Reach: None
Posted: Oct 17, 2010 6:49 pm
That was sure discouraging to see that my reach is NONE! Especially given the extent to which I've worked on this novel. I happened to see that just the other day and realized I need to revamp some things. I quickly changed timelock to optionlock (which it ended up being what the novel Limit was after all, once I correctly assessed it).
I have several questions. Firstly, what elements cause a novel to have a BOTH reach? I suspect it is Male mental sex & optionlock. What else is involved? Seeing as I cannot change the problem-solving method of my main character on the program, it must be tied to some other factors.
I also wonder, when I made the LIMIT change, did the program change anything else in my plot planning that I should know about? I ask because I understand that selecting problem-solving style changes plot progression.
Another question: if the main character is NOT the protagonist, and the protagonist (also a POV character & the impact character) has the correct problem-solving method (for BOTH reach), doesn't the reach extend a bit further? Of course my novel is a story of the main character & her growth, but in my opinion the IC impact (as well as the impact of a very alphamale antagonist) makes the novel accessible to BOTH empathies.
In the examples/articles on storymind, for instance, X-Files is mentioned to show the interplay between the two methods of thinking. Is the main point of REACH to address those problem-solving styles or that it be the MC who has that mental sex?
I have several questions. Firstly, what elements cause a novel to have a BOTH reach? I suspect it is Male mental sex & optionlock. What else is involved? Seeing as I cannot change the problem-solving method of my main character on the program, it must be tied to some other factors.
I also wonder, when I made the LIMIT change, did the program change anything else in my plot planning that I should know about? I ask because I understand that selecting problem-solving style changes plot progression.
Another question: if the main character is NOT the protagonist, and the protagonist (also a POV character & the impact character) has the correct problem-solving method (for BOTH reach), doesn't the reach extend a bit further? Of course my novel is a story of the main character & her growth, but in my opinion the IC impact (as well as the impact of a very alphamale antagonist) makes the novel accessible to BOTH empathies.
In the examples/articles on storymind, for instance, X-Files is mentioned to show the interplay between the two methods of thinking. Is the main point of REACH to address those problem-solving styles or that it be the MC who has that mental sex?