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| The Well of Destiny Micron pen and colored pencil R L McNulty 2016 |
Our usual adventures are open-ended and non-linear -- this means that the children's choices and actions change the outcome of the story as we go along. The path an individual group takes in solving the mystery may diverge from the path another group takes. We are either "on the page" or "off the page" at any time in an adventure. If we are "on the page," the group has followed one of the many predictable choices that I could imagine as I wrote the adventure.
If we are "off the page," the group has done something that had not occurred to me--and we are "winging it." I have the entire backstory, plus my extensive research and knowledge of mythology, history and basic character development to draw on as I improvise a new pathway.
With a Mystery Writers Adventure, we venture onto pages the teens create themselves, using their research and creative ideas for where to take the story. The young people are weaving a response, a new path, that they hope will take the story where it needs to go.
Is it any wonder that this adventure involves the Norn, the three weavers of fate from Norse mythology?
Strange anomolies in the growth of the World Tree send the Detectives to the ancient Well of Urd, guarded by the three Norn, the Norse goddesses of fate. An old friend assists the Detectives as they take up their pens to inscribe alternative endings to a mystery about destiny and free will.
Our activities this week include Cards of Destiny and Rune Stones.
