Recent content by Antaus

As strange as it may sound a lot of my ideas result from dreams. I sometimes have very vivid dreams and when I do I usually remember at least part of them the next day. That's inspired more than one story concept, plot, character, etc.

The single oldest character I have is Simon Michael Tanaka. I created him when my age was still in the single digits (currently 37) and I was drawing stick figures. At first his name was just Simon, and he battled other stick figures with stick swords. Many characters have come and gone over the...

With me I usually find something that sounds interesting, then fiddle with it. It can be totally made up, from a pre-existing word, or combination thereof. Examples Talinchanakaris - totally made up and an intentional jaw breaker Magnox - derived from the television brand name Magnavox...

Why am I not published? Probably because I've never taken any professional writing classes.

As I try to improve my writing, I've also tried different writing methods to see what works best for me. This question is about writing from more than one POV, and specifically if it's needed. I'll explain a little more in detail what I mean with the example below. Chapter 1: Bob - Plot A...

With one of the stories I've been working on, there are quite a few wars. The current story is set in the world's forth age, and there has been quite a bit of conflict in the past. I'll even give a small example of the timeline I made. First Age 5,000.1 – The Men of the World settle in the...

I haven't added anything to this yet, like kingdom borders, cities, etc. This is just the basic map.

When you're dealing with the whole science/magic dichotomy there's something you have to realize, they're not different. But how could science and magic not be different? Simple, when a magical process if fully understood, it becomes science, even if it doesn't involve electricity or circuits...

I honestly don't know if this qualifies as a cliche but there is something that annoys me to no end. The hero and villain are having the big climactic battle that's been coming for the past thirty chapters. They're fighting it out on he edge of a cliff, in the rain, swords swinging, spells...

I know this might sound like a dumb question, but it's coming from a person who's never had internal problems on the same level as the character. Sure I have my personal demons like anyone else, I just don't hate myself. The question is how would someone, with Kalianyra's level of internal...

Thanks for the comments, it does give good food for thought. Although I've pretty much got things worked out this will help me smooth the edges and get those last tiny details in place. Population: Both levels of the city do have birth control laws because of limited space, but there is also...

Why would it belong in world building, I don't need anything built or worked on. I'm just showcasing a promo for a story I plan to write. I'd also like to know why this was moved to world building, as stated above, I'm not BUILDING anything.

Okay, with the following story setting I'm just really looking for opinions more than anything. I have enough to finish a basic outline, character profiles, and so on. I'd just like to hear from other people, what they think of the story ideas, the characters, setting, ect. I know this isn't...

Does anyone know a good questionnaire for a write to work on to help develop a character? I know there's really no hard and fast form so to speak. I'm just looking for something that will make me question things about the character as the writer. Look at where they start, where they end, how did...

I'm not quite sure exactly what you meant by this. It wasn't my intention for Kalianyra to represent a biracial woman who wanted to be white, metaphorically. I really hadn't thought about it that far to be honest. She was meant to be hybrid who hates being human at all. If she had her way she'd...