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Okay, question time again.
Jan. 29th, 2008 12:46 pmThis time I'm asking for your input because I have two options for WHY something happened and either one gives me fun things to do to the characters. I haven't been able to decide on my own which set of consequences I like better, so I'm letting you join in the fun. Too bad basic accounts can't do polls...
Option 1: Magic is an energy field radiating out from somewhere like light or gravity. Can be locally concentrated or dispersed, but only by things on the same scale as the area to be affected. (lenses or or clouds for example) Overall amount available is entirely dependent on things that affect the source, regardless of local conditions such as whether it is used.
Option 2: Magic is a free floating substance, capable of drifting on it's own. Would have strong concentrations near what ever processes generate it, gradually decreasing with distance as it disperses into the environment. Fairly easy to concentrate or move around, but can also be used up until more drifts in.
Option 3: Something else. I've got plot possibilities based on one or the other of these ideas, but I agree with most professional writers: ideas are easy. Chances are, any other explanation for why this event occurs would prompt me to think of the consequences in this situation, and they might turn out to be better than either of the sets I already have.
Option 4: It's your story, you figure it out, ya lazy bum! (not mutually exclusive with any of the other answers ;)
Edit: I have got to remember to view these things after posting them. That way I can catch things like the failed html tag and the duplicate "Option 4"s. Somehow I never notice these things in LJs spellchecker even though I always do when typing in other aplications.
Option 1: Magic is an energy field radiating out from somewhere like light or gravity. Can be locally concentrated or dispersed, but only by things on the same scale as the area to be affected. (lenses or or clouds for example) Overall amount available is entirely dependent on things that affect the source, regardless of local conditions such as whether it is used.
Option 2: Magic is a free floating substance, capable of drifting on it's own. Would have strong concentrations near what ever processes generate it, gradually decreasing with distance as it disperses into the environment. Fairly easy to concentrate or move around, but can also be used up until more drifts in.
Option 3: Something else. I've got plot possibilities based on one or the other of these ideas, but I agree with most professional writers: ideas are easy. Chances are, any other explanation for why this event occurs would prompt me to think of the consequences in this situation, and they might turn out to be better than either of the sets I already have.
Option 4: It's your story, you figure it out, ya lazy bum! (not mutually exclusive with any of the other answers ;)
Edit: I have got to remember to view these things after posting them. That way I can catch things like the failed html tag and the duplicate "Option 4"s. Somehow I never notice these things in LJs spellchecker even though I always do when typing in other aplications.
