Recent content by AnnaGoeldi

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...

Thank you all so much for your encouraging inputs on this topic! Since I posted this question and joined this forum, I feel like I've already gained insight. The most important for me is that I feel like my mindset is changing. I realise that it just takes so much time and dedication. And that's...

I'm halfway through the first book but I keep struggling. I wonder on which page I will finally understand the hype. There are good elements in the book - a well built world, for instance. But the personalities are a bit.. flat? Does this get better?

I tend to give up when the writing style is not entertaining me anymore. Extremely long descriptions, an unnecessary amount of introspection, artifically long sentences. Or a sequence of always very short or vague or dry sentences. Usually this goes hand in hand with a story that is not really...

I am having trouble understanding the concept of a robotic/bionic limb that is designed to feel pain. I mean if I could get rid of one feature to enhance performance in combat, it would be the ability to experience pain. The fact that it needs to warm up is less weird to me, or like a smaller...