Ok, actually, the thing that is driving me nuts about that map is that the river(s) break all rules of geological fluid dynamics? Unless Theed is REALLY TINY and that's supposed to be a delta of some sort. But then the legend labels the falls by the hangar as a 'tributary' of the river in the upper portion, and, uhm, are those falls going uphill or something then?
See, you're not the only neurotic one around here.
The musings on the difference between visual and prose mediums is really interesting, because I was having slightly similar issues the last time I was actively working on one of my WIPs -- things I wanted to accomplish that would have been so easy in a visual medium are the next thing to impossible to pull off gracefully in prose. For instance, I've got a bit upcoming where in visuals I'd do a focus-change from a shot of one of my main/POV chars to the background, thus letting the audience see a major clue about the bad guys. But in prose, especially in a limited 3rd, dropping that clue to the audience but not the character is HARD. I kick things, it's therapeutic.
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Date: 2014-03-18 01:56 pm (UTC)Ok, actually, the thing that is driving me nuts about that map is that the river(s) break all rules of geological fluid dynamics? Unless Theed is REALLY TINY and that's supposed to be a delta of some sort. But then the legend labels the falls by the hangar as a 'tributary' of the river in the upper portion, and, uhm, are those falls going uphill or something then?
See, you're not the only neurotic one around here.
The musings on the difference between visual and prose mediums is really interesting, because I was having slightly similar issues the last time I was actively working on one of my WIPs -- things I wanted to accomplish that would have been so easy in a visual medium are the next thing to impossible to pull off gracefully in prose. For instance, I've got a bit upcoming where in visuals I'd do a focus-change from a shot of one of my main/POV chars to the background, thus letting the audience see a major clue about the bad guys. But in prose, especially in a limited 3rd, dropping that clue to the audience but not the character is HARD. I kick things, it's therapeutic.