Recent content by scink

It really depends on the imagination of the writer and the ability to convey that to the reader. There is purpose in all written work and the author wishes to convey a complete work. If the painting is to convey the meaning desired by the painter then the content can literally take on any...

First you would have to explain how a ghost without any physical form could endanger anyone. The best she could do was frighten folk. If however she is able to transcend the etheria then maybe she has a mortal core that can be trapped. So there would need to be a counter to her powers and this...

Given that you are working in the realm of fantasy can you not simply create your own rules. Otherwise you open yourself up to all kinds of interrogation from readers. If it were me I would call one the light and the other the mirror or maybe the dark and the shadow. One exists because of the...

Your story appears to use base human characteristics and limitations. Maybe transcend the restrictive essence of human ways and evolve species that have senses beyond those that we understand. Magic is a human fantasy creation which basically allows the laws of science to be broken. It is way...

Hi I assume by writer you mean anyone that spends many hours writing stories, whether for others to read or not. I am more of your Finding Forrester kind of character so here goes. I have always been the creative type with a very active imagination. I was born into a large family so I have...

Not really sure. For me the problem is that the next section of the story tends to run like a film in my head and I can get a whole chapter and it is so well structured I then have to try and match the writing in my head with real words. I dare not interupt the train of thread because the story...

I find the whole idea of mortality too constraining. It is tied very much to the life cycle of human kind. Once free from the shackles of life and death the possibilities in terms of fantasy become limitless. For this reason I chose for my main character to die on the very first page of a series...