Recent content by Sandor

Hi! Give me examples. Arcetypes, sometimes, are totally needed. It's like in other arts: when we're home, we aim to be "perfect writers" with "perfect manuals". Rules, no arcetypes, no adverbs...Then, in actual writing, things change. When you start playing an instrument, you often...

Hi! :) ASOIAF is a fantasy story with a lot of real-life troubles, centered on post-medieval culture. The life of women wasn't that great in a lot of places. Violence and sex are part of everyday life: sex should be a huge part of our life, and with sex I don't mean "erotic stuff"...Sex is...

Hi! This is one of the most difficult question to answer. When it's "too much"? I guess it depends on your style, as it's for the other great questione, Outline it or not? :) World building, in fantasy fiction, is as important as writing itself. There are authors who plan everything...

Hi! Being a "non-professional" writer aside, I'm a musician too and this discussion is a costant cliché in music too. Tecnique vs. Emotion, is the same thing in different words. ;) It's the eternal war between "Being" and "Appearing", "Good Box" or "Good Present". It may seems stupid...

Hi! :) Let's see... - Warden; - Overseer; - Sentinel; - Custodian (arcaic, but funny). Do they fit? EDIT: you can even mix things up, like adding some adjective (Oath Wardens, i.e.). I'll even add: - Acolyte; - Adepts (with some adjective).

Hi! I'm not a professional writer...I've always written stuff in my pc, just for the sake of my proud. :) Now I'm writing my first "serious" saga and I've faced different troubles and hard times till now...The preparation-work lasted 1 year or so and it's not over yet. I've found "my"...

At first, thanks for your time guys. I'll explain the general structure of this first book: I have 4-5 "main" Povs. Their not the most important characters in the world, they're just my characters. :) I tend to create deep and compelling characters, even if they will never manage to get a...

Hi folks! Thanks to you and some friends of mine, I've reached a good starting point for my saga and I'm in the process of the 1st Draft (50.000 words - 1/4 of the story). I've had an idea and I wanted to hear your opinions about it. Let's say I'm writing in "third-limited'', but with a...

Hi folks! :) I'm writing my first novel (first draft...and actually the first one that I'm going to complete :) ) and after some tweaking and discovery, i found out that 4000-4500 words is my average size. Maybe it's not enough compared to the average length of the average-fantasy...

Thanks everyone, at first!!! You're very kind. :) I see your points. For a more transparent and clear understanding (it can change the analysis) I'd like to explain the "background-tale-thing" to let you better understand the point of my confusion. It's not an event. It covers a year or so...

Hi!! Your two cents are really important to me!!! I really like GRRM (that's my model and the one and only that brought me in fantasy literature after 24 years of fantasy-hate :) ). You're totally right, that's definitely the most concrete choice and that's the way I started with. I'm just...

Hi folks!!! :) I've been lurkin' around by a year or so...Last year I presented an idea for a little saga...Then I got stuck and had to re-build things up. :) Anyway, now I'm in the process of actually "first-drafting"...In the process, I found that I had to tell a part of history that...is...

Hi, guys! I'm basically a "new" writer, I talked a bit about my work last year here in the boards, then I got stuck. And the reason why I got the block was...extreme outlining-syndrome. :) I've always written stuff, short tells or novel projects, but never to be published, just for...

Hi! I'm very tired to see "dead ends", like the "it's all a dream" kinda thing described by thinkerX. More than in medieval-fantasy fiction, you can find this cliché in urban fantasy and thrillers, where you're not able to get the truth, because the truth is out of reach. It's definitely...

Hi folks! :) I usually refuse to read, write or "roleplay" very high fantasy settings. For those who knows the environment, I like Forgotten Realms, but sometimes it sounds a bit...over-the-top to me. I prefer to put fantasy elements in a twisting manner. A bunch of things I use in...