Talk:The Bookshop/@comment-24077689-20131119164149

The problem a lot of ritual pastas seem to have is that they follow this formula. They all follow the "do X then Y will happen" and then they're over. But I think you could write a ritual pasta that's not so formulaic, like an actual story that centers around the book shop. This is a really cool idea, I have a soft spot for books and book stores so this rings pretty great with me.

Maybe give it a shot, write a story where your (undoubtedly) young protagonist learns of the bookstore through unknown means, goes to it, does the ritual, finds a book, then set it up where it may not have been all she was expecting, or maybe it was. Think about The Hellbound Heart, the entire novella centers around the ritual and the subsequent happenings of Frank Cotton opening the box and then his resurrection.