Recent content by JohnWhitefield

Been toying around with the ideas of diseases and plagues in my own works ever since I read somewhere (can't remember where though, sadly) that fantasy seems to never truly deal with them despite the usual pseudo-medieval setting. I've tried to address this issue myself, since like most, my own...

Been mostly playing Crusader Kings 2 recently. Although not a fantasy game and more of a historical thing, I find it oddly helping me out in getting creative when it comes down to the timelines and lives of past rulers in my own fantasy world.

New to the thread here, but putting in my view on it from my own personal experiences. In my most recent world, I've tried to create a balance between high fantasy and low fantasy in terms of the inclusion of magic. It exists, but it isn't stuffed full of mages in every city and nation, but...

I'm inclined to agree with the others that have posted before me. I once struggled with the same issue on a story I developed a few years back. I got some advice from a friend at that point to direct the story after the death to the person that was closest to the MC who has survived whatever...

Thanks for the welcome! I'll be checking out that section, as well as the rest :)

Greetings everyone! I'm John and I consider myself to be a fantasy writer. I'm a former student of creative writing and found this website through some searches and hope to be having some good fun around here. Hoping perhaps to find some 'beta readers' for my works in here, but also hoping to...