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dielectricity in writers_guild

The Queen of the Dawn Part I

Mar 01, 2013 02:08

Hello:

I just posted Part I of a new original fic called The Queen of the Dawn.
It's a scary fairy tale inspired by Arthurian legends and other medieval European folklore, the poem "Tithonus" (1859) by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, as well as the ancient greek myth about the goddess of the dawn, Eos, and her mortal lover Prince Tithonus of Troy, and my ( Read more... )

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arcee8 March 1 2013, 07:39:19 UTC

I'm curious--before I make a comment, I wonder, is this story is meant to read like a fairytale (ie. expositional)?

dielectricity March 1 2013, 08:11:35 UTC

Well Part I is expositional, but the story does get going quite quickly. :)

arcee8 March 1 2013, 08:33:58 UTC

I suppose I'd have to see the second part in order to offer you any feedback, especially if you plan to offer a more narrative style in it compared to the expositional style here. If your entire story is written as mainly exposition, I'd have to admit that it would be rather tedious to read.

dielectricity March 1 2013, 11:04:00 UTC

I hear you. The conventions of the idiom dictated part I a bit. Though I did want it to have that feverish 19th cent Keats-Shelley-Coleridge feel. Yeah, the tale gets more narrative, closer and familiar as it progresses. The challenge for me was to maintain the 'fairytale' quality while creating a dynamic story. I'll be posting part II tonight. ;) Cheers.