Domino is a strategy game in which players position tiles so their exposed ends match, with one touching one and two touching two. Once completed, scoring points is determined by tallying up all exposed edge pips on dominoes; first one to score all their points wins the hand.
Although domino can be played easily and intuitively, some players take it a step further by creating breathtaking arrangements called “domino art.” A domino artist may use straight or curved lines, grids that form pictures when they fall, stacked walls or 3-D structures such as pyramids to craft intricate masterpieces that take hours and require considerable skill for completion.
Hevesh, an internationally-acclaimed domino artist with more than 2 million subscribers on YouTube, often works on projects involving hundreds of thousands of dominoes. She spends weeks planning each layout and experimenting with various arrangements until she finds one that works – before making test versions for each aspect of the project, filming them in slow motion, and making adjustments as needed.
Once Hevesh’s arrangement is finalized, she begins laying the dominoes. The most challenging aspect of her job lies in ensuring they are placed precisely as desired – this step prevents unruly dominoes from collapsing onto one another and creating chaos when they fall.
She takes into account how each domino will have an effect on its surroundings when placing it, such as how its shape and color affect other pieces in its environment. Hevesh has developed her own strategy for placing dominoes she calls “fortressing,” creating open spaces between dominoes where any leftover pieces can be moved around freely for intricate patterns to emerge.
Writing a novel involves an exploration of what comes next; whether writing from scratch or following an outline, plotting is all about answering one simple question: what happens next? Considering how the domino effect works can help your story answer this query in an engaging fashion.