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Prince of Spires replied to the thread What do we think of POV writing?.There are two things worth mentioning here. The first is that conciously working on craft is the best way to improve. Think about what... -
Prince of Spires replied to the thread What do we think of POV writing?.It's all a mater of style, what you're trying to achieve, and personal preference. The thing is that most readers wouldn't know a POV...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Has anyone tried writing a modern epic?.Tolkien has. If you're looking for examples. Several of the stories set down in the Silmarillion originally started as Epics in the...
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Prince of Spires reacted to The Dark One's post in the thread Received my first response from a publisher! with
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Good god... after a measly 31 rejections? I had at least 500 rejections across my first three novels until the fourth one was accepted... -
Prince of Spires reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general) with Like.
Um... I'm sorry. I've been sick all week and managed to miss this whole thing. I'm sorry I wasn't here to deal with this, and to be...
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Prince of Spires reacted to TheCrystallineEntity's post in the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general) with Like.
I'll chime in to finally share my two cents. In my invented universe, all of my species and characters are asexual by default, because...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread How do y'all make up "fantasy names?".A good thing about place names (and similar) to keep in mind is that most real world place names are very unimaginative and often just...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Received my first response from a publisher!.There are two options I think. Either you haven't found the right publisher (or agent) for your piece, or it's not as good as you were...
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Prince of Spires reacted to Dr3amcatcher's post in the thread Help or Inspiration in Magic System with Like.
Thanks for the input. I thought about it and i think i will make Magic users to be some sort of "cursed Icons" admired by their power...
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I'll take a stab at the numbers this time. 5-6 books a week = 260-312 books a year x 50 years = 13,000-15,600 books up until 2024 (ages...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Help or Inspiration in Magic System.Sounds like a fun magic system (or at least fun for the reader, for the practitioners, not so much...). What I'm missing, and what helps...
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Prince of Spires reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general) with Haha.
Suddenly, "Hulk smash!" gets really exciting.
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Prince of Spires reacted to pmmg's post in the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general) with Haha.
It almost sounds in this that you are saying romanticized sex is not in the category of realistic, but I think the category is broad...
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Thank you for all the supportive comments. I mean that. I think what I'm having trouble coming to terms with is the expectations that...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread English names in a fantasy novel.One thing I try to keep in mind when coming up with a name for a main character is that I will be typing it a lot. And that's fine if...