Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi → The Colorless Dragon Thread
Sat down at my computer to do some writing this morning and ended up doing nearly two hours of research on the setting. It's all Amy's fault for cracking down on my descriptions. 
Lucky for me, though, there's a forest nearby that's pretty darn close to what I've been picturing. I'll have to make a road trip here soon (when it gets a bit warmer, that is).
-Elisheva
Great inspiration!
FYI, consider starting a Pinterest board covered with photos that inspire you. Whenever possible, give credit and list who published or took the photo.
Hmm... A good suggestion. Now I'll have to figure out how to work Pinterest...
-Elisheva
Media is best when started early. Since you are collecting the pics anyway, it isn't as much work.
It's all Amy's fault for cracking down on my descriptions.
Good! That means Amy is off our backs!
Great inspiration!
FYI, consider starting a Pinterest board covered with photos that inspire you. Whenever possible, give credit and list who published or took the photo.
No!!!!! Dammit. Don't get a pininterest board thingy!!! You're supposed to be the Amy decoy! 
I have a dilemma.
I want to add a chapter between the hatching and the Dragons' first encounter with Humans. In this chapter, Noi and Dea escape from the caverns. I was thinking of having them be chased by some sort of cave-dwelling creature until they happen upon an exit. (A treacherous exit, but an exit nonetheless) The problem is, I have no idea what kind of creature (mythological or real) would be big enough to threaten a hatchling, yet still live underground. Any ideas? The hatchlings are about the size of a German Shepherd in this chapter.
Or, if anyone has other ideas as to how they get out of the caverns (other than walking out, cause that's just too simple. ), I'm open to those too.
-Elisheva
Dry cave or wet? Croc, gator, bear? Tiger, puma? Your dragons can fight together (see Thatch Weave) to beat the whatever.
Wet and the only exit results in a cliff.
If there's only a drop-off outside, what keeps the water level up? Why doesn't it drain right away.
Anyhow, a big constrictor snake would do the job.
Good point. I think a big snake will do just fine. 
Thanks!
-Elisheva
Or something like a weasel, that can duck back in its tunnel and come around behind the pair of dragons.
Might have to be a big weasel, and weasels might know better than to attack two at once. See Thatch Weave.
Wouldn't keep it from grabbing a leg and trying to drag it back into the den. That would protect the den from the other dragon…it has to get past the sister's leg in order to make an attack. Not everything is dangerous, but to an infant, the attack could be deadly. It locks the sibling in place and keeps him/her from water. That would be enough to kill an infant dragon.
Besides, as I remember, these caves were desolate and didn't have a lot of support for a successful ecosystem. What does the snake eat when it isn't trying to swallow a dragon? If it is a water snake, then there should be fish, small rodents, etc. Otherwise, it wouldn't be hunting in this cave. Yet the twins haven't found a single meal.
The hungry snake follows a scent amplified by the closed space of the cave,
Hmm... All very good points. The predator doesn't necessarily have to be bigger if it's clever enough. Thanks, Amy & NJC!
-Elisheva
Eeeeek! I've been prodded! I'm still working through the kinks, but I'm hoping to have it up soon.
-Elisheva
Eeeeek! I've been prodded! I'm still working through the kinks, but I'm hoping to have it up soon.
-Elisheva
Please, take your time!!!!
And yes, it's because I'm nice! Not because I'm hoping to keep the target off my back for a bit longer. Thanks Elisheva, taking one for the team and keeping the K occupied! 
I don't think I have any choice but to take my time. I've been distracted for a couple days so my writing has suffered a bit. Not to mention, I keep wanting to write future scenes instead. Of the next three chapters (which are basically the same scene from three PoV's), only two have about 1000 words while the third is lagging behind with only 300. Action scenes are hard...
I think it's about time to get myself a bottle of wine and blast some music for a few hours.
-Elisheva
Third movement of Mahler's Ninth, followed by all of his Eighth ("Symphony of a Thousand"). Dudamel's monster performance of the latter, over 1,400 singers and instrumentalists, is on YouTube in two parts.
Mahler's Ninth is a meditation on his approaching death. The third movement (=rondo, burlesque=) gives me the impression of a man holding a drinking party on his way to the gallows. It is great for clearing your head.
The Eighth, unlike =anything= Mahler ever wrote, is a massive affirmation of the human spirit, and something more. Music may never sound the same again.
As long as my experience can be summed up in words, I write no music about it. My need to express myself musically, symphonically, begins where the dark feelings hold sway, at the door which leads to the other world, the world where things are no longer separated by time and space.
Gah! I was so close to getting it all figured out and then I realized that I had to rearrange things because there were too many coincidences. Then I also had the sudden urge to re-do the intro for the next chapter... *sigh* I guess I'll be on the cattle prod list for a while longer...
-Elisheva
Gah! I was so close to getting it all figured out and then I realized that I had to rearrange things because there were too many coincidences. Then I also had the sudden urge to re-do the intro for the next chapter... *sigh* I guess I'll be on the cattle prod list for a while longer...
-Elisheva
pst, the prodder deletes his posts within 72 hours ... I think we're safe!
Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi → The Colorless Dragon Thread
