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    Where Do You Put Your Book's Dictionary?

    Most books that I have read that have a glossary have it in the back. I think most fantasy readers are likely to have a peek in the back to see if there's a dictionary there, especially if there are made up words. Just cause it's not an uncommon thing to have. And even if they don't look at...
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    Kill this Thread

    Ingredients: 1 Apple Pie Oven Baking dish in which the apple pie will fit Guests Method: *Go to store and purchase apple pie. Try to buy one that looks as home-made as possible. *Return home and heat oven to some random temperature that will warm the pie but hopefully not cook it too much...
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    Villainous racism in fantasy

    I don't think there is a problem here - it is the character who is being racist, not you. Just like if your villain wanted to blow up the world, doesn't mean you do! I would suppose it would be a bad plan to go too over the top, as (and it has been mentioned already) so people might find it...
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    Languages, Not sure how to go about this.

    Hello. I skimmed over the other replies briefly so forgive me if I repeat something that's already been said. A 'common tongue' was mentioned, but I'm gonna talk about languages a bit in relation to how they work in our world, and how that can help. Firstly, monolingualism is actually very...
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    Whats it like to be a (insert religion)?

    Of course I forgot to add the most important part of Judaism is all the food you get to cook and eat for all the holidays. Jewish holiday coming up? Great, what's the traditional food to make? (Ok, so I'm joking in part here, but it's true there is a lot of awesome food involved. My housemate at...
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    Whats it like to be a (insert religion)?

    I think this is because, while there are not necessarily really 'good' or 'bad' religions, members of one religion may consider members of another to be bad. So if you're writing from the point of view of a member of one, they will probably consider another to be bad. (Trudi Canavan's 'Age of...
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    interesting article on being creative.

    Haha, I read this yesterday or whenever it was it went up. When I saw the title of this thread I thought "I bet it's that cracked article" ha! I thought it was an interesting read too though :D
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    Death in First Person POV?

    In "After The First Death" by Robert Cormier, the POV switches between several main characters, though it is written in the 3rd person. It is written in the past tense. (not a fantasy book though.. it's about the terrorist hijacking of a bus full of children, told from the POV of characters from...
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    What inspired you to write?

    I ticked "reading books" on the poll, but it's a mix of that and "other" I guess. I have always made up stories in my head and sort of 'play' them like a game, if that makes sense. As a younger child, I tended to place myself as a main character, but have increasingly separated myself from the...
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    What are the most common historical (or other) inaccuracies you see in fantasy?

    Thanks for these replies :) Ahaa, I noticed a bunch of people talking about language use by characters and I have to say... I don't care about this at all. I did my degree in English Language, including taking such dry modules/classes as "grammatical change in the history of English" and...
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    What are the most common historical (or other) inaccuracies you see in fantasy?

    (I couldn't really decide which sub-forum was the best place for me to post this. In the end, I decided this was the most relevant place. I apologise if I should have posted elsewhere). I have been becoming increasingly aware that I tend to lack certain knowledge about certain subjects...
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    British Slang

    Yes, I don't know why we as a nation feel the need to agree on pointless opinions such as how good a meal was, but for some reason it's awkward to admit to enjoying it if someone else didn't or vice versa. Actually, I used 'quite' about 2 hours ago without thinking and immediately thought of...
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    British Slang

    Yes, I think I agree with this, if this is what you mean... Person A: The restaurant last night was very good! Person B: Yeah, it was quite good. Where person B actually didn't think it was all that good (though they didn't think it was awful), but it would be rude to disagree with Person A...
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    How do you stay out of the Mary Sue trap?

    I agree with Steerpike that it isn't necessarily a bad thing (and depends what you consider to be a 'mary sure' exactly). I used to do a lot of text-based role-play and then Mary-sue types needed to be avoided for obvious reasons. Not everyone can be a mary-sue! It would be ridiculous for the...
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    British Slang

    "That's bloody brilliant" sounds a little bit put on to me.. I don't know how much awesome is used here compared to the states but I personally hear it all the bloody time. One of my managers at work will respond with "awesome!" to almost anything you say to her! Be wary of 'quite'! It's not...
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