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What I mean with the title is that I feel there's a ''need'' for a storyline. Not just random things happening to random people, but an ''actual'' storyline. And the subtitle of the thread suggests that this goes through the establishment of a solid background based on Oni's material. | What I mean with the title is that I feel there's a ''need'' for a storyline. Not just random things happening to random people, but an ''actual'' storyline. And the subtitle of the thread suggests that this goes through the establishment of a solid background based on Oni's material. | ||
So the thread is more about covering Oni's plot in much detail (dialogues and text consoles for the most part) with little or no speculation, and then attempt to resolve the inconsistencies and weak spots with a focus on overall consistence. That secondary phase is when it's very easy to be carried away with speculations | So the thread is more about covering Oni's plot in much detail (dialogues and text consoles for the most part) with little or no speculation, and then attempt to resolve the inconsistencies and weak spots with a focus on overall consistence. That secondary phase is when it's very easy to be carried away with speculations. However, I don't think it's a problem as long as : | ||
*the speculation is Oni- and self-consistent | *the speculation is Oni- and self-consistent | ||
*the reader keeps in mind that this is a secondary, subjective phase (there's Oni's raw material in all its imperfection, and there is a will to put it all together; both have to be distinguished). | *the reader keeps in mind that this is a secondary, subjective phase (there's Oni's raw material in all its imperfection, and there is a will to put it all together; both have to be distinguished). | ||
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This is not so. So I think it's about time I clear these things up a little bit, and here is where I'll try to do that. | This is not so. So I think it's about time I clear these things up a little bit, and here is where I'll try to do that. | ||
===Manifesto=== | ===Manifesto=== | ||
So ''how'' exactly do I write? Or what? Or why? That's a bit long to explain, but at least the ''how'' is clear : I write compulsively. | So ''how'' exactly do I write? Or what? Or why? That's a bit long to explain, but at least the ''how'' is clear : I write compulsively. | ||