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  1. J Q Kaiser

    How to Write Prophecy

    I ended up thinking about this while I was walking my dog waiting the near infinity it takes her to finally find a place to poop. Ancient Greek prophecy is deceptively straight forward and often turns in directs that are perfect for keeping the reader invested (especially because they see the...
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    How to Write Prophecy

    You know what, I see that now. How could I have missed that before?!
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    How can I use a chosen one in a creative (unique) way?

    I'm a fan of the idea of a red herring chosen one. For example, and I never read beyond the first book so I only know the fun fan theories and speculation, Neville Longbottom ends up being the real a chosen one. The character in the background, who is connected to the events but seems...
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    Overused personalities. How to avoid them?

    I agree with Skip. I also like twisting them around in interesting ways. For example, I have a succubus who claims my main character as her own and then insists on a chaste relationship (even as she goes about her normal activities). It creates, even in the context of a comedy and parody, some...
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    Removing the Concept of Marriage

    Oh, another idea. I worked as a TA almost a decade ago and had to teach the book Three Cups of Tea. In the process we had to discuss how marriage can work in Afghanistan/Pakistan. Some Muslim sects allow for, within polygamy, temporary marriages. Generally they are used by merchants. Both...
  6. Excerpts from Stan for Critiquing

    Stan the Barbarian: Robbery Scene (Part 2)

    (Note: I am including the introduction I posted in the forum's here to set up this excerpt. The part of chapter 2 I am asking to be critiqued is attached as a file as it exceed the character count. It is roughly 15k characters This is from the second chapter of my Sword & Sorcery/Epic Fantasy...
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  7. Excerpts from Stan for Critiquing

    Stan the Barbarian: Robbery Scene (Part 1)

    (Note: I am including the introduction I posted in the forum's here to set up this excerpt. The part of chapter 2 I am asking to be critiqued is attached as a file as it exceed the character count. It is roughly 15k characters This is from the second chapter of my Sword & Sorcery/Epic Fantasy...
    • J Q Kaiser
    • Portfolio entry
    • 6 min read
    • accent barbarian dialect epic fantasy humor sword and sorcery
    • Category: Book Chapters
  8. Excerpts from Stan for Critiquing

    Excerpts from Stan for Critiquing

    This is a place where I will post parts of Stan for critiques (as the forum is a bit too limiting, word count wise). Much of this will involve dialogue scenes, which tend to frustrate me. Your constructive comments and criticisms will be appreciated. Thank you in advance for your feedback.
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    How to Write Prophecy

    I've always felt that prophecy done well in fiction comes off a poetry that doesn't give away plot before it is fulfilled and, once fulfilled, makes the reader think "Of course! How did I not see that coming?"
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    How to Write Prophecy

    This one has been difficult to search on Google. I ended up reading through a ton of old prophecies from Nostradamus, monks from the Middle Ages, and the Bible. I still don't have a firm grasp on how to write a strong prophecy. I get the sense I need to write backward. What do I need...
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    Weird Dreams

    Here's a fun one that maybe one day I will turn into a book. This is a recurring dream for me. I wake up and I know I'm in the afterlife. I'm in a blank void, all white. I'm guided by a, for lack of a better word, angel from the void into a massive library filled with columns and three or...
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    Looking for a Good Pun based on Medieval Banking

    I am trying to come up with a good name for a banking firm in my epic fantasy parody story. So far the best I have is Trial by Balance. I feel like there must be better puns I am missing but my knowledge of old world banking being limited, I can't find them. And Googling medieval banking isn't...
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    How to structure worldbuilding notes on paper.

    I tend to write things down first on paper and then transfer them to a massive Mindmap I have on my iPad. I find that with paper the ideas eventually get lost between pages and maintaining the index is too much trouble for me. The mindmap keeps everything organized AND it is easier to make it...
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    Removing the Concept of Marriage

    Last year I tried to read the John Carter series. Ouch. The text hasn't held up well. I was so disappointed as I had set aside time to read through the entire series. Instead, I just read some Discworld books and a handful of Sword & Sorcery titles that I had on my to-read list.
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    Removing the Concept of Marriage

    Yeah, a lot of the writing from the 19th century (fine for the conventions of its time) is difficult, at best, to make it through today. For example, any Cooper novel other than Last of the Mohicans is comparable to crawling through broken glass. Even Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin which is...
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