Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-43331652-20190730155526/@comment-35711173-20190730204304

Sir fear,

The first thing you should do is read good ritual pastas. In my opinion, the best there ever was is Red Helen by Jdeschene.

Read it critically. Note the following:


 * The wonderful build-up
 * That very strong motivation to do the ritual
 * The very clear risk.
 * The gain still outweighing the risk

Feel it emotionally. Feel that attraction to doing it.

After you have felt all of this in Red Helen, find it in your story.

Any good writing is emotional. It's not a series of events like a news story or a factual scientific report. Good fiction makes us FEEL. You use details to set the stage but the performance is the emotion.

Dr. Bob