Daniel Greene
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MAJOR WRITING UPDATE!
🕑 Added 2023-10-03 15:24:44 +0000 UTCAs many of you know, I plan on writing three fantasy series in my career. TLT, NG, and a planned (for now) stand alone about a goblin detective. That is the next project I want to tackle and is the one this post is about, because it has conceptually changed a LOT.
We are no longer following a goblin detective at all. I realized Taya, Khlid, Chapman and Holden are ALL investigators of some kind and while that is justified in their perspective stories, I really don't want to write that kind of character AGAIN. On top of that, while the idea of a goblin detective is fun, it feels like it could just turn into a gimmick REALLY fast.
So what if I flipped the script and put the protagonist on the other side of the fight? Not a criminal, but a veteran defense attorney.
That is what this story now is. A goblin defense attorney known for winning cases and overturning false convictions. He's reached a point in his career where he could make a living just writing books or appearing on talking head shows. That's something our goblin protagonist is considering while he is out with some younger lawyers in chapter 1. His mind is occupied by how old he's starting to feel and how distant he feels from the younger, hungrier lawyers around him.
As he is getting ready to leave the bar and go home to his empty apartment, a breaking news broadcast catches his eye. A Dark Lord (written to be inspired by Al Capone) has just been successfully arrested by a Paladin sting operation. The trial of the century has just begun, and our hero's phone starts ringing.
That is the rough plan for chapter 1, at least. The tone will be a drama-heavy with a sprinkling of light comedy. It feels better than the initial concept and getting the outline done has flowed quiet smoothly. I've tried to stay believably realistic with what could happen in a court room, while also remembering this is high fantasy and rule of cool takes precedent here.
Love to hear your thoughts!
-Daniel Greene
Comments
Twiska Brand
Please don't make all their clients innocent. Defence attorneys get a bad rap because, statistically, not every client is innocent, but it's still an important job to make sure justice is done. Yet in media, the only defence counsel we follow are people that "only defend innocent people", which is not possible and would actively harm the justice system. And it really sucks for defence attorneys when everyone views them as PoS. Hears an example, say you kill someone in self-defence with a gun you weren't supposed to own. You are guilty of unlawful gun possession and possibly murder. You want a lawyer who will make sure you don't get sent down the river, but you can't expect to get off scot-free. Is the lawyer who defends you a bad person? What if the victim's family argued it wasn't self-defence?
Daniel Lauber
This sounds like the most interesting concept. I have heard in a very long time.
