Structuring
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bjornwilde Some notes for my Baba Brujas story.
So, I am fairly certain this is a short story sort of following a fairytale structure.
Rosa has answered the quest and has met two companions, Denise and the dog. A third may come, though it may not.
I also have another character to throw in who is sort of a wandering mad man. He's from an idea I have of a sort of Pulp Fiction Urban Fantasy, i.e. a series of short stories with threads between them to carry the reader along. Baba Brujas might fit within that structure but I do worry it is going to be too large for it.
I'm tempted to have the next stick Rosa picks up become her "magic sword" since things have been so mundane since her meeting with the witch, though introducing the mad man will bring some threads of magic back. Though the "magic sword" would be more overt and less easy to ignore. But why would some who is Hispanic find a sword? I should look into South American and Mexican folklore.myths for a more appropriate weapon. Maybe an Aztec or Incan mace? That feels good but I should still look it up.
Still not sure what the end will be, nor who the man the witch has sent Rosa after is like.
I do have some thoughts about Rosa's father. I think he suffers from depression and it is easier for him to treat it with drugs, which is how Rosa got exposed to it. Not sure about crack but heroin certainly fits that. I think he is depressed from losing his wife and son (Rosa's mother and brother) to a drive by shooting or something.
ETA: And I think the pimp/business man, who I really need to name, is an ogre.
In other news, work had ice cream and mocci!
So, I am fairly certain this is a short story sort of following a fairytale structure.
Rosa has answered the quest and has met two companions, Denise and the dog. A third may come, though it may not.
I also have another character to throw in who is sort of a wandering mad man. He's from an idea I have of a sort of Pulp Fiction Urban Fantasy, i.e. a series of short stories with threads between them to carry the reader along. Baba Brujas might fit within that structure but I do worry it is going to be too large for it.
I'm tempted to have the next stick Rosa picks up become her "magic sword" since things have been so mundane since her meeting with the witch, though introducing the mad man will bring some threads of magic back. Though the "magic sword" would be more overt and less easy to ignore. But why would some who is Hispanic find a sword? I should look into South American and Mexican folklore.myths for a more appropriate weapon. Maybe an Aztec or Incan mace? That feels good but I should still look it up.
Still not sure what the end will be, nor who the man the witch has sent Rosa after is like.
I do have some thoughts about Rosa's father. I think he suffers from depression and it is easier for him to treat it with drugs, which is how Rosa got exposed to it. Not sure about crack but heroin certainly fits that. I think he is depressed from losing his wife and son (Rosa's mother and brother) to a drive by shooting or something.
ETA: And I think the pimp/business man, who I really need to name, is an ogre.
In other news, work had ice cream and mocci!
