Plot inconstancies? I had a serious problem of style inconstancies with my novel (Dremette), and still do: one timeline is mythical-allegorical, another is adventure-character growth-philosophical. I've solved the prob in theory by turning the myth-allegory part into a story inside the story, one that a protagonist hears from her tutor. Also, I had a similar prob with another story, the Crystal Heart, where one chapter is like from a children's fairy tale and the rest has a mythic air- like a chapter of Narnia in the middle of the Silmarillion. Not as good, mind you. Without littlemanpoet and our group I wouldn't have noticed. Of course, sometimes such differences can be turned to an advantage, for instance displaying different character's points of view. Not so in my story, so I'll have to make changes.
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06-06-2002, 06:32 AM
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