https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/ Writing Excuses Transcripts - Dreamwidth Studios Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:50:00 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios wetranscripts community https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/3928.html Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:50:00 GMT https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/3928.html Posted by: <span lj:user='mbarker.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=92151&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mbarker.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mbarker.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Writing Excuses Episode 14: Magic Systems and Their Rules <br /><a href="http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/05/12/writing-excuses-episode-14-magic-systems-and-their-rules/">http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/05/12/writing-excuses-episode-14-magic-systems-and-their-rules/</a><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/3928.html#cutid1">little points, all in a line . . .</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br />The quick-and-dirty summary? Magic without rules may be impressive and awesome, but you can't let your characters do much with it. Magic with rules, on the other hand, let's your characters be clever in applying the rules that you have nicely laid out for them to work through. So think about what you want your viewpoint characters to do - be dazzled by the background of magic or actually use it in resolving their problems?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wetranscripts&ditemid=3928" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/3928.html hard magic rules conflict soft magic magic systems I'll Think Of A Reason Later, Lee Ann Womack mischievous public ext_88293 0