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Tue, Oct 19th 2021 05:33   Edited on Tue, Oct 19th 2021 11:23

Where do we go from here?

Now that Manifold Sky has a pretty sizeable lore basis (400k+ words), it's getting increasingly difficult for me to find gaps in the canon to fill with new, creative articles not directly connected to big storylines (The Garbage Man arc, certain roleplaying content, etc). I want to write articles (and eventually prose) for the enjoyment of other WA readers just as much as for use in my own story development, but sometimes I feel like I'm starting scrape the bottom of the barrel with regards to new ideas for the setting. This doesn't mean that I'm going to abandon the setting - not by a long shot - but I am concerned that my recent world-building efforts are, as they say, starting to make the world look 'a mile wide and an inch deep.'   With all that in mind, in the interest of getting the creative juices flowing again and making the Manifold a more interesting place, I'm curious to see if there's anything you'd like me to expand upon further. To summarize, my questions for this thread are:   1. Are there topics I haven't covered that you'd be interested in seeing addressed in full-length articles?   2. Are there articles or categories that you'd like to see deepened and expanded?   3. My ultimate goal is to give a first-time reader of my work the experience of uncovering a 'rabbit hole' of 'deep lore' - the kind of thing that warrants lengthy analysis and speculation - and channel that depth into my prose without resorting to info-dumps. Obviously, achieving this effect in my writing is going to require a lot of practice. Is there a particular type of prose (short stories, extended quotations, etc) that you'd like to see me attempt, and with what topics?
Tue, Oct 19th 2021 11:23   Edited on Fri, Oct 22nd 2021 04:55

I'm in a similar place.   Kind of.   My problem is that I have too many stories to tell, but I feel like there isn't a depth to the stories yet. Like I have painted a very flat picture of something that should be 3d sculpture. Not sure how to address it. Yet.
Fri, Oct 22nd 2021 04:55

# In reply to KahunaTheElder's:
I'm in a similar place.   Kind of.   My problem is that I have too many stories to tell, but I feel like there isn't a depth to the stories yet. Like I have painted a very flat picture of something that should be 3d sculpture. Not sure how to address it. Yet.
I feel this. It's like seeing a bunch of trailheads you want to hike down and, having only so much time in the day, being paralyzed with the decision of which one to take.