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As far as the world goes, you can get away with almost anything by simply handwaving it and not digging into it. Star Wars gets away... -
Gurkhal replied to the thread Temporia (The land of seasons).It looks cool to me but like others said almost any world looks good if the stories it carries are also good. What I could ask about...
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Well...I am asking questions... Like, what is the eco-system for the frozen half? And what about the summer clime and fat makes them all...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread Causes of War for Fantasy Writers.Very interesting discussion in this thread. For myself I usually find the concept of an undefined evil to be to, well, impersonal or...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread Writing about sex, intimacy and relationships.I know that I've decided to make these things a part of the background of characters, as often as possible, as opposed to add it...
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Gurkhal reacted to Queshire's post in the thread Writing about sex, intimacy and relationships with
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Well, I'm a few decades younger, but I'm in the same position. With sex itself it's probably easiest to just fade to black. For... -
"political ideology is nothing but secularized religion anyway." Possibly my favorite quote I've read in a week, maybe a month, and...
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https://warfantasy.wordpress.com/2024/04/07/causes-of-war-for-fantasy-writers/ One of major aspects of writing warfare is understanding...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread What do you listen to?.Dark Souls tributes. I'm slowly getting my brain ready to plunge in once more. Even if not just yet.
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The deeper I get into writing, the more I think story is actually the hardest thing to master. Yes, it all comes down to conflict, and...
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No tall ships and no horses in my book so far. Tall ships isn't so bad because I feel like readers are either more sympathetic or don't...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread What was hard to write?.Speaking of it I feel this too. Its like, people are living in blank spaces in my stories and when I try to flesh it out I'm like "now...
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For me it's setting description. I have difficulties imagining places in vivid detail. In my head, rooms are a blur.
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Gurkhal replied to the thread What was hard to write?.Scenes where I think I haven't done the proper research are hard to write. It don't matter if I've done sufficient research or not. If...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread Origin Stories.Given that I'm angling for a 19th century setting the origin story in a mythological sense isn't really that important to my stories...