I agree with you completely! I knew what I wanted to write about and how the story would unfold way before I decided on any of this stuff, don't worry. My stories are actually very character driven, and most of this deep lore stuff is heavily contextualized by how the characters understand it. I...
I've recently starting reading kindle books in an effort to broaden my exposure to literature. I decided, while looking for my next read, that I would try to find something very contemporary, a book published this year, preferably something obscure.
Scrolling through recent releases in fantasy...
My attitude is that I just hate writing dialogue tags like "said the butler," so if a character has more than a few lines I'll usually try to slip a name in there. Before I do that, however, I see if there's a named character around who can fulfill the same role since, if I find myself making up...
I'm seeing a lot of really high concept stuff in this thread, which is definitely popular in current fantasy material. That's fine, but I always try to root my worldbuilding concepts in material that's more timeless and rooted in ancient human history. Do bear in mind that I'm not an expert on...
Hi, I'm Quinn_Patrick. I come from a family of professional fiction writers and as such I've always had the creativity bug. Historically, I wanted to make games, but unfortunately that led to me acquiring marketable skills and so now I write software during the day and have little time or...