Fantasy Writing Discussions June 4, 2012

  • The Lovable Sociopath
    One of my protagonists is turning into a right evil bastard as I edit his chapters. This has always been my intent, as redemption lies in his future…
  • Motivating a perpetual war
    How can I set things up so that various factions of demons constantly fight each other, preventing a proper government from forming in Hell? I’ve…
  • Writers respond: Define offensive
    Now when I say offensive, I have no desire to be shot down in flames as the next Nick Griffin. I hold no apology to those who follow his views, but I…
  • Simultaneous submissions
    I have a question about this, but it comes in the form of a dilemma. I have not have this happen, but what should one do if the were to have submit a…
  • What Do You Like As a Reader?
    I know this technically isn’t a writing question, but I think it somehow ties into how we write. I know others have mentioned before “don’t write…
  • Unicorns?
    In my WIP Summer’s Blood, the protagonists come across multiple unicorns at various points on their quest through Faerie. The first two they…
  • Prologues?
    My current story needs a prologue to concisely explain events that happened twenty-some years earlier. The information is important and, while I do…
  • GOT IT. Way of Kings
    So after months of looking for Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings I suddenly and unexpectedly found it as i was search for midnight sun in barnes…
  • Character Voice
    Dialogue for some people is the easiest thing to write. I’ve always found it more difficult than other aspects of writing.One thing I constantly…

  • Why I’m interested in self-publishing
    Once I really wanted to publish a story traditionally, as I believed it would lead me to greater success than self-publishing, but now my ambitions…
  • Interrogation sequence
    Thank you for helping me work through these scenes and maximize their impact. For anyone viewing this thread without the background info, it is here…
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