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    Chapters?

    I use to do it like this: my story runs on two levels (because there are two protagonists). When a chapter is almost satisfying and you have a surprise going on, you cut the surprise, so readers will have to get to other chapters to know how a situation ended.
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    Thoughts on reusing names...

    I have never played FF, so this wouldn't be a problem to me
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    "Excuses" for first person narrative?

    if you mean an excuse to shift from 3rd to 1st, you have diaries
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    Questioning my own originality

    Start from a main concept, don't start from a generic dreaming that will be surely influenced by all the books you read.
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    Is this fantasy race design offensive?

    make their eye bulbs black, and make their pupil gray, this should do
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    Eating Magic

    "...uncontrollably venting the excess magic in random effects" this is called "Scourge" in "Mage" tabletop RPG. I like this idea.
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    hometown history

    -Would this be a plausible story? ---yes -Would strip mining have been invented at the time? ---use wikipedia -Are there any other plot holes you guys can see? ---no -How could this history tie back into the main story? I'm thinking doing something with underwater tunnels or various stuff at the...
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    OMG I start writing and then it's blah

    I created it like this. 1- main "cool scene" around which all the book is based 2- protagonist, why he/she is special 3- conflict 4- now that you have a struggle, you need to make it comfortable to you (example: NOT a civil war) 5- You have all these elements? Make characters be just A PART of...
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    This is getting too long

    Is it clear to you what's the main point of your story? What do you want to say in a single statement? (don't say it here :)
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    Anybody care to share their map?

    My map is in my link, here in my signature
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    Looking for criticism on my magic concept

    Elemental stuff has been used for so long (power rangers, avatar and every cartoon in history) that they give me no feelings any more (they actually tend to make me loose interest)
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    Skyrim-Weird, Fantastic, and Epic Moments

    Bow shot - arrow in the eye - bartender keeps attacking me XD
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    Best console RPG of this generation?

    DAO has poetry in it. Really, it's not like "let's put ALL the epic elements in one single game" it's like "let's tell a story". A-W-E-S-O-M-E
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    Is World of Warcraft a drug?

    Is it a drug? yes it is. they took starcraft and diablo2 and mixed them up. If you play Skyrim you play for long but at least --you can make it come to an end----
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    Populous - The Beginning

    I know it! It's very challenging but it's great, it's the only game in which you have the globe in your hands, literaly :)
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