At just over 2300 words, yesterday’s passage is actually the longest section in the entire story of Welcome to the Valleys. Some interesting things happen as the party finally reaches the edge of settled lands. Let’s unpack. Noticed Walter is right about the Seekers and politicians of Woodhall knowing he’s not going out to the…
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Unpacking Taking Stock
There aren’t that many section remaining in Welcome to the Valleys, and the descent into Woodhall Grove is allowing me to spend some time with each of the characters as they prepare for the final leg of this story. Let’s unpack. Michael’s doubts Michael was ready to soon retire before Walter showed up at his…
Unpacking Seekers Huddle
At the story reaches Woodhall I’m trying my hand at splitting the party up again. I’ve not been happy with the last few times I’ve attempted this, and may even cut those parts out of the final version of the story. This split, however, allows for a rather important revelation. Let’s unpack. Michael’s reticence I’ve…
Unpacking High Reception
I actually wanted to have the party descend into Woodhall Grove last week, but they had other ideas. Now that we’ve finally arrived, let’s unpack. Walter’s Apologies Walter has been feeling a great deal of stress about his sudden return to Valley politics. His outburst, however, embarrassed him greatly — which led him to apologize….
Unpacking High road to Woodhall
The characters decided they wanted to take their time on the Woodhall road this week, but not so much that it throws off my map for the rest of the story. Let’s unpack. The empty plateau The reason the plateau is empty was mentioned in last week’s unpacking, but what’s fascinating about it’s emptiness is…
Unpacking Under the mountain
It was a long passage yesterday. As a writing exercise, it was actually rather enjoyable for me to move the characters through both distance and time in such a compressed space. I tried to keep the proceedings engaging. I hope I succeeded. From a story standpoint, several important things happened in yesterday’s passage. Let’s unpack….
