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Note to Self: Whimsical then dark seems to work. Dark then whimsical doesn't seem to work, or at least doesn't work as well. This has implications not just for The Silver Bowl, but also for the Bear Story, which currently starts grim and then gets lighter.
Along the same lines, when depicting a crisis, it seems to work better if you start off showing how things were before the crisis, rather than starting with things at their worst. Even if you have a story that starts with your characters under fire in the trenches, it seems to be best if the current crisis is only temporary and the *real* crisis is still yet to begin.
Along the same lines, when depicting a crisis, it seems to work better if you start off showing how things were before the crisis, rather than starting with things at their worst. Even if you have a story that starts with your characters under fire in the trenches, it seems to be best if the current crisis is only temporary and the *real* crisis is still yet to begin.
