Snippet Sunday

[mnfaure]

I feel like I had a pretty mediocre week. I have been brainstorming, but not very efficiently it would seem, about the religious beliefs of my island dwellers. I think they tend toward an animistic worldview, but I don't want to copy existing practices and ideas. There must be some overlap, of course, but I haven't found what makes the beliefs

Comments

[folklorelei]

What are your thoughts? Do you like to see/learn how magic works in fantasy stories?

It entirely depends on context for me. If it's necessary to the story or a deeper appreciation of the world or character, yes. If it doesn't move things along one way or another, I don't absolutely require it.

This is another of those "only the writer can decide" things, I think.

Which isn't a particularly helpful answer. :-)

[mnfaure]

*nods* Context is always Queen, isn't she?

[folklorelei]

Empress. :-)

[mnfaure]

Thanks for the input! It chuffs me to know when I can get some small thing right. :P

[asakiyume]

These two weeks I'm having scant opportunities to get online, but I wanted to say that I liked the snippet and that I love magic tied to concrete things (like feldspar)--or maybe it's just that I like concrete things.

Like folklorelei, I like learning things when it's integrated into the story--which it seems to be, in your case.

[mnfaure]

Have lots of fun at Sirens for me. :D

I like concrete, too. Helps my little brain wrap around big things. :P