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When I ask myself what makes an epic story for a layperson like me, it is usually: - Someone is telling the story of hero X - there is one main character that is absolutely exceptional and unmatched in some way, and his name must therefore be remembered (maybe he has one true friend, side kick...

Yeah but it doesn't matter because they will be curious about it and you can explain later. Or you can just say something like: - By Jachoir! - In Jachoirs' name! - Jachoir have mercy!

The Brandon Sanderson videos on plot etc. have good input on that. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=brandon+sanderson+lecture One thought I had is that you can the plot kind of needs to be motivating for you to explore it. A lot of people write in their novels some happy endings...

It seems like a logical-enough fantasy world to me and I suppose that you could add or substract details as you go along with the story.

Yes - this is exactly the thing I need to find. And I realise that I struggle with this in other areas as well.. I'm someone who would prefer to print everything on paper and store documents in physical binders. It's just not feasible with all the paper and storage I would need, so I make...

Thank you everyone for your helpful answers! You have already given me wonderful advice which has led me down a nice rabbit hole to help me build my (magical, spiritual) world in the book. Turns out I found a lot of things just by googling fancy words I picked up in some documentaries. I ended...

Thank you! Yes that is a bit the problem.. since everything is so well written down and there is information on everything from this time, there is a demand for accuracy as well. Or at least I feel a demand for accuracy. I recently watched a movie about two temple knights who fight against a...

Thank you! I guess I'm just nervous because it is the first time I'm attempting to write ANYTHING fictional. And I feel like I am trying to lift something that is too heavy for someone with my skills. But hey.. fake it.. ;)

Thank you for your advice! I already have some very specific interests and ideas about the story, but I made the potential mistake of trying to read more survey books too early to cover as much ground as possible. This IS dull, even though it helped me already to make some adjustments. And...

Yes yes I got your meaning:). I still felt like that actually bothered you and just meant to say to take it less personal. By the way, the AI got to play with your ideas, so of course it was able to go further with them. If you had been given a list of AI generated prompts you could have also...

So, I want to write a historical fantasy novel set in the 17th or 18th Century Switzerland without being a historian or having any serious historical knowledge. This means I need a lot of information that I don't yet have. I want to give my novel a very realistic feel and add in a lot of...

If you feel like your whole live can be "assaulted" by one simple, probably jokeful criticism, that is not healthy (and yes, might be due to depression). Not having enough distance between you and your writing, between praise/criticism and your worth, is making you unnecessarily fragile. You are...

I bought "Song of Achilles" by M. Miller and am in awe with her prose.

It's one of my favourite books! I enjoyed it so much.

If I was to kill a God, I would add another god or immortal, that isn't necessarily stronger but is more evil and tactical. And would lure the god into a trap. And then maybe, the god is technically unkilleable, but it could be torn up or cut up into so many pieces (by some process that needs...