Ge-ge-ge no nyobou 4/3

aka we all rely on you...

I got straightened out today -- the boy in uniform, despite sketching, glasses, etc. is NOT the future artist and husband. Instead, he's Yukie (the second sister) arranged wedding.

Genbee (father) and Miyako (mother) were working with the bees. Mother got stung, and started to walk away, when she collapsed. Father dragged her into the house, yelling for help. He sent Fumie off to get the doctor. The doctor's assistant said he's gone to a nearby village. Fumie ran...thinking that mother is going to die!
( cliffhangers or potholes? )

Then they filled the last minute of the show with a medley of bits from next week. It looked to me as if we're going to jump ahead to Fumie's wedding arrangements, at last.

Writing Excuses Season Four Episode 12: Writing Epics

Writing Excuses Season Four Episode 12: Writing Epics

From http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/03/28/writing-excuses-4-12-writing-epics/

Key points: Epic does not just mean super-size it. Scope, immersion, a really big story? Larger than life issues. Multiple narratives and multiple story lines. Start small, then expand. Avoid worldbuilder's disease. There's nothing wrong with starting small and doing it well.
( And in another episode... )

[Brandon] Howard, why don't you give us a writing prompt this time?
[Howard] Okay. Take a look at... oh, boy, do I dare send people out to the Internet for an epic win? I was going to say take... google epic win. Take one of these, one of the images that you see with epic win... they are mostly pretty clean from what I've seen. Take one of these epic win images and try to actually craft an epic story around that image.
[Brandon] Great. That's a great idea. This has been Writing Excuses. You're out of excuses, now go write.