2: brianmarick Metaphor wiki goals (reference + through-lines)

First thoughts about using the fedwiki to produce narrative.

My metaphor wiki was largely about a way of note taking that would be (1) useful for reference and (2) supportive of constructing the kind of narrative I do, which is heavily dependent on vague ideas like through-line and hook

I don't think fedwiki notes have helped much, as I have once again found myself discovering new consequences of the facts presented – real Aha! moments – while trying to write a narrative. For example, a concept not particularly important in the wiki is looking like a hook and perhaps the basis for a through-line.

That's a rather fundamental realization, which demands a good amount of rethinking. I can conceive of doing that for the script – indeed, I must – but rejiggering the wiki because of an insight seems like So. Much. Work.

A good thing the metaphor pages have done:

There's a notion in writing called "kill your babies". It's the (painfully true) observation that often the idea or chunk of text you're most fond of is the one you need to get rid of to make the piece work.

It's hard to kill your babies, and knowing that they have been (or can be, via copying and a little rewriting) preserved helps make it easier to discard them. That makes the wiki the equivalent of the big box of old cables in the basement.

See Using Fedwiki for Narrative

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