#and I'm currently having a fever. So I'm even slower than usual. Grrrr.

[kafkaoftherubble]

I have mild dear emperor fatigue in the way that I wanna work on it but just not the main plot or the Mcs. Just two weeks ago I got a silly idea for an Odedan cookbook that has weird footnotes explaining things about the history regarding the colonies because they got lots of spices, foods and dishes from the colonies. Then there's also that performance art/installation piece I've been thinking about and like 2 other side stories. There's so much dear emperor in my noggin

Dude, worked on THEM TOO!!! World-building isn't a vice; it's a virtue.

I rather read a story with that many things plotted out, than one that thought all I needed to care about were main characters with some tropes slapped onto them and calling it a day. Oh yes, I'm still salty about some Fire Emblem titles. Who would have thunk I could be capable of holding grudges...

Here's something that might not be apparent at first glance: when you're fleshing out your world with even trivial things like their culture, food, art—you're actually fleshing out your characters and main plot too. In the real world, everything is interdependent. People are as much products of their background and society—as the larger world being influenced by them.

And that's really what your side ideas will do, even if not apparent right now. Your main characters have a history; it's why they are who they are too, however minute the influence might seem.

It's also possible that as you write side stories, you come to realize something new or cool about the main story! Maybe the sides change the main's trajectory. Maybe the sides are foils to the main theme. Iono, could be lotsa possibilities!

Last but not least, a world this rich would suck people in waaaaay more, don't you think? Hahahaha! Imagine all the meta essays your readers would write! Wouldn't it be an honor to have so many people writing analyses of your work?!

GET TO IT!!!

[these-detestable-hands]

Ok then! I have so so many ideas :3

I have mild dear emperor fatigue in the way that I wanna work on it but just not the main plot or the Mcs. Just two weeks ago I got a silly idea for an Odedan cookbook that has weird footnotes explaining things about the history regarding the colonies because they got lots of spices, foods and dishes from the colonies. Then there's also that performance art/installation piece I've been thinking about and like 2 other side stories. There's so much dear emperor in my noggin

Dude, worked on THEM TOO!!! World-building isn't a vice; it's a virtue.

I rather read a story with that many things plotted out, than one that thought all I needed to care about were main characters with some tropes slapped onto them and calling it a day. Oh yes, I'm still salty about some Fire Emblem titles. Who would have thunk I could be capable of holding grudges...

Here's something that might not be apparent at first glance: when you're fleshing out your world with even trivial things like their culture, food, art—you're actually fleshing out your characters and main plot too. In the real world, everything is interdependent. People are as much products of their background and society—as the larger world being influenced by them.

And that's really what your side ideas will do, even if not apparent right now. Your main characters have a history; it's why they are who they are too, however minute the influence might seem.

It's also possible that as you write side stories, you come to realize something new or cool about the main story! Maybe the sides change the main's trajectory. Maybe the sides are foils to the main theme. Iono, could be lotsa possibilities!

Last but not least, a world this rich would suck people in waaaaay more, don't you think? Hahahaha! Imagine all the meta essays your readers would write! Wouldn't it be an honor to have so many people writing analyses of your work?!

GET TO IT!!!