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Originally Posted by Laerten  For example:
I am stuck at a point in my book where a young couple are giving over care of their twin babies to a 'sorceress' for protection (they are being hunted by the baddies as they are going to fulfil a prophecy). I cannot seem to convey enough emotion for this scene and I was going to have the sorceress use magic so the parents 'forget' their distress but after I wrote it the scene just seemed flat for such an emotional moment. I deleted the magic!
Any help? I can't move on until I have sorted this out as I feel the amount of magic used (or not) in this scene will affect the rhythm for the rest of the book.  |
In this example I would not use the magic. Simply for the chance of survivall of the parents. They should know what they have sacrificed and why so that they keep on running/hiding/fighting against the baddies.
The amount of magic that is acceptable I think would be up to a point that it would still be believable for the reader and fits in your world. The reader shouldn't get something like: Why don't they just use magic here like they did before and their problems are solved. That can be difficult to do and therefore planning can also be an immportant part of writing.
What I did in one of the worlds I created with the magic was making it addictive and so dangerous for the user. It can be used safely but the stronger the spell used the stronger the addiction. To much of these spells and the sorceror would end up like a junk.