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Originally Posted by Thor_Doomhammer  Maybe I'm just being dense but.....who is "them" that the tower is detecting? |
Those born with the ardor. A long time ago the fear of magic carried no-magical folk to murder anyone who exhibited the tendancies associated with untrained magicians.
To Aes:
Aye, my main focus is the main character and his story. The ideas and general theme I put forth are those I created to explain to myself why he was in this certain predicament and how he would deal with it. That led me to an array of interesting peoples and cultures and religions. Now I have a big story to tell and I am more excited about this than any other idea so far, and that goes back sixteen years to when I first started trying to write stories.
To Lenny:
I haven't but I might after I write the story. One of the reasons I decided to post a vague skeleton of the idea was the worry that I might be hitting close to another book I hadn't come across yet.
But my main fear is how much is too much? I think, like the writer, it depends. J. K. Rowling had an abundance of magic in her books. George R. R. Martin has next to none. Jordan uses a lot, but I never liked his writing. Not because of an abundance of magic but because of the snail's pace.
When writing the prologue I made sure that to the viewpoint character the magic wasn't much different that booting up a computer or turning the key in the ignition to a car. It exists, is used, and the viewpoint character of the prologue knows how to use it. In chapter one, the viewpoint character is the main character and he only knows magicians from a commoner's point of view. He views them as the elite and terrifying, and his views are molded by his caregiver, though he doesn't know it yet.
But later, at the tower, the magic returns to matter-of-fact in its use in the story. The story isn't about magic, is what I'm getting at I guess. It is there and it defines the world that makes up the backround, but I just wanted to make sure I got that across clearly. But still, books with a lot of magic might not be everyone's cup of tea. So I just wanted to get a feel for what people expect, or don't expect.