Recent content by Kazzan

When a scene is unnecessarily cruel or plainly there just to shock people with what happens. For instance having a character built up as a likable character for the sole purpose of the character dying a horrible death. I dont think it's a bad method to invoke every now and then (had it...

There is no real tipping point for me when I just stop reading because of graphic content, however the violence needs to be fitting to the story. I find graphic scenes are sometimes more impactful when they are a bit more abstract and less detailed. If they are overly detailed I might just read...

Named my primary world Jurr, rolls off the tongue well enough. It basically means world in one of my worlds languages, thouggh I gave it that meaning after the fact. Initially Jurr was the WIP name for a mod I was doing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Brother You could check out wolfbrother by Michelle Paver. It's straight up fantasy but set in a prehistoric setting. I read them when I was younger, and they're a fairly alright read.

Googled for worldbuilding forums, as r/worldbuilding was not enough for me at the time. Now I'm more interested in the writing side of things.

I'm mostly writing straight characters. I'm unsure if I could do lesbian or gay characters justice, I'd probably do a passable job at it, but I have no experience with that. I dont personally know a single gay guy and only one lesbian in real life. Then again, in my own writing sexuality doesn't...

In Malazan Book of the Fallen there are a lot of scenes that have stuck with me, from the ending of Deadhouse Gates, to Ygathan and HAIL THE MARINES! Some are really wonderfully written. Some scenes from Game of Thrones are pretty hard to forget as well, but those are more for the shock value...

Be careful not to just add "adult" themes just for the sake of it. It can easily come across being edgy just for the sake of it. if there is a good reson with plot significance and if these are themes that actually get handled rather than just existing for the sake of a darker story. When...

I finished Witcher 3 a while back and must say that it's a really good game and I enjoyed it immensely. I was a bit let down at the GTA/RDR style map exploration. With how the game gives you a bunch of question marks to explore. I'm probably going to attempt to finish Risen 2 now that I'm done...

Steven Erickson in The Book of the Fallen series wrote some pretty good dialogue at times. It's also highly quotable. Though he does suffer from pages of philosophical ponderings, though these are not really part of the dialogue. GRRM has done some nice dialogue in his ASoIaF series, and I do...

If you want to get to know your character better yourself you could flesh out his backstory a bit. Of course it might be extra work if it never shows up in the actual story, but might be worth it for a more consistent character. Personally, even though I dont have a well fleshed out background...

To get anything done I have to focus on one story at a time. Current story I'm writing does take up all my writing time, though I have some short story ideas on the side, but I cant start writing those until I finish my current project.

A few hundred ascendants and around a thousand magic users troughout the three continents that make up the known world of my setting. Ascendants are mortals that have been given immortality by the high gods along with some other benefits. Mages are people who use rune magic and rituals. Magic...