Experiment with creating a system of magic.
How are spells cast in this magic system?
What are the negatives of trying to cast a spell?
How can things backfire?
Experiment with creating a system of magic.
How are spells cast in this magic system?
What are the negatives of trying to cast a spell?
How can things backfire?
Write a story about a group of people chasing an idea, and that idea was only some small part of a bigger system.
What is the idea?
What is the bigger system?
How can chasing the idea blind people to the bigger system?