Camaraderie

Confession: This was supposed to be the title of yesterday's post, but I got so off-topic, I decide to save it.

Reading:

• Someplace to be Flying, by Charles de Lint

Writing:

• Untitled Dark Fantasy Project

Revising:

• "Cora and the Sea"

One element that always attracts me in film and literature is the idea of camaraderie. I would define that as the relationship between a group of people who share both friendship and a common purpose. Friendship between two people is rewarding; friendship among six is even more so.

I think back to successful television shows like Friends, in which the entire dynamic of the show was the relationship among six characters who were, well, friends. But that's what's so unusual... they weren't competing with each other, not really. They were helping each other. And if they occasionally ran into conflict with each other, that was the exception, not the rule, and only served to drive the dynamic further.

There's a feeling of acceptance about group membership. It's the feeling of being a small part of something greater, of being an integral part of it. And that's what I would like the reader to experience in Dairhenien's Library. Dairhenien has his journeymates. So does Nicodemius, although some are now gone. It's what Lilith doesn't have and envies, until she finds the library herself, and then discovers that she's part of a fellowship far greater than any other. It's what the Fairy has with her mercenary cronies, whom I should write much more like Star Wars smugglers than evil bandits. Only the bad guys are alone. And that's the point, isn't it?

Publication Status:

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