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    MSadiq replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.
    I'm pretty much the same. It'd not stop me from finishing a book for just that, if it's interesting enough, but I'd just be ranting to...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.
    I wouldn't want to, but my concern was how much can I lean into it without becoming too much to comprehend on a cultural level, like...
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    MSadiq reacted to xena's post in the thread Prose Style Concern with Like Like.
    Your instinct is right. You don't need to sand your voice down to Standard English. What you’re doing reads like English carrying Arabic...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Magic systems please!.
    As for my magic system, I'll just post what I've posted already because it's p much a done magic system. he power system is a...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Magic systems please!.
    I have to question this, as swords aren't all the same length or weight, especially if you're dealing with multiple periods, if your...
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    MSadiq reacted to skip.knox's post in the thread The Flood: Introducing my World with Like Like.
    I like the foundations; plenty to work with. It's all general worldbuilding (which is why it's in this forum!), but I'm usually more...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread The Flood: Introducing my World.
    Yes, there are a lot of details that I've already made, like clothing, architecture, political structure, etc., but these are just...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread The Flood: Introducing my World.
    Yes, and that's why I've made it the most dangerous place on Tilmun, not just because of the creatures within, but also the fact that...
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    MSadiq reacted to ThinkerX's post in the thread The Flood: Introducing my World with Like Like.
    To recap: 1 - An ancient tyrant attempted a dangerous ritual to become immortal via the theft of life energy. 2 - Instead, this...
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    MSadiq reacted to Finchbearer's post in the thread The Flood: Introducing my World with Like Like.
    It’s really interesting.The narrative potential of the dragon burrow is huge, and could give a lot of thematic depth, but risks becoming...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread The Flood: Introducing my World.
    No, it's the Ma, the power, the flooded out that turned them to crystals then they shattered. Not portals. Humans just pop out onto the...
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    MSadiq posted the thread The Flood: Introducing my World in World Building.
    I want to give background information first. The story takes place in 3 different worlds. They're Tilmun, Erd, and Apertum, which is...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Elves, based on Anglo-Saxon Perception.
    I kept meaning to reply, but never did. One of the things I intend, insha'Allah, to make relevant in my story is scribes, so I'll...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.
    I tried to communicate an Arabic phrase here, and the best way I thought of was "almost-corpse." It sounds a bit weird because it's more...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.
    It's just that I'm very used to these kinds of extended metaphors that it didn't cross my mind that it could be interpreted how you did...
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