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    Works/books that don't leave out the 'unimportant stuff'

    Does anybody know a book/work that includes in detail a character's private thoughts and actions, in the form of day-to-day concerns and activities, like running errands, going to sleep, going potty. A storytelling that rebels against privacy and novelty? I wonder what specific genre I should...
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    Trying to come up with seven kingdoms each centered around either the landmarks around them or the

    Maybe you could try parts of animals. Like Mountain's beak. You could also name some wonders and scenery of nature. Like Riversun (river-like structure of trees' branches as seen from below) or the Megrim (blues of oscillating aurora in the polar hemisphere) or Storm Screech (areas with bat...
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    Languages

    I have been trying to learn Japanese and French. I'm just not that in love with culture and people in general. I feel like there has to be an advantage so great for me to take up a language. I feel like I first have to attach myself to French-speaking people or Japanese-speaking people in order...
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    Magic System Review ACT 3: Minor Concerns and Questions

    Hi I'm a new user here. Can't say I can help much but for #3, it has struck me because I have made similar magic system. The first one I made, like the Curses, borrows from imaginary myths, while, the second one is from more explainable ones like metaphors, symbols, and thoughts. How I made them...
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    Escaping the "Tolkien Trap"

    I have experienced this also. There was nothing really I could do but focus on my intent and on my honest self reflections. Maybe you could focus on one aspect. Like what did I really want to have for creating this fantasy story? For me, it was to systematize fantasy to the limit, to the...
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    Well, hello there, besties!

    Hello everyone. I'm a fella geek except, I am not that well-knowledged. I'm an early twenty something, figuring out how to socialize online. I'm not a native English speaker and usually, I'm just wishing for telepathy to just exist. I once aspired to write, but I'm now still looking for easier...
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