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Devor replied to the thread Is a ancient fantasy world better than an modern one?.I don't want to get into a big back and forth, but I do want to respond to this one point. Romeo and Juliet was written in 1597... -
Devor replied to the thread Is a ancient fantasy world better than an modern one?.They're only similar on the surface of a beat sheet. Romeo and Juliet, Westside Story, and Titanic all have significantly different...
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Devor replied to the thread Is a ancient fantasy world better than an modern one?.If your goal is just to tell an amazing story, then this is absolutely true. But if there's something you're trying to achieve...
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Devor replied to the thread Is a ancient fantasy world better than an modern one?.Better…. for what? Using the real world comes with the baggage of the real world, which can affect your story’s themes. A fantasy world...
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Devor replied to the thread Environmental Fantasy.I'm not familiar with a lot of eco-friendly fantasy novels, but there were some RPG-like board games I've seen recently which hit the...
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Devor replied to the thread How do you treat gods in your setting?.My setting has twelve magic systems, even though the story only focuses on the one fairy magic type, but it's important to me that they...
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Devor replied to the thread Environmental Fantasy.So, the first question is: By telling an eco story, are you trying to get a real-world-applicable message across? If so, what is that...
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Devor replied to the thread how to actually write books.So, I hate hearing this as an answer to a question, but I think in your case the answer is to start writing. Write a short story, or a...
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Devor replied to the thread Too much showing?.When I see videos with authors and editors talking about this stuff they call it blocking, the little filler actions you put in a scene...
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Devor replied to the thread How to use the economic, political, and sociocultural concepts in a fantasy world?.Here's the framework that I use for economics in my story. A country needs five goods to survive: Grain, Wool, Timber, Stone, Iron If...
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Devor replied to the thread Choosing the right opening moment.It's impossible to say with any certainty without knowing a lot more information about what you're doing with the plot. But my gut is...
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Devor replied to the thread Looking for Ideas to Build a Unique Writing Community.I'm going to echo pmmg a little. Scibophile has great tools for editing. I wish we get a license or something to use their tools here...
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Devor replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.The trope I refuse to write is anything where the MC has special unearned skills and abilities. That covers stuff like the Chosen One...
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Devor replied to the thread i would never….Yeah, lead characters do have a way of attracting attention. I wasn’t hoping they’d be ordinary people who blend in, so much as ordinary...
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Devor replied to the thread i would never….I've got one, but I won't say exactly what it is. I specifically wanted to avoid a certain character trait so that my heroes could be...