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So you want to use Elemental magic in your story?

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Last week I talked about elements in fiction. Today, I’ll make that helpful . . . entertaining . . . I promised a list, so I’m going to do it. Don’t say I never deliver even if the end result makes dogs howl at the moon. Sorry. That’s my excuse for avoiding karaoke.  Now on to the sane stuff.

  1. Have some rational reason for when one element will trump another. You can go easy with ‘water puts out fire’ or go different with ‘fire evaporates water’. This tends to be a ‘rock-paper-scissors’ type of deal to avoid one element being stronger than the other, but this is only for combat magic.
  2. Not every spell has to be an attack one. Air spells have flight and shields. Water spells can help cross a desert.  Fire spells can create light.  Earth spells . . . can be used to…

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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