Recent content by SBDanes

In my story, instead of having a different world, my characters are in a different dimension. Before the year 1, there was only one dimension, run by beings called Spirits. The Spirits, being immortal were petty and wars ensued. To settle their differences, the Spirits each created their own...

For the most part, your readers won't be knowledgeable on martial arts, so remember that while you're writing. If there is too much technicality and specific words then you might loose them. Keeping everything simple is the hardest task. But I do agree that if you focus on how the character...

You just started building your world in this post. As you describe ideas, your world builds itself. Just imagine how the characters are going about their lives in this time and it will form from there.

The problem with not having an ocean, minus the fact that you're missing out on some amazing sightings, is that there is going to be a complete different atmosphere on your planet. Weather comes from the ocean so without the seas, the planet will dry up. Think about the Great Lakes, they are...

Writers tend to write what they know. A lot of times creating a new world means that you take bits and pieces from other worlds. But as long as you give them enough of a twist it won't seem like their existing worlds.

Does anyone find it confusing when a story has multiple point of views during it? DO you find you can't get into a character as much? Or do you find it more interesting?

For a fantasy story, I find that the creation of a new world makes it interesting. I'm talking about a well-created world. It had to really draw the reader away from Earth and into this other reality. That is what fantasy is. But in order to do this, the writer needs to have figured out all of...