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Building the Stage: Nuravol and Soravol

February 22nd, 2008

All right, we’ve got Vilhelm the Nuravol, Olwen the Vesna, and Nathanael the Soravol. We know that the Nuravol and the Soravol are rival tribes with ancient history in common, and we know that each has a “mirror” tribe on a higher plane — the Hild and the Vesna. We also know that Nathanael was raised as a Nuravol, and that he is gone. Vilhelm and Olwen are looking for him. (more…)

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What Good is Prewriting?

November 4th, 2006

Last week’s discussion of character touched on something that I think I should deal with more fully before I move on. Developing a character’s backstory is just one aspect of prewriting, which is essentially “what you do before you write the story.” (more…)

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