Recent content by Momonkiir

Yes. Basically, magic in my project has a mix of school and science culture. Most mages are attached to either a magic school or a licensed organization and they tend to interact based on their fields of research and how it affects both society and magic as a whole. I'm currently trying to make...

I was in a bit of a rush when I wrote this so i thought I should clarify. In my project, magic is a parallel to science in many ways. the government has heavy influence on how its taught to students, people are expected to be able to learn the same way and those who excel are put on a pedestal...

I think magic is more of an "each to his own" in my projects. an example is my current project one of my major characters loves to use and experiment with magic because he wants to use it to entertain, however the ruling body and society as a whole tend to think of magic as tools and weapons. so...

Something that always helps me to just get on with the story was to, during the time I designated for myself to write, take a step back from the story and go indulge in other media. maybe a video game, maybe a movie or some TV, anything where i wasn't forced to read too much and think too hard...

I was doing research on religions and military because I wanted tips on writing a more believable empire. After about half an hour of reading different articles I decided to make an account.

I liked to write short stories as a child, but in school my teacher told me that I sucked at writing and should stick to math -which i was apparently good at- instead. So during my schooling years I never really wrote anything and spent more time reading, playing games and watching movies and...

I haven't read many western stories with good battle mages, the closest being Skulduggery Pleasant which has less "battle mages" and more "people who can use magic in a fight". however i do know some good eastern comics and novels with good interpretations of stereotypical battle mages. the ones...

Not sure if this will help, but I tend to create my characters by using things like the seven deadly sins and seven heavenly virtues as roots. The reason I do this is because you can usually categorize real people's actions into one or more of these 14 sections. so if you want to create a...