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Old 18th July 2007, 04:55 PM   #66 (permalink)
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Re: On Creating Imaginary Worlds: Questions and Answers

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Originally Posted by Marvolo View Post
What Chrispenycate is saying in a long way (I believe anyway and if I'm wrong correct me) is that all this is neat, but it isn't a story.

The square planet isn't the story, but the characters on it.

Start with a character, then go to the square planet.

That is how I think anyway. My characters describe the setting for me. Why does he feel this? Because of that is why.

What does your characters think and feel which relates to them being born and living on a square planet?
"Mia always regretted that she never told her father how much she loved him. Then, one day, as so often happens, he tripped and fell off the edge of the square planet and was lost forever..." Damn you, physics!!!!
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