Recent content by GM4LSWC94

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone for the replies and the advice. Since I joined this site I feel like I have a seen an improvement in my writing and I am writing a lot more also. I appreciate it very much!

Hi Everyone! I have been working on a magic system for my story and I feel I'm being to make it difficult to follow. The plot is magic heavy so I have a hard system. Basically I have two forms of high magic, 4 lesser magics and one evil magic. I am curious to know what others do when creating a...

I see, it gives just enough to let your reader paint their own picture.

Hey everyone, I'm curious to know in what detail you may describe the architecture and style of different cities. It's relevant in my story but not vital to the plot, I really just want to paint a vivid picture without info dumping about the shape of windows or trying to explain something...

Also, the Dracopedia Field Guide by William O'Connor is another one that is written with that kind of style. I knew I had read something similar a long time ago and couldn't remember what it was. I remember this book from when I was a kid, very enthralling it had pictures, samples, letters and a...

My approach differs some, while is not the MC doing the note taking and making the records, someone else already has. I suppose my approach is the material is already available in my world, rather than it being one of the characters doing the research. I think it would be really interesting to...

It sounds interesting, dialogue is an integral part of my story though. I like writing a lot about my world in heavy detail and then kind of use it as a reference when the information becomes relevant in the plot. Like right now there is a lot of information I have written about a couple...

If there's a technical term for it I don't know it lol. I like how you describe your writing. My worlds are usually loosely based on real world places but some are just entirely different. I think I am still learning my writing style and I have some terms I probably need to learn that will...

My world building and the lore I write for different creatures sounds like a history book or an encyclopedia.

Yeah I've only actually read the Hobbit. I think the reason I am leaning into world building is because I have a movie in my head of my world and I really want to capture every intrinsic detail. I think the way you describe writing style for your books is similar to the way I want the...

That's really impressive you've written that much. I hope your favs find a home though. I hope I can say I've written 5 novel length stories in the future lol. In general I also like character driven stories, oddly enough the series I'm starting is plot and world heavy, though the characters...

What kind of stories do you like to write? What's your writing style? Idk what mine is really, at least not the technical term.

Haha, yeah I was in the Navy and that's an old username I used to use on the ship. I agree with you on your reasoning for not sharing your work, those are some of the very same reasons that I don't offer anymore. The people close to me in life know I write but I almost never ask about it, even...

Hey Everybody! My name is Shane and I am an aspiring novelist. Ever since I can remember I've written stories or done what I now know to be world building and monster creation. When I was like 7-8 I made a "Book of Monsters" comprised entirely of monsters that I came up with. I drew monsters in...