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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisKarter" data-source="post: 7969027" data-attributes="member: 7023103"><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]121222[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: right"><em><span style="font-size: 12px">by, Chris Karter</span></em></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">The content in this area will be updated frequently.</span></p><p>[SPOILER="WRITER NOTES"]</p><p><strong>Setting:</strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">The story takes place in The Witcher Universe, eight years after the events of BLOOD AND WINE. The story is meant to exist and be canon with both books and games, as much as possible. </span></p><p></p><p><strong>Written so that it's canon to both books and games:</strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">I view the events in the books and especially the games (as told by Dandelion), like all writing and historical documentation, subjective to a degree. View my story the same way. These is a tale told by a writer and it's your choice to decide what's fact and fiction.</span></p><p></p><p><strong>How can you stay true to the books and the games?</strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">By staying in between the lines. Did Regis come back from the dead or was that an element Dandelion added in his tale to add drama? That's for the reader to decide and for the most part you can trust that my story won't make these decisions a <strong>fact</strong> inside it's world. Character's <strong>opinions</strong> of events are vastly different matters. I think that's the best way to blend the books and games together, and remove anything that was a bit too, "boss fight" or "never ever land". <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /></span></p><p></p><p><strong>Well that's not a very book-like format...</strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">It's currently written in "Hollywood" screenplay format, albeit far too descriptive, too dialogue heavy, and format limitations, but I might try to implement some more traditional book elements later on. Started to center the dialogue, but in sentences longer than one line it looked like trash in my opinion.</span></p><p></p><p><strong>An immersive witcher experience...</strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Don't underestimate how embedded the witcher universe is. If you truly are a witcher universe historian, I like to think you'll appreciate the accuracy and a lot of the references. Give it time to emerge. Only thing else I can really say is trust the process. The story evolves. Starts slow but there was a ton of thought put into the setting, timeline, story arc, etc. </span></p><p></p><p><strong>When will it be finished?</strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Should be able to finish it this year barring internet issues. I expect there will be multiple chapters and series to the story before it's closed. Currently have to use a mobile hot-spot off the phone to get access to the internet. Impossible, for me personally, to do this from a phone.</span></p><p></p><p><strong>WARNING:</strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">There are writers out performing on the "death march" difficult level when it comes to writing quality, novel-like content, and being up to par with professional writing - I am not that writer - I'm on story mode. I like to think of it as movie mode. It paints a visual and accelerates you through the story like a movie, but doesn't dismiss the necessary details to tell a pretty cool tale in the process.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Any helpful hints, tips, and suggestions are appreciated.</span></p><p>[/SPOILER]</p><p><strong><u><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">TABLE OF CONTENTS</span></u></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/kingslayer-the-witcher-tales.671614/#post-7969038" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">EPILOGUE</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/kingslayer-the-witcher-tales.671614/#post-7969040" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">CHAPTER 1: THE INDOLENT WITCHER</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/kingslayer-the-witcher-tales.671614/#post-7969135" target="_blank">CHAPTER 2: FOOD FOR THOUGHT</a></span></p><p><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/kingslayer-the-witcher-tales.671614/#post-7969181" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">CHAPTER 3: ART OF PERSISTENCE</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/kingslayer-the-witcher-tales.671614/#post-7969787" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">CHAPTER 4: A WITCHER'S SQUIRE</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">CHAPTER 5:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">CHAPTER 6:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">CHAPTER 7:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">CHAPTER 8:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">CHAPTER 9:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">CHAPTER 10:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">CHAPTER 11:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">CHAPTER 12:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">CHAPTER 13:</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChrisKarter, post: 7969027, member: 7023103"] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="Kingslayer Heading.png"]121222[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [RIGHT][I][SIZE=3]by, Chris Karter[/SIZE][/I][/RIGHT] [SIZE=1]The content in this area will be updated frequently.[/SIZE] [SPOILER="WRITER NOTES"] [B]Setting:[/B] [SIZE=3]The story takes place in The Witcher Universe, eight years after the events of BLOOD AND WINE. The story is meant to exist and be canon with both books and games, as much as possible. [/SIZE] [B]Written so that it's canon to both books and games:[/B] [SIZE=3]I view the events in the books and especially the games (as told by Dandelion), like all writing and historical documentation, subjective to a degree. View my story the same way. These is a tale told by a writer and it's your choice to decide what's fact and fiction.[/SIZE] [B]How can you stay true to the books and the games?[/B] [SIZE=3]By staying in between the lines. Did Regis come back from the dead or was that an element Dandelion added in his tale to add drama? That's for the reader to decide and for the most part you can trust that my story won't make these decisions a [B]fact[/B] inside it's world. Character's [B]opinions[/B] of events are vastly different matters. I think that's the best way to blend the books and games together, and remove anything that was a bit too, "boss fight" or "never ever land". o_O[/SIZE] [B]Well that's not a very book-like format...[/B] [SIZE=3]It's currently written in "Hollywood" screenplay format, albeit far too descriptive, too dialogue heavy, and format limitations, but I might try to implement some more traditional book elements later on. Started to center the dialogue, but in sentences longer than one line it looked like trash in my opinion.[/SIZE] [B]An immersive witcher experience...[/B] [SIZE=3]Don't underestimate how embedded the witcher universe is. If you truly are a witcher universe historian, I like to think you'll appreciate the accuracy and a lot of the references. Give it time to emerge. Only thing else I can really say is trust the process. The story evolves. Starts slow but there was a ton of thought put into the setting, timeline, story arc, etc. [/SIZE] [B]When will it be finished?[/B] [SIZE=3]Should be able to finish it this year barring internet issues. I expect there will be multiple chapters and series to the story before it's closed. Currently have to use a mobile hot-spot off the phone to get access to the internet. Impossible, for me personally, to do this from a phone.[/SIZE] [B]WARNING:[/B] [SIZE=3]There are writers out performing on the "death march" difficult level when it comes to writing quality, novel-like content, and being up to par with professional writing - I am not that writer - I'm on story mode. I like to think of it as movie mode. It paints a visual and accelerates you through the story like a movie, but doesn't dismiss the necessary details to tell a pretty cool tale in the process. Any helpful hints, tips, and suggestions are appreciated.[/SIZE] [/SPOILER] [B][U][FONT=times new roman]TABLE OF CONTENTS[/FONT][/U][/B] [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/kingslayer-the-witcher-tales.671614/#post-7969038'][FONT=times new roman]EPILOGUE[/FONT][/URL] [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/kingslayer-the-witcher-tales.671614/#post-7969040'][FONT=times new roman]CHAPTER 1: THE INDOLENT WITCHER[/FONT][/URL] [FONT=times new roman][URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/kingslayer-the-witcher-tales.671614/#post-7969135']CHAPTER 2: FOOD FOR THOUGHT[/URL][/FONT] [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/kingslayer-the-witcher-tales.671614/#post-7969181'][FONT=times new roman]CHAPTER 3: ART OF PERSISTENCE[/FONT][/URL] [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/kingslayer-the-witcher-tales.671614/#post-7969787'][FONT=times new roman]CHAPTER 4: A WITCHER'S SQUIRE[/FONT][/URL] [FONT=times new roman]CHAPTER 5: CHAPTER 6: CHAPTER 7: CHAPTER 8: CHAPTER 9: CHAPTER 10: CHAPTER 11: CHAPTER 12: CHAPTER 13:[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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