CheertheSecond
The second coming of CheertheDead
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- Nov 15, 2022
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The Tyrannid campaign is fresh.
Despite being the MC of their story, they do not converse. They don’t explain much. They don’t need to be explained. They just act.
I love that whatever terror their action brought was shown through the gossips or broadcast of their victims.
I think this style can work wonder for monster story where the monster is the protag.
You don’t need to lay out a masterfully planned monologue to show that the monster is cunning. You just need to show the effect, showing how the monster avoided the trap, how their victim discussed they were outsmarted and in what way.
You don’t need to let them say a single word. Just use simple action so that the readers can easily guess the monster’s intention.
Of course, telling a story not from the protag’s perspective can be difficult. For example, the victims are not omniscience. They will have to guess the power of the monster and the terrifying nature of their doom through their perception. This leads to unreliable narrator tag which I know is not easy to pull off.
Also, this way of story teller can get repetitive quickly so it is ill-suited for long story.
Despite being the MC of their story, they do not converse. They don’t explain much. They don’t need to be explained. They just act.
I love that whatever terror their action brought was shown through the gossips or broadcast of their victims.
I think this style can work wonder for monster story where the monster is the protag.
You don’t need to lay out a masterfully planned monologue to show that the monster is cunning. You just need to show the effect, showing how the monster avoided the trap, how their victim discussed they were outsmarted and in what way.
You don’t need to let them say a single word. Just use simple action so that the readers can easily guess the monster’s intention.
Of course, telling a story not from the protag’s perspective can be difficult. For example, the victims are not omniscience. They will have to guess the power of the monster and the terrifying nature of their doom through their perception. This leads to unreliable narrator tag which I know is not easy to pull off.
Also, this way of story teller can get repetitive quickly so it is ill-suited for long story.
