection; Bi the Way; Happily Married; and Earn Your Happy Ending. 1/8
For folks who aren't TV Tropers, here are my quick summaries of all of these...
Ensemble Cast: There isn't "just one MC and lots of secondary characters"; there are multiple MCs who are all important. Examples include The Seven Samurai (and its Western remake, The Magnificent Seven) and the TV shows Friends and How I Met Your Mother. 2/8
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For folks who aren't TV Tropers, here are my quick summaries of all of these...
Ensemble Cast: There isn't "just one MC and lots of secondary characters"; there are multiple MCs who are all important. Examples include The Seven Samurai (and its Western remake, The Magnificent Seven) and the TV shows Friends and How I Met Your Mother. 2/8
Five-Man Band: A particular structure for how a group of 5 heroes/MCs can be composed. The most obvious examples of it are in Japanese shows like Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, Thundercats, Voltron, and the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, but it also shows up in Babylon 5, Leverage, and the first couple of seasons of The A-Team when Amy was there.
In a Five-Man Band, the five members each fit a particular role which is *also* a named trope. (See next post...) 3/8
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Five-Man Band: A particular structure for how a group of 5 heroes/MCs can be composed. The most obvious examples of it are in Japanese shows like Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, Thundercats, Voltron, and the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, but it also shows up in Babylon 5, Leverage, and the first couple of seasons of The A-Team when Amy was there.
In a Five-Man Band, the five members each fit a particular role which is *also* a named trope. (See next post...) 3/8
The Leader (or the Hero): pretty self-explanatory
The Lancer: a deuteragonist to the Leader, who has attributes that complement and contrast with that hero
The Smart One: also self-explanatory
The Big One: mostly self-explanatory, but sometimes isn't that big on a literal level, but is very tough or good at combat
The Heart: someone who helps everyone get along, takes care of others, keeps the team on an even keel and emotionally/ethically focused on what's right and important 4/8
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la sapete la differenza che passa tra intercettazioni telefoniche e chat control nella testa dei politici!?
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