Fantasy Writing Discussions October 10, 2011

  • Ugg, This sucks. I’m stuck, lost, and want to start over. But i desperatly don’t.
    I’m at 91k words approximately 130+ pages and…. The more I write the more i get ideas that totally clash with what i have already written, and I…
  • A Canticle for Leibowitz
    I read this book in college, and found it to be a profound commentary on human nature and faith. It’s also a visionary post-apocalyptic fantasy.
  • Fantasy publishers/newbies
    I found a website that offered a list of twenty Scifi/fantasy publishers websites.  I went to each, 18 either did not accept submissions, their…
  • Combining genres
    I always find myself wanting to use elements for other genres. For example, when working with quick dialogue, I’ll format it as if I’m writing a…
  • Writing crutches
    “She stood up and stepped forward, something, quite possibly panic, or maybe terror, coursing through her. She stepped again and glanced to the sky,…
  • Good and evil
    Does good and evil exist in your world/setting? In a more consistent way than “winner defines what good and evil are”.
    On earth many cultures did…
  • The Hobbit.
    I’ve succeeded! It’s taken me 12 years to do so, but I’ve finally finished The Hobbit. In the end, it took me a week to read it through, but I’ve…
  • inspiration
    what are the best sources of inspiration?
  • Dealing with time
    I’m curious as to whether anybody here has tried new ways to deal with time. Have you created a new system for telling time, days of the week,…
  • cat amongst the pidgeons
    Ok I’m taking the agent provocateur role here.  I’m hearing a lot of people making a lot of distinctions between YA & high fantasy, not all of…
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