Entries Tagged as ‘1--Introduction’

May 23, 2008

Reason for a Fictional City–1B

[This constitutes part 2 of the two-part introduction.]
Reason for a Fictional City—1a
5.23.2008
You ask an excellent question. What, in these days of instant gratification and technological nirvana, would compel a (fairly) healthy 17-year-old to spend his time planning out a fictional city? What would entice him to attempt a street-level relief of a metropolis, with descriptions [...]

May 20, 2008

The Making of a Fictional City–1A

The Making of a Fictional City–1A
5.20.2008
My stories got lonely. That is the pith of the bloated paragraphs that follow; if you have little interest in how a 17-year-old teenager embarks on creating his own city, please—skip ahead to the next few chapters. Otherwise, I invite you to read on.

My elementary school years were [...]