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Old 04-13-2006, 08:52 AM   #1
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Idea's anyone?

I've had this prologue written for a couple of years now but everytime I go to write the story the idea I had just doesn't seem to work.

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The power of magic is one thing these days that we don’t stop to consider. If it were real or not, or what magic is all about.

Is it the type magicians use to perform tricks? Or is it something in tales of old that died away never to be seen again. Maybe even we consider something magic as we don’t have a scientifically proven explanation.

Something for you to think about is what you think magic is, whether it be real or not, whether this world once was inhabited with magical creatures but somehow they’ve all gone.

This story is about a Girl on a lifetime adventure to find out what the greatest magic of all time is.

My Original idea was an abandoned girl getting a letter from her father who wants to set things straight with her and along the way she learns things like the value of friendship ect. But it's just not working for me anymore...

Any help would be appreciated as I really do like this Prologue
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Old 04-13-2006, 11:41 AM   #2
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Interesting prologue. It seemed to me like a start for an essay, so I'd go off with action. I'd start her going into some sort of fight with the main nemisis here. So close to death, that she sees a flashback of what she had become. Then, tell the story. How she got there, what happend. That way you can go in third person and narrorate the story in your head. Then, when you catch up to the main time, you can end it with a climatic fight and call it good. Hope that helps. I like the prologue as well and I think you have a nice start. Keep it up and PM me if you need help.
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Old 04-14-2006, 12:17 AM   #3
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I think you should have her not beleive in magic, but have some odd things happen while enroute to her father. Maybe have a book that she inherited from her grandmother on her fathers side, and it was suppose to go to him. So, she decides to take a trip to find him to return it, but decides to read it along the way, and then finds out that...hmmm. Maybe there is something to this magic stuff.

Just my opinion.
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Old 04-14-2006, 08:51 PM   #4
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Ya, i agree with blackhawk. you should have her start out not believing in magic, and then throw in several series of unusual "magic" events that lead up to her eventual discovery of what magic really is. keep in mind though, she would probably be in denial of it for a while, before she actually began to believe it was real, so you'll have to have more than on thing happen to her. but prologue sounds good-keep up the good work.
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Old 04-16-2006, 01:31 PM   #5
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This is probaly too obvious and not very intreasting, but Love could be the magic. I am not personalya big love story fan, but it was the first thing i though of when i read it.
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