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hey Bruce! Byron again. i remember sending you a message about goblins and orcs and telling their differences. I've fully confirmed that the orcs are going to be the size of humans or slightly taller,and goblins are going to be smaller than humans.
the group that i thought up for them was "The Orc And Goblin Swarms." in the story, they are a group of several clans of either orcs, goblins, or both.
my original was the Orc and Goblin Federation, but i switched it around because the word "federation" might make some people think of star trek.
i was buzzing myself on why they would be waging a war against the empire of Welterr, which is where my story takes place.
what do you think would be a reason for them to be in conflict?
please let me know!
Byron Lee
the group that i thought up for them was "The Orc And Goblin Swarms." in the story, they are a group of several clans of either orcs, goblins, or both.
my original was the Orc and Goblin Federation, but i switched it around because the word "federation" might make some people think of star trek.
i was buzzing myself on why they would be waging a war against the empire of Welterr, which is where my story takes place.
what do you think would be a reason for them to be in conflict?
please let me know!
Byron Lee
Reply by Bruce Coville
Hi, Byron -
Clearly you are thinking long and hard about this story, and working on many levels, trying hard to make it fresh and not cliched. GOOD FOR YOU!
Reason for conflict? Well, that will be the very root of the story, won't it? It could have to do with a kind of racial prejudice. Or some long ago injustice. (Look at many conflicts in the world today and you'll find that people are still fighting about things that happened a hundred years or more in the past.) Or perhaps some deep and painful, but at the root innocent - misunderstanding from some time ago.
Lots of possibilities! Keep thinking and writing, Byron. I know you have a passion for this.
BC
Clearly you are thinking long and hard about this story, and working on many levels, trying hard to make it fresh and not cliched. GOOD FOR YOU!
Reason for conflict? Well, that will be the very root of the story, won't it? It could have to do with a kind of racial prejudice. Or some long ago injustice. (Look at many conflicts in the world today and you'll find that people are still fighting about things that happened a hundred years or more in the past.) Or perhaps some deep and painful, but at the root innocent - misunderstanding from some time ago.
Lots of possibilities! Keep thinking and writing, Byron. I know you have a passion for this.
BC