Gryphos
Auror
So I just had one of those moments writing, what I've decided to dub an 'A-team moment', when a "plan comes together" (or an idea, more accurately).
Some context. In an early chapter of my WIP the main character is sleeping on the deck of his docked airship, but the ship's balloon is blocking his view of the stars, so he has a thought about how "the view of the heavens is worst when you're closest to them". At the time I just wrote that because I thought it sounded good, with no deeper meaning and no relevance to anything else in the story.
Fast forward a few chapters and MC is talking to a dude about how which is better view, "the sky from below, or the earth from above". The dude states confidently how the former is better, as metaphorically, the sky represents the amazing. what inspires people, and basically that if a person reached the 'sky', what would they have to look at other than the ordinary earth?
So I suddenly had a eureka moment, and promptly wrote the MC to repeat the thought he had on his airship. And voila, I'd gone from having a nice sounding but pointless piece of pseudo-philosophical musing, and unintentionally stumbled upon an opportunity to make it completely relevant! I love it when an idea comes together.
That was my A-team moment, but what kind of A-team moments have you had? When things just fall into place so perfectly.
Some context. In an early chapter of my WIP the main character is sleeping on the deck of his docked airship, but the ship's balloon is blocking his view of the stars, so he has a thought about how "the view of the heavens is worst when you're closest to them". At the time I just wrote that because I thought it sounded good, with no deeper meaning and no relevance to anything else in the story.
Fast forward a few chapters and MC is talking to a dude about how which is better view, "the sky from below, or the earth from above". The dude states confidently how the former is better, as metaphorically, the sky represents the amazing. what inspires people, and basically that if a person reached the 'sky', what would they have to look at other than the ordinary earth?
So I suddenly had a eureka moment, and promptly wrote the MC to repeat the thought he had on his airship. And voila, I'd gone from having a nice sounding but pointless piece of pseudo-philosophical musing, and unintentionally stumbled upon an opportunity to make it completely relevant! I love it when an idea comes together.
That was my A-team moment, but what kind of A-team moments have you had? When things just fall into place so perfectly.