So, controversial opinion time: Kingdom Hearts has SUCKED since its first entry. Sucked doo-doo. Whoa! I know, I know. Bold words, Cotton. But I think they’ll bear out under scrutiny. Now, I’m not talking about gameplay, though… yikes… some of the entries really don’t hold up in that department either, I’m talking about the plot. …
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Outlining Again: Snowflake Method, Pt. 5.4 – All About Nemo
The Dream Master Name: Nemo Mackay Age: 30 in Dream years, but 45 by human reckoning, Nemo ages at half speed in Slumberland. Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York Current Location: Slumberland Nationality: American/Slumberlundan Education: High School Sophomore / Tutored by courtiers, advisers, and servants of the Kingdom of Slumberland on everything from courtly manner, …
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Outlining Again: Snowflake Method, Pt. 5.3 – All About Elayne
Knightess of Nowhere Name: Elayne (no last name) Age: Elayne appears to be in her late twenties but in truth she died long ago. She is undead now and effectively immortal but does not know exactly how old she really is. Place of Birth: It’s strange… for some reason, Elayne has no idea where she …
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Outlining Again: Snowflake Method, Pt. 5.2 – All About Ziegander
Name: Ziegander (no last name) Age: 43 eons. No, really. Death doesn’t come easily to one chained directly to The Spider’s web. Place of Birth: We called it Earthsong back then… I think it went by a different name there for a while… … …We were good… I’ll never know what set him off… See, …
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Outlining Again: Snowflake Method, Pt. 5.1 – All About Len
My Novel’s Main Squeeze Name: Len (no last name) Age: Len was 23 when she was married and still looks that age. She is undead and effectively immortal and honestly doesn’t know how old she is anymore. Place of Birth: Does it matter anymore? It’s gone. Fine. Lothersburg. Father Lother had been travelling a long …
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Snowflake Method: Round 4, Pt. 2 – Paragraphical Paranthetical Parabolic Peregrin Falcons!
I don’t know what we’re yelling about. In round four of the Snowflake outlining method, I’m to expand every sentence of my one-paragraph (make that two paragraph) novel summary into a paragraph of its own. By my count that was 10 separate paragraphs. In part 1 of this round, I wrote six paragraphs, which means …
Snowflake Method: Round 4, Pt. 1 – Paragraphs on Paragraphs
Or how we dig into the meat and potatoes. So in this round, I’m supposed to take EVERY sentence in the one-paragraph summary of the novel’s plot and write a new paragraph for EACH of them. And I wrote a two-paragraph summary in the first place. So I’ve got something like 10 new paragraphs to …
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Snowflake Method: Round Three, Pt. 4
The Shopkeeper’s Wife only has four main characters (but a ton of side and minor characters), and so after this bio write-up, I can move onto the 4th actual stage of the Snowflake outlining method which is… (looks it up)… yikes. I’m supposed to take the one-paragraph summary of my novel and expand every sentence …
Snowflake Method: Round Three, Part Three
For our third main character, we focus on Nemo, Prince of Slumberland! Maybe you remember, but, well, likely not, but there was a very anime-esque, almost studio-Ghibli-esque animated movie released back in the early 90s (in fact, Hayao Miyazaki passed on directing it due to a lack of artistic freedom) called Little Nemo Adventures in …
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Snowflake Method: Round Three – Part Two
This one’s for Ziegander! My twitter handle. My online handle all across the web for many years. Ziegander was a character in a “fantasy epic” I started writing when I was like 16. It wasn’t good. It revolved around swords imbued with *absolute* elemental powers over, you guessed it, Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water. And …
The Waybetween 