Recent content by Seira

Some stuff is derivative of him but there were stories about elves and other planets before he did his work. I never did totally understand why everyone branded him as the creator of Fantasy when Fantastical stories/poems/myths/songs have been circulating for thousands of years. Maybe he was the...

I've tried being a punster and I ended up in a complete muddle and totally ran out of steam to the point I was never able to return to that idea. This kept happening because as a teenager I didn't know you could make a plan or how to. I read books on planning and figured out a system that worked...

I do both. Sometimes I trance out other times it's more conscious when no ideas are coming to me or I need to really work something through. I do my best thinking away from PC and Paper. I tend to find mundane activities to do to keep my body moving and this helps activate my mind, although...

It's just something I've always done and never been able to give up no matter how much I've tried. How it developed it interesting though. I was not an only child, but an unexpected one. My siblings were in their late teens and two had moved out when my Mother got pregnant. By the time I was...

Every scene and hopefully every line has a job to for fill. (advance plot, evoke setting, character and theme) If it's doing none of those it's not worth having. Or if it's only doing one and the next scene is doing the others try and combined the two scenes.

If on a roll I can easily type 1,000 or so words in an hour, whether they are good words or not is another matter. I'm like a racehorse. Good a short, fast bursts and because of that I tire quicker and have to take a break.

Sorry, it took me so long to get back to you guys, my PC died on me and I had to replace it. Thank you for your replies, they helped me move forward with my work. x

MrNybble - that sounds a lot like my novel could you give me the name and the author so I can check it out. Thank you.

Great advice so far. I do read just not Fantasy (I think I find the length of some books off putting and some series go on forever). I think maybe I was trying to force my story into a neat box. Because it was Fantasy I thought I had to have magic. I read another comment on here where someone's...

Yeah, I did start reading in that area. It seen Young Adult in General is fine but once you start into Fantasy and Dystopian repetitions start to immerge. I did some research and noticed others had seen this a lot as well. Dead, drunk, neglectful and/or oblivious parents Teens rebelling against...

I tend to write whatever ideas come into my head and I don't really stick to any Genre but Fantasy is probably one of the Genres I am least interested in. I own no Fantasy books or movies. And I don't tend to like anything aimed a teenagers (even when I was a teen) it just always seems samey to...

Hello Gruden, welcome to the forum, this is a great bunch of people. But here's a tip for you. Helping others with their questions as well will make others realize you are committed to the forum and not just there for yourself. This is a community about supporting one another. Just a heads up as...

Rather than ask yet another question, I thought I'd just ask it here. I'm having a little trouble understanding the "character lie" thing. Would a lie be something like: Character believes peace can only be found through war I was thinking that my character believes She can only achieve...

Thanks everyone this was really helpful. I was going to ask if anyone knew any really good character profiles that go beyond the basics (appearance, personality, family, education). Ones that actually talk you through creating the character, but Futhark all ready mentioned one (K. M. Weiland)...

I don't tend to go for crazy stuff because it can become too complicated and for me the setting isn't the most interesting thing. But right now my world consists of the dream world that is controlled by a Sharman.