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Ever since the disappointment of the "How to create a monster" panel at Marscon, I've been chewing over my thoughts on the matter in the back of my brain.
The panel was a disappointment because the authors (all published) spent more time talking about various weird things they wrote about. It was interesting, but with the title of the panel, I was expecting to show up and get some pointers on how to create a believable, or at least effective, monster to entertain or challenge my audience. The creation aspect was really not addressed.
*grumble*
So, I'm going to offer some of my thoughts, and I welcome you to offer some of yours. If I can't get a satisfying discussion from professionals, I'm sure I can get a decent set of thoughts from my fellow readers on livejournal.
( Read more... )Whew... that's a longer post than I thought! I think I'll stop there for now.
The panel was a disappointment because the authors (all published) spent more time talking about various weird things they wrote about. It was interesting, but with the title of the panel, I was expecting to show up and get some pointers on how to create a believable, or at least effective, monster to entertain or challenge my audience. The creation aspect was really not addressed.
*grumble*
So, I'm going to offer some of my thoughts, and I welcome you to offer some of yours. If I can't get a satisfying discussion from professionals, I'm sure I can get a decent set of thoughts from my fellow readers on livejournal.
( Read more... )Whew... that's a longer post than I thought! I think I'll stop there for now.
