Without magic Malachi’s daughter will die. He must escape from a Texas prison and rescue his senile mentor from a dragon before that dragon extracts the man’s secret to unravel and destroy all magic.
I think this needs more work along the lines of yesterday’s exercise, but I’ll table that for today’s different exercise. Not before saying that I’d still like to clean up all the character references via pronoun and I think it’s important I find a smooth way to do more than imply Malachi is a mage. I’m not even certain I’ve implied that here.
I can pretend that I have stated his mage-itity. And will. My next step is to get some scenes from the above. I’m tackling this like my one-minute drill: no time; no filter.
Malachi breaking out of jail
Malachi learning his daughter is ill
Malachi put into jail
Daughter becoming ill/poisoned/injured
Daughter and Malachi face to face in visiting room.
The clockwork spider appearing to Malachi in his cell
Malachi pleading with warden/lawyer
Malachi battling dragon
Mentor being abducted
Malachi gathering help to battle dragon
Finding out if dragon is metaphor or literal-ish
Daughter having complications
Dragon directly threatening daughter
Mentor divulging secret to unraveling magic
Escaped Malachi hounded by police
Malachi committing crime
Malachi being sentenced
Malachi chatting with lawyer
Mentor teaching Malachi
Dragon attacking police chasing Malachi
Malachi convincing police to help him battle dragon
Dragon beginning the process to unravel magic
Malachi discovering that unraveling magic will do more that threaten just his daughters life
Discovering why/how magic supports his daughters continued life
Dragon capturing mentor
Mentor in captivity
Malachi communicating with mentor somehow
Prisonyard brawl to characterize Malachi
I’ll not stretch that exercise too much further. I think I had a couple repeats in there and a few that aren’t scenes as much as they are situations.
Part of my trouble is that I never meant for this to be a prison break situation and now it is. I like that. I’m just not certain how to write it up with much credibility. I need to do research or find a plausible way to truncate the prison portion of the plot.
I’ve got time left on my so-called hour to flirt with number four.
Daughter becoming ill/poisoned/injured
At the start of yesterday this element wasn’t an element. Now it’s crucial. At that time I’d just considered her need for magic in the sense that she needs the existence of magic to be alive–like air. While that gives the story a mysterious larger world quality her mana-like dependence on magic doesn’t lend much immediacy to the story. However, I’d rather not have her injured and laid up in bed–at least not at first. If I put her in a bed then I need to create a intermediary to inform Malachi and that kneecaps the potance of the relationship. Maybe she has a magic injury he can sense.
Twenty-eight Scenes
I think this needs more work along the lines of yesterday’s exercise, but I’ll table that for today’s different exercise. Not before saying that I’d still like to clean up all the character references via pronoun and I think it’s important I find a smooth way to do more than imply Malachi is a mage. I’m not even certain I’ve implied that here.
I can pretend that I have stated his mage-itity. And will. My next step is to get some scenes from the above. I’m tackling this like my one-minute drill: no time; no filter.
I’ll not stretch that exercise too much further. I think I had a couple repeats in there and a few that aren’t scenes as much as they are situations.
Part of my trouble is that I never meant for this to be a prison break situation and now it is. I like that. I’m just not certain how to write it up with much credibility. I need to do research or find a plausible way to truncate the prison portion of the plot.
I’ve got time left on my so-called hour to flirt with number four.
At the start of yesterday this element wasn’t an element. Now it’s crucial. At that time I’d just considered her need for magic in the sense that she needs the existence of magic to be alive–like air. While that gives the story a mysterious larger world quality her mana-like dependence on magic doesn’t lend much immediacy to the story. However, I’d rather not have her injured and laid up in bed–at least not at first. If I put her in a bed then I need to create a intermediary to inform Malachi and that kneecaps the potance of the relationship. Maybe she has a magic injury he can sense.