Recent content by Rullenzar

No great deed, invention, theory, came about by sticking to what's safe. The memorable and the best come from thinking outside the box at all costs. When the world believed the earth was flat, One man risked his life to prove that it wasn't. When the world believed flying was a figment of the...

This entire thread got me thinking of the show I really miss. House. He was the definition of a dick. He was crude, rude, arrogant, yadi yadi but it worked. In my opinion he was the medical version of sherlock holmes. This method can be done.

I can't think of any books but 'Public enemies' and 'Lawless' both are great anit-hero movies. This form of writing is rarer to see and so it brings more spice to a readers life if done well. You seem to have some pretty neat ideas formulating so I'm sure you'd be able to pull it off. On a side...

I didn't want to give too much away in my first post so I gave a pretty lackluster generalization. My MC essentially grows up with a brother and a sister. He's also got a boyhood friend and a mysterious barkeep who's treated the lot as his own sons, teaching them how to fight as they grew. My MC...

The idea works in my opinion. If your character is that kind of person then it shouldn't leave readers dissatisfied especially if they stuck it out knowing your MC's goals. One thing you could do for a spin is something your character did not see coming. Having the baddie die in prison by...

I've been trying out a couple different settings for where my MC/story starts off and I really don't want to be cliche. Even though the most cliche seems to work best. My MC starts off in a small village/town farmer type, quiet life. His 18th birthday upon him and the promised answers his father...

Every story has a protaganist/Antagonist in some shape or form that have conflict. Therefor, it can be argued that your protaganist always goes through some type of heroes journey even if it's loosely applied. It's just a universal way of telling a story. Comedy, fantasy, romantic, sci-fi...

In short Prologues are lazy. I never read LOTR or GOT prologues. They are a snooze fest. I would have been so much more interested in LOTR if I wasn't fed all that hoopla at the start of the movie. I like finding things out as I go through the book. Don't you think it would have been more...

You say your warrior was in a slumber. The most obvious course of action you could take is talking to the locals that were present when this all happened and try to find a lead. Maybe someone has already found a piece but doesn't understand what it is and uses it for other means (making money...

A few questions you should ask yourself. 1. Have I given the reader something interesting at the beginning that makes them want to read about all my characters and get to the 'main event'? 2. Is there an interesting way I could have my main character meet some of these people to lengthen...

I love stories. Doesn't matter if I get them through books, movies, games. I enjoy epic scale tales. There is just one problem. Not many live up to my expectations and while watching/reading said stories ideas formulate about how I would have done it. All of which sound better to me and people I...

First and foremost, the most important thing you need to do is find out what your personal style is. You listed a few books but each one has a different style of writing. So to try and write like all of them won't work. You need to discover what style your comfortable with and what works for...

I would just stick with numbers. Titles run the risk of spoilers or sounding juvenile. A method I've seen and would probably try myself is using a number with a quote for each chapter. The quote could be something your character would say or it could be a mood or setting your trying to set the...

If it was a comedy I'd do something like his limbs randomly twitch in odd directions while fighting. How he mastered it to work in his favor and even though it looks funny to his enemy he's actually learned to control his limbs to twitch the way he wants. Eyesight would be my top choice...

In response to Grimold... You made your work sound incomplete even for a rough draft and you don't seem to take criticism well unless people say what you like to hear. At least that's what I got from your second post. Half a human body? I know my chapters aren't finished? <--- Your words. So...