Recent content by oyler44

From what I have read from all the responses, my only recommendation or idea in this particular subject is the use of a form of psionic ability. Even put an emphasis that since they are twins, the powers are divided between the two. Alot of people believe that twins are two halves of 1 whole...

Magic itself is an entity that is used to so many books and in so many forms it is hard NOT to use an idea twice. Honestly the way the Force is described is the world is made up of small particles called midiclorians (Spelling sucks) and that everything is made up of them. This directly ties to...

Another example of what happens when your character becomes too awesome. Dragonlance's Raistlin. Anyone familiar with the story knows how he became too awesome and the only way to end it before Raistlin became "too boring" they gave him a change of heart. PERFECT ending to an eternal struggle of...

Honestly, instead of a conflict of "how awesome can I make my character, but still have the character be personable," I focus more on the hardships and lessons learned from the story to make the character personable. Look at Thor for instance. He is basically a god, but Marvel still found him to...

Yeah, slightly cold.... *reaches over and grabs Sev's marshmellow

This is my general series of questions I always ask myself when I create a world/city/country within a story. From here ALOT of followup questions are usually asked, but it is a solid outline that gets you started thinking creatively and sets some very necessary pre-requisites before those...

I have a weird planning and outline style. For me it is like a puzzle. I have to assemble the entire thing before I write. During the writing a change alot but I normally stay true to my general scheme. It always starts with the world and how it is created. I actually draw a map of the world and...

To be honest, my inspiration for my book came from my son. I read him the Dragonlance books as a kid and he loved them, now he pretends to be a Knight of Solamnia with all his friends. Ahh teenagers...

My name is Matt, new to writing as a hobby but I can't get over the intense feeling I get when writing fantasy stories. I have made a few short stories but I am working on my first novel. I will post a rough draft/summary here soon to get some feedback. ANY feedback is welcome and I appreciate...

Not a bad outline. I like the idea of the buffer plane.

Holy crap, that makes so much sense.

In describing my characters, I select 3 distinct features that are fairly unique. I select these during my building a character phase. Before I even begin the REAL writing. Then when I come back to my pre-built character once the writing has started I can use those 3 features to describe. Leave...