Cool, well thanks for the welcome. And I suppose the Poe jokes weren't exactly surprising. Anyways, I plan on posting one of my favorite works pretty soon. And again, looking forward to seeing you all around the forums.
I'd highly suggest making up your own word, try something that rolls of your tongue easily and sounds cool. Conduit, Artifice, Catalyzer all come to mind as fairly interesting.
I actually just read an interesting article on epic fantasy and cliches. The way in which epics are written can seem to overuse description and cliches more than character development, and relies more on beautiful world building. This doesn't always a bad thing in fantasy epics, as long as the...
Hey, well, I'm Nevermore, Nevs, Never, Nivvy, or just Alec. I've been going through a lot of different writers forums lately to discuss world building and writing techniques, how to structure a plot and so on. I'm more of an artist, in terms of sketching, than a writer, and specialize in dark...
I suppose it completely depends on the scene. I mainly enjoy using Watercolor, by Pendulum. Aside from liking the song, it gives me quite a bit of inspiration, especially for more dramatic scenes.