Fantasy Writing Discussions February 20, 2012

  • Was-ing and were-ing, a love/hate relationship
    I get told off a lot for this… in order to connect more with your audience, I’m told that a writer needs to avoid ‘was-ing’… put simply, this…
  • Character types
    As a kid I remember that there were typical types of characters associated with fantasy stories.  Thief, wizard/sorcerer, ranger etc…
  • How to avoid Info-dumping… I cant stop!
    So I’ve written a prolog and 3/4 of a first chapter, and it is a significant amount of info dump. My question is how can you start a story with…
  • An Orc Ninja?
    So the three main characters I have now are an unfazed everyman type guy from our world resurrected as a zombie that feeds off magic living in a…
  • White Mage
    So, one of my character’s is a psychopathic white mage. Her magic’s limited to healing, buffs, curing status ailments, and creating barriers, and she…
  • worried =\
    Hi everyone, I’ve been really worried about something, and I’ve gotten some conflicting information on it.I have my story, in progress, posted on…

  • Is my series worth writing?
    Hi, my name’s Tina, I’m new to writing & I wanted to know if my idea for my first series is worth it or not.  A young woman who can communicate with…
  • Map building?
    Does anybody have any recommendations when it comes to software to make maps on the computer? Right now mine is just hand written, but Paint just…
  • quick question
    Just a quick question, but can you start a sentence with though? Like “Though, I didn’t know WHY a tourist would come to our town,”Also, I know…

  • Music mage
    I had this great idea for a specialized type of magic involving music, or sounds, but that’s as far as I got. I don’t know what kinds of abilities a…
  • Stories Within Stories
    I really like the idea and main plot I have for my novel series. The only thing is that I can see so many opportunities to write separate novels set…
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