Across
Space
Consider what materials or fabrics can
go through portals or dimensions. Stargate
is set up that futuristic weaponry, scientific instruments, and medicine can go
through. But what if the portal is organic in some way and only a body can
enter with clothes and perhaps one other element such as a gem, a necklace, or a
compass.
These basic choices will grow in importance over time. What are the
consequences to change a timeline? All these decisions build up areas of
struggle and conflict as the characters attempt to understand and communicate
within an environment completely different from any they have known. Begin from the critical purpose for entering the new dimesnsion: to save lives, for discovery, retaliation or conquest.
Exercise:
1. From
each of the culture categories choose a person for your heroine to attempt to
communicate with. Do one from her choice. Do one from necessity.
Repeat with
someone trying to cross cultures with your heroine and she is resistant.
Share: Which one
has the most interesting possibilities? Why?
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