Recent content by Amber

I would just skip to the part too where they get somewhere again (A) I would just skip the journey altogether and zoom in on the evening they arrive at the city gates or where-ever something happens again. For the first part, about the giant snake. You actually confirm my point I think. The...

I do not say that you have to explain the full history of that monster in that moment of your story. And offcourse random things do happen. But random encounters with monsters that never ever get mentioned in any other part of the story just annoy me. That indicates to me that the writer didn't...

Hey Graylorne, Bekende naam inderdaad :) Ik denk op PF, het staat in het Nederlands ook op OV (erg actief fantasy deel hebben die). Naar het Engels vertalen is nog wel moeilijk! Thanks for the welcome :) Hope to see you around.

I do not like mindless monsters. They are almost never original or interesting. Most of the time the only reason they are in a story is to give something to do to the MC's and I thin a truly terrifying monster should be an integral part of your whole world, not some distraction on the journey of...

Xaysai, maybe I am trying to hard, overcompensate a bit with excessive use of google translate ;) And thanks Ireth, so far so good!

Never thought of that... And hard to describe without using meat everyone knows. I am thinking of something a bit sweetish but wild. A mix maybe between wild rabbit and a nice read steak. But I am just making this up whilst typing so open for suggestion :P And thank you :) We hear the...

I can give an example. Nothing of this has been translated yet so it is hard for me to just "Englishify" all my creations so fast. In one of my long stories the main cattle consists of heti's. They are three legged creatures with a profound but slow intelligence. When standing still their legs...

But a short story can also be really touching in its description of something simple, something of every day. I was really moved once by a conversation once between a special needs cab driver (as in, he helps people with needs to get around) and a severe case of dementia client. The words where...

And thus the story of the weird Dutch girls trapped in a hotel begins... Tune in next week for the exciting new episode of Hotel California! Oke, I am done now to ;) Thanks for the welcome! Oh, and please tell me if my English is screwed up (in a polite, constructive, helpful manner of...

With monsters I am very careful. I love creating my own world with my own ecosystems (I am a biologist after all) but I tend to use it for different livestock then horses or something other to eat then potatoes. Monsters fall into clichés very rapidly. An enormous spider or a bear but then...

Does any of you know ywriter? It is a free program that helped me a lot. It is easy to use and realy handy if you want to create structure with chapters and paragraphs. For me, I like the freedom of skipping (part of) a chapter and start writing in another one without losing sight of which...

I am new here but I want to way in a bit. A hard lesson I learned is, is it relevant to your story? How will these visits influence your character? Is it better for you character to realize he has always known his parents and they never said anything or that they stayed away completely? Maybe...

Hi fellow fantasy writers and lovers, A quick introduction is always polite so I will tell you a little bit about myself. I am somewhere in my twenties and I am studying Biology, currently in my masters. I have been writing since I can remember and most of my stories are fantasy or scifi...