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Nighty_Knight replied to the thread How do y'all make up "fantasy names?".Nicknames also help with that. So a character like Averzaphyyris would just be called Ave or Averz or Avers by everyone in the story... -
Nighty_Knight reacted to Zilver's post in the thread How do y'all make up "fantasy names?" with
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My number one advice would always be: don't go overboard. Short and catchy trumps long and obtuse. The important bit is who they are... -
Nighty_Knight reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread How do y'all make up "fantasy names?" with Like.
You won't like this, but I scanned "Eolca" as "Cloaca," and I'm not even dyslexic. Not just in reply to this, but Diana is absolutely...
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I give a book about 100 pages. If it doesn’t grab me, I move on. Reading should be fun, not homework.
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Nighty_Knight reacted to Josh2Write's post in the thread What makes you give up on a book? with Like.
One reason for me is when the writer just writes whatever without thinking how it actually sounds to another person. Too many writers...
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Made some progress in Dark Souls Remastered. I really didn't think that I would make much progress like that with the dragon boss...
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“a huge individual” – would be a stronger impression if the first description is something inhuman, ephemeral, like “a hulking shadow”...
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Nighty_Knight reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread Is redeeming a really nasty villain this way good? with Like.
Fun fact: Sauron was actually offered the same deal. He just didn't take it... Source: the Silmarillion. At the end of the first age...
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Nighty_Knight reacted to Miles Lacey's post in the thread Does anyone know where I can get stats for city populations in years past? with Like.
Just one thing to keep in mind when looking up population figures for a city in 1900. The boundaries of the city in 1900 may not be the...
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Nighty_Knight reacted to pmmg's post in the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing! with Like.
Write it ugly <--give yourself permission to. Nothing beats that for getting words on page. All words can be fixed expect those not...
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Nighty_Knight reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing! with Like.
First the headache. I have chronic migraines, so this isn't my first rodeo. I have no idea whereabout you are, but my initial go-to for...
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Nighty_Knight reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing! with Like.
Sorry? You think anyone in publishing has a clue? Let me put it this way. I have a publishing contract and four books out there, and I...
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Nighty_Knight replied to the thread What Are You Playing Now?.I started the FFT Chronicles of Ivalice remaster and the Soul Reaver 1 and 2 remasters
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Dragon's Crown is quite an old game, but I started to play it some time go, and I really like it. Not the genre I usually prefer, but...
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Nighty_Knight reacted to Naruzeldamaster's post in the thread Descriptions of fight scenes with Like.
I don't have a whole lot of fight scenes written down yet, I do have one written down but it's a very classic take of each step of the...