Recent content by Mathas

Thats interesting I will take a look at that. I definitely think they need to leave the city, the story has far too many players and events to be there, and in many ways the attack on that city is the overall inciting incident. My concern though is that I currently don't have anything planned...

Overall I think the main beats of what I'd had imagined so far have happened, with a few extra added suggested by other people. That's probably why I feel there's too much is happening. I started it a few years ago when I hadn't the foggiest how to actually plan, and now that I do have an...

Ah yes, if we could all simply go walk about and abandon our woes, things would be so much nicer :unsure:;) I appreciate this, I see that my perception may be different. I think I should get someone to read it and I'll ask them about that. The inciting incident has happened for each character...

Hi all, I've tried to search for this in previous posts and haven't come up with much. I am well into the first draft of my novel, and I find myself 8 chapters in and the characters are still not moving on from the first location. The chapters are around 10 to 16 pages long, and I am dealing...

One thing that I am confused about regarding POV is that I find it easier to to jump between characters viewpoints in the same chapter, sometimes in the same page, that way I can capture each characters thoughts and feelings from an extremely personal point of view. The thing with this is I've...

One main character vs. multiple character POV's? Maybe try portraying your main character through the POV of others in your preceding work up to the point your main character is introduced. I actually had this exact same situation with the beginning of mine. My story of course focuses on the...

I started my current novel project about six years ago now with a LARP character that I wanted a backstory for. Since then it has become a massive story spanning at least two planned novels and a prequel. They're not written yet! Because I struggle with the outlining stage and I feel I need to...

Thats really interesting, I will have a look at that.

Thank you for clarifying that, with so much to think about, its good to have a clear idea of how i should be thinking in terms of the physical writing.

Thank you both i think that really helps, because I do tend toward writing over complicated descriptions and unnecessarily long sentences so I am really just trying to figure out how to shave it down and still make it interesting.

These are really interesting. I am trying to understand more about this subject. My main ruling body is a monarchy, whose only concern is money. They are a chauvinistic society and basically the villain of my story. Profit and conquest are the only real goal of the monarchy. Their military...

Greetings! Just thought I might share my technique for coming up with names for characters, instead of just using common names or thinking of the first interesting sounding combination that comes to you. One thing I tend to do is think of a common name, then play with vowel and sound...

Greetings! As an absolute beginner to writing, I am wondering would it be worth trying to write in a style that would make the whole world more immersive and arcane, or is it better to just write well and use plain English and grammar? I think I know the obvious answer, but how much richer...

Something you could possibly think about is the idea that maybe the government or ruling body of your world has segregated magic, or it runs on magic, and it needs in both cases to enforce or control the use of magic. Or maybe in a society or world where magic is allowed, you might have...

I think it would depend on their beliefs and how they view threats. That is something I've been thinking about lately. I rewatched Wonder Woman, and in it she shows an unconditional love for all life and personally believes, although naively, that all life unconditionally loves too, and that the...