Novel Discoveries

I finished my 107th page today of A Tale of the Faeries (yes, it is only a working title)! And, by this time, I have come to discover there can be complications in a book containing both giants and humans, and there definitely is such a thing as "too much magic".

The giant-human problem is not an unsolvable one. Merely difficult, and incredibly annoying. Because, when you have a human as large as a giant's thumb, you begin to have perspective/proportion issues, especially if the human is completely thrown into giant land. It's hard to remember to keep doors immensely tall, chairs huge, and what to do about food? Should it be normal-sized, in massive quantities? Or massive-sized, in normal quantities? Should carrot sticks be seven feet tall? Plus, it's such a trial to have giants make eye contact with humans. Almost always, the giants have to hold the humans in their hand to have a natural, face-to-face conversation. But, as I said, not unsolvable...

And then the issue of "too much magic"... In my story, giant land is swathed in magic. Everything is magical. However, I don't want to work under the concept that "anything is possible". Because, if it was, my main characters would have instantly been killed off, and the story would have ended at page seventy-two. I need just enough magic to make things "magical", but not enough to make everyone all powerful.

Just a few things I'm mulling over...

Novel update: 13 chapters finished, 224 days to go.