Recent content by Jo of the South

I like when titles sound interesting, original, and are relevant to the story. Who doesn't like a good title? I mean who wasn't immediately interested with titles like "The Hunger Games" "Lord of the Rings" or "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"? If Rowling had just gone with "Harry Potter" as...

Okay so, a while back I posted a thread about my magic system and got a lot of great help, but now I'm stuck again and could use some feedback. I want to perfect my magic system as best as I can because it is the only true fantasy element I plan on using and it is basically what causes my plot...

1. The prophecy or legend that was told long ago by some wise old man of the "Chosen One" who will one day save their world from evil. (this idea has been the foundation of some great stories, but it has been done waaay to many times.) 2. the mentor character who always seems to die just when...

Thanks y'all. I have posted a few threads already and got such great help. My story has improved more in the last few weeks with the advice I've been given than it has in probably months. Aidan, that's cool. I rarely meet anybody else who has been homeschooled. :) Chilari, I hadn't thought of...

Hello all. My name is Jo. I'm a twenty-one year old from down south. I grew up on military bases and in small towns throughout the southeastern united states during my entire childhood. This was my parents' reason for homeschooling me and my siblings for a good chunk of our school years. My...

You all have made such great points and been so very helpful. I'm going to go do some research on telekinesis and other similar things, and then probabaly a little more brainstorming. Hopefully I can work out a much clearer system without to much trouble.

Black Dragon, thanks so much for explaining. I could not for the life of me figure out what I could have done to those posts.

As far as the eye colors go, have you considered black or gray/silver? Or you could even use shades of red.

And quick question, last night I posted a reply to each of the first two posts, but they never showed up in the thread. Does that sometimes take awhile?

Hmm...Truthfully I haven't thought about why the illness causes these powers. I just figured the illness caused a permanent change to their bodies, but thinking that through would help to better explain why the magicians are limited to only one power. Although I do see what y'all are saying...

@Queshire I have them all get powers the same way because I figured they acquired the powers from some kind of illness that infects these people and changes them for life. I made a typo in my original post. I meant to say that while the people fear magic is a contagious disease, there is no...

@ThinkerX I see what your saying and it makes complete sense. Visions and mindreading are to similar. I should allow the magicians with these powers to have the ability to develop both powers even though they might only start out with one. Allowing that shouldn't change my main characters with...

Hello again! I got such great advice from y'all on my first thread, that I wonder if I could trouble all of you again with one more question? I've been working a lot on perfecting my magic system the last couple of days. I think I've got it figured out and would appreciate some feedback. My...

Thanks for the advice! It was really helpful. I can stop worrying about that now. :)

Hello! I'm a big fan of fantasy books and I love thinking up stories of magic, warriors, and such. Although I've never actually tried to write any of it down. Recently I decided to try my hand with the story of my favorite characters. I had some issues with the plot making sense no matter what I...