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What if you go the angler fish route, where a lead boat would be brightly lit, perhaps phosphorescent, from the underside. It attracts the megafauna before the darker,larger hull of the main ship. When that gets attacked/disappears , then a poison is dumped into the sea to ward it off the...

Hi friends, just discovered this Nerdwriter video about the impact dragons have on a medieval-ish society, and why they up-end how we've come to assume the flow of history. Very valuable for how to brainstorm and approach our stories; for dragons, insert any ultimate power situation like...

We relate to different people in different ways, and different sides of us come out in different relationships. I think that the Twilight series was a deliverable exercise in seeing how two totally different relationships could work with Bella and why people root for the two different teams...

Another consideration I'm so my mind is the difference between individualism and the need to belong. I'm assuming one of the big reasons why the power it needs to get back home it's because that's where he is mates are, his friends, and everything familiar. Where is she, as a modern individual...

Apologies if this has been done before, but this struck me as a great way to deepen character relations and development. Determine your protag's Myers Briggs personality, and then this article is cool for bouncing them off other people. What Exhausts Each Myers-Briggs Personality Type What...

It seems like this conversation has wrapped up, but it reminded me of the climax of the Netflix ' Marco Polo' series, where he is the protagonist, doesn't kill the main antagonist. It's in keeping with his character that he tries is defeated and his trainer steps in to finish the job. So...

Sheesh, this thread has me salivating. :) I've always loved food in writing, particularly in the Redwall series. It goes a long way to make a scene more immediate, and use more senses in description. In the last couple of years, I went from cooking pancakes to roasts and Asian cuisine, and do...

I can't think of many fantasy short story anthologies, but check out the more popular tales by O. Henry; short stories being an art form of brevity and delivery, you can gain some great reading, hilarity and inspiration while learning some of the mechanics that go into it. Very interested to...

Without knowing more about your story, your characters will have their own cultural expectations and responsibilities, will be in charge of certain areas in their kingdoms, and probably have different life goals. Ask yourself what makes these two people unique in your mind and work on...

Two films that were really cool and also speak to your theme of multiple perspectives are 'At the Gate of the Ghost', a murder mystery with four perspectives, and Jet Li's 'Hero', an assassination attempt told three times based on interpreting the evidence. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using...

Another approach that might a little more humorous in hanging that lantern without breaking the consistency of your story would be reference a myth of a fish searching for another fish. So don't use the names, but say something like, "This reminds me of that story of a fish hunting for his...

If you ever watched 'El Cid' worth Charleston Heston, it's one of my favorites because he's a solid, unyielding figure. Everyone around him changes after being impacted by his character. A lot of epic stories home on a solid protagonist's so that a crazy inventive tale can go anywhere. I think...

Ok, so a couple of thoughts. One, if a city is going to be built in a nebula, or anywhere in space, I can't see aesthetics being a determining favtr. More likely Oceania started out as some sort of waysyation, or a refinery/depot for exotic matter from harvesters in the Hanging Sea. This might...