I'm participating in the Insecure Writer's Support Group today. If you too are interested, then please go HERE to sign up. I've been in it almost since the beginning, and I remember that it was started by science fiction author, Alex Cavanaugh.
Sometimes I write a blog post that has to do with writing, and at other times I just answer the question (which is what I'm doing this month :)).
March 4 question - Other than the obvious holiday traditions, have you ever included any personal or family traditions/customs in your stories?
This sounds like a fun activity, but I honestly have never incorporated any of these, not that we really had any in my small family anyway. The reverse to this (though) is that I've incorporated made-up holidays and traditions from fictional books I've read into my Dungeons & Dragons games that I play with some gamers usually on Saturday nights (provided everyone can get together...these days it cancels quite often). I know that's not the same thing, but there've been some really fun holiday ideas in some of the fiction I've read. However, I haven't incorporated any of those into my actual stories because I don't want to steal from another writer, legalities not withstanding. And that pretty much sums up my answer to this question. Now I'm off to read your answers.
That's a weird question. I can't think of any non-obvious traditions or customs let alone where I might have used them. Questions like that are when I'm glad I don't do that thing because it's be a pretty short entry. lol
ReplyDeleteWhat are some of the holidays you make up?
ReplyDeleteSeveral have struggled with this question today. I couldn't think of anything either.
In our D&D game, we borrowed the holiday of Erastide from David Eddings rather than use "Christmas" because it was Dungeons & Dragons and we didn't want to use "Christmas" because there is no Christ on Cybrael (my friend Jake's world). But we'd never use it in a story, because David Eddings and the Belgariad all have copyrights, etc. It's fun to use around the table though (among friends).
DeleteThat's a really great idea. Have you ever tried to incorporate some of those holidays into your actual life? That could be fun.
ReplyDeleteThat's a cool idea to incorporate things you've read into your games!
ReplyDeleteI've never incorporated holidays, but I've started writing a novel that's in journal format and freely mixes reality from my life and my family's with a kind of sci fi/fantasy twist. So who knows what'll show up in my story?
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