- Original Creatures, now original world
Greetings! I have successfully created an original species(sorta). Now I have to put these creatures in a world. But I’m having trouble with that. I…
- Religion(s)
What is the best way to document a religion in your fantasy world? This is the one thing I seem to have trouble with. Mainly because religion can…
- Inspiration problem
I have made a rule for myself, ‘I am not going to write a fantasy novel until I have read enough fantasy to become well versed’. I believe that I…
- How do you read?
So, a few questions for us all. Feel free to answer one or all or none of them at all, just trying to generate discussion
- Writing a Prologue
I have a bit of a problem, I have a prologue but it’s contains two different POV characters, with two different events (one for each). One happens…
- Sword Magic
I recently began creating a tribe of barbarians in a story, and i wanted to make them have magic involving their swords. In my world I have arcane…
- Sub-genres
So, when I say, “Sub-genre”, I know that we’re writing under the “Fantasy” genre, but what kind of fantasy? Vampires, Werewolves, Magicians, Aliens,…
- Do you prefer the original version of Stephen King’s ‘The Gunslinger’ or the rewrite?
I read the original version of ‘The Gunslinger’ first, before reading the updated version a few years later. Many of the criticisms that Stephen King…
- Upsetting Convention
I have a love/hate relationship with fantasy norms. There are some I find so comforting that I never get tired of them, like the enigmatic sorcerer…
- Dialog using an interpreter?
I have a primary character that speaks in a peculiar sign language understood by only one other person. It is part of this character, and works very…
