Grand Lord BungleFic
Scribe
Here's my dilemma: my main character is a wizard. In the first draft of my book I had him using fireballs in battle scenes. In one, it's key to the whole scene. In another scene (not a battle scene) it has symbolic importance.
Since I wrote the first draft I've come to see fireballs as too cliche. I know how some successful authors have handled this: Terry Goodkind just gave them a different name and SLIGHTLY different properties.
Any thoughts? Should I just get rid of them entirely or try to find a way to "freshen" the concept of the fireball?
Since I wrote the first draft I've come to see fireballs as too cliche. I know how some successful authors have handled this: Terry Goodkind just gave them a different name and SLIGHTLY different properties.
Any thoughts? Should I just get rid of them entirely or try to find a way to "freshen" the concept of the fireball?