A Song of Ice and Fire – Mythic Scribes Test Site

When I’m immersed in fantasy, a trance envelopes me. There’s something about great fantasy storytelling that trumps all other genres in drawing me into the world and story.

Call me crazy, but I think I’m onto something here. And that something is the recipe for the domination of the imagination. Much like The Hero with a Thousand Faces, I think epic storytelling has a certain formula that can produce a killer product.

What is it that makes your heart plummet when the screen goes black after Master Chief detonates the nuke at the end of Halo 4?

What is it that makes you want to lend your back to carry Frodo up the slopes of Mount Doom?

What is it that makes your muscles tighten every time your hero takes a blow, as if you were the one receiving it?

Since Mythic Scribes is going to be live tweeting during each episode of Game of Thrones, starting on April 17^th at 9:00pm, I decided that I would read the book. At first, it was slow going. In fact, I was a little concerned that it wouldn’t keep my interest. After all, how can I tweet about something that bores me? The prologue was great because it had the mysterious mythology that always attracts me. However, after it I was starting to think that Game of Thrones was a soap opera in a fantasy setting. In full disclosure, I sometimes watch DVRed Days of Our Lives episodes while I eat supper with my wife. So, I have some domain expertise on the subject.

With this concern in the back of my head, I struggled on. However, as I went I struggled less and less. Eventually, I looked forward to opportunities to read it.

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