Randomflyingobjects Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 In the story I'm currently writing, I've done a bit of character-building and such, though not much. Seriously, I've only got 6-7 chapters finished. My dilemma is that I've introduced a tournament, though I'm not sure how to approach it. My options: [list] [*]Sit around and make more generic, irrelevant, character-building chapters [*]Go right into the tournament immediately with several duels [*]Take a bit of time to prepare the characters for the tournament [/list] Honestly, though. I'm stuck. Furthermore, how should I get into this part of the plot? I'm at a creative standstill, here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catterjune Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 If you think something your writing is irrelevant, then you should probably go ahead and not write it. If anything, you could probably include moments of character building spread out within the duel. I mean, the characters could all just talk amongst themselves a little before the duels start, or they can talk to their opponents or some other thing. But otherwise, why haven't you gotten the character building done within the first 6-7 chapters? Why would you suddenly get heaps of it when people expected action? Just seems silly that number 1 would even remotely be an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomflyingobjects Posted December 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Oh, I've done some character-building. I'm just not sure if I've done enough. (Though I probably have) Mostly what I'm worried about is transitioning into the tournament. I'm not sure how to handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cakey Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Figure out what the most interesting thing is and do that. In standard YGO, the only difference between a tournament and not-a-tournament is 1) the main characters are now collecting Star Chips/Locator Cards/GX Medals/Heart Pieces, and 2) a switch from using Ace Monster A to Ace Monster B (Gaia, Summoned Skull -> Dark Magician, Flame Wingman -> Neos, Junk Warrior -> Stardust Dragon, Hope -> Hope Ray). Also, tournaments sometimes have "plot" of some kind. So, knowing nothing about your story, I don't really see what kind of vast, tone-shattering transition has to be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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