Fantasy Writing Discussions August 29, 2011

  • New Forums Added
    We’ve added two new forums to our site.
  • Idols in your Worlds
    So I was curious, especially since I’m dealing a whole deal with important figures in my book, about important persons in your worlds. Having…
  • Stylistic Choice, Boundaries, and When to Push them.
    So in another thread here on Mythic Scribes I found myself touching upon a discussion about the pros and cons on experimenting with the…
  • Mapping The world
    When it comes to mapping my worlds I always have a realy bad sense of size. I’m not sure how big kingdoms should be related to size of mountains ect….
  • A survival scenario
    Here is my dilemma: I’m writing a scene where two soldiers (similar to Greek hoplites or Roman legionaries in terms of their equipment and training)…
  • Books You Thought You’d Hate, but Loved
    Curious about this topic. I recently started reading The Hobbit, which upon my first try several years ago, hated utterly. The endless descriptions…
  • Between scenes…filler.
    I seem to have the most trouble with the ‘filler’ material. I can type out a scene without too much trouble, but I start to get stumped when it…
  • A new idea I’m playing with.
    It’s not technically new, but rather a couple of old ones mashed together. I just want to know what people think of it.
  • What’s the best font for an ebook?
    What font do you think is best? Or what font do you like best? What about size? Do you have a preference?
  • Serious change of tone within a series?
    Once again, a problem with my story concept.
    I’ve talked about the story in question quite a few times here, but I haven’t asked this yet. Would it…
  • World Destroying (Not Building)
    How does the world end? With a bang or a whimper?
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