Editing Wingrovism

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A '''wingrovism''' (or ''wingroveism'') is a misleading or entirely inaccurate passage in one of the [[D'ni Universe#Novels|Myst novel]]s. The term has been coined after the last name of the books' coauthor, [[David Wingrove]], who allegedly inserted such passages in an effort to make the books more appealing to a broader audience to the genre as a whole, rather than fans of the [[Myst Universe]] in particular{{citation needed}}.

According to Wingrove himself, all such passages were agreed upon – after long discussions – by [[Rand Miller|Rand]] and [[Robyn Miller]], [[Richard Vander Wende]] and [[Chris Brandkamp]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vaguelycircular.com/2015/08/31/interview-with-david-wingrove-part-2/|title=Interview With David Wingrove (Part 2)|website=Vaguely Circular|access-date=April 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203032502/http://vaguelycircular.com/2015/08/31/interview-with-david-wingrove-part-2/|archive-date=December 3, 2020}}</ref>

== Some known Wingrovisms ==
=== Cleft location ===
In some cases, wingrovisms have actually served to confuse fans in an arguably beneficial manner, in heightening the intrigue – perhaps even deliberately so. For example, based on the books' descriptions, most had assumed the [[Cleft]] (and therefore, the [[Lodge]], the [[volcano]] as well as the [[D'ni cavern]]s) to reside in the Middle East (i.e., in the north east of Africa, or the south west of Asia), when in fact [[Uru: Ages Beyond Myst|Uru]]'s rendition of the Cleft revealed it to be in a county of the United States, in southwestern North America. When the first draft of ''[[Myst: The Book of Atrus|The Book of Atrus]]'' was discussed, [[RAWA]] asked to make the Cleft location more vague, but was overruled.<ref>RAWA. ''[[Reference:RAWA/MOUL_forum_posts#Where_is_the_cleft?|Where is the cleft?]]''.</ref>

=== Requirements for writing a Linking Book ===
The novels insinuate that, in order to write a [[Linking Book]], knowledge of the [[Age]]'s [[Descriptive Book]] is required. In fact, the only requirement is for the linking book to be written at the location it is meant to point to.<ref>RAWA. ''[[Reference:RAWA/1998_Lyst_posts#Monday.2C_July_20.2C_1998_2|July 20, 1998 Lyst post]]''.</ref>

=== Cavern description ===
Features of the [[D'ni cavern|Cavern]], such as the stalagmite in the middle of [[Tokotah Courtyard]] and the [[Kerath's Arch|Arch of Kerath]] are described as larger and taller than they appear in Uru. The Arch of Kerath is also depicted with a different shape.  Many locations known to be on [[Ae'gura]] are placed on the cavern wall in the novels.

=== D'ni language ===
Although actual [[D'ni (language)|D'ni]] writing is alphabetic, the descriptions in the novels are more consistent with a logographic system of complex symbols.  In [[Myst: The Book of Ti'ana|The Book of Ti'ana]], [[Ti'ana]] learns spoken D'ni but is unable to read or write without the [[Rehevkor]] dictionary.

== References ==
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