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I like starting with the climax. The final conflicts defines who the villain is and who the hero is. From there, you can start to develop their characters. Next is the inciting incident. This defines who the hero is at the start of the story and what needs to happen, that is, how they grow...

Search the web for "conlang".

Dean Wesly Smith calls his second draft the first draft. His first draft is just a practice session, not a "real" write. Heinlein was notoriously know for constantly rewriting his work. That's why he had the rule never to rewrite. But he didn't follow his own rule. A better rule is: do not...

Wasn't Frankenstein written in 11 days? Of course if you read the original, you could easily believe it had only one draft.

If you want help with maps, I suggest the Cartographers' Guild.

I would use "kindred". kindred: adj. Of the same ancestry or family. kindred - definition and meaning kindred (n.)c. 1200, perhaps late Old English, kinraden, "family, lineage; race, nation, tribe, people; kinsfolk, blood relations." kindred | Origin and meaning of kindred by Online Etymology...

A very, very long time. "A single gram of 210Po generates 140 watts of power.[12] Because it emits many alpha particles, which are stopped within a very short distance in dense media and release their energy, ..." Polonium-210 - Wikipedia Alpha particles can be stopped by the air, a piece of...

I makes me think of the Chinese artist that says to dot the eye to make the dragon look alive. Chinese Idiom: 'Paint the Dragon, Dot the Eyes'

He can't. Banking systems are unstable. Look up the Rothschild banks and the "fractional banking system". They're eye openers. Also search for the "split-tally stick". That's how to create a stable currency. The English did for over 700 years. Then Henry VIII sold it out to the Rothschilds.

Write your story, the way you would tell it to your friends. Don't feel obligated to conform to someone else's ideas. Or maybe ideals. You write best when you write your way. No style of writing is a necessity.

It's called Flow.

Sometimes, you just have to tell. But don't go overboard. Using a bunch of crazy, descriptive words is the wrong way to go. Describe it in everyday language. Otherwise, you're going to turn off a lot of people.

Saying, "Ralph was angry," is not enough. Nor is giving a description of his looks. Instead, describe his actions because of his angry. OK, you can start a paragraph with, "Ralph was angry," but then tell its consequences. As a different example: "Shit," said Ralph as he climbed out of the...

Start with the climax. What does the antagonist want? Then decide why the protagonist is opposed to this. Once you have the destination determined, decide where the protagonist is coming form. This should give you the idea of what the plot is.

Completely false. Chimpanzees have been documented killing other chimpanzees. Male lions kill the young when they take over a pride. Humans are not the only ones killing their own species.