Recent content by TheokinsJ

Hey all (First post in a loooooong time!), I wondered if anyone has ever used flash-forwards in their work, and how you managed to do it whilst still leaving the reader with suspense and wondering what comes next, even when they know the future? (A bit confusing, let me explain). In my...

A while back when planning my current project, I quickly latched onto the idea of multiple POV characters. I invented two characters, however... I seem to have run into a bit of trouble as I've made them far too 'similar'. Now, before I speak about them a little, I'd like to say I meant for...

There was a very interesting documentary I watched on Guéldon castle in France; I'd highly recommend it: to get to the point; this castle is being made by modern craftsmen and artisans, using medieval methods. No power tools, no electricity, no cars, cranes, modern tools or anything- everything...

The invention of crossbows didn't hail the way for plate armour, as trentonian7 mentioned, I don't think the crossbow was the 'game-changer' that caused plate armour to become popular, my own belief is that the quality of steel and the availability of steel became better. The big reason as to...

I've always felt there's something strangely romantic about seeing snowy mountains rising above a pine forest, of glaciers, of the rock and the stone jutting up thousands of feet high. In my WIP my main character, and his team, are attempting to climb a mountain without supplemental oxygen. My...

As others have said, technological advancement is not always guaranteed. Indeed, in Western Europe during 'The Dark Ages', technological advancement went backwards, quite drastically. All the technical advances the Romans and the Greeks had made in architecture, Engineering, agriculture etc, all...

I'll admit, I've been out of the game for a while- I haven't written in nearly three years. I write here and there of coarse, small passages or a part of a chapter that I think would be really cool, or some random dialogue or part of a short story or two, but its been three years since I started...

At their heart, names are a description of places or people. The names of Kingdoms are no different; kingdom (and empire) names, are named usually after people or landmarks. A few examples; The Roman Empire was known as 'the Roman Empire', because the Capital was 'Rome', which was named after...

I don't think so in the slightest, in fact I feel it prevents a very cliché showdown that occurs in most books/movies. I can think of The Hobbit, Smaug was killed by Bard, a complete stranger, a 'random guy' in Laketown, who by co-incidence happened to be a decedent of a great hero and could...

Swords are the 'generic heroes weapon' throughout fantasy literature, and so I feel like giving characters weapons that are unique to them and portray them as individuals with different skills and talents, is far more interesting. Think of the Lord of the Rings; Legolas has his bow, Gimli has...

Others have probably already stated that dual wielding really doesn't have any major advantages- movies and video games make it look far more spectacular than it actually is- what you can do with two swords you can do with one just as easily- dual wielding with say, a sword and a knife, however...

This subject has been plaguing my thoughts for quite some time now, because I can't remember any instance where I've seen it done. No doubt you've all seen a movie where the main character's love interest or best friend dies or comes close to death, prompting a really emotional scene with...

Another question- was pattern-welding a blade, a necessity? I'd always thought blades were pattern-welded simply for aesthetics and for decoration, but I've heard from several sources that pattern-welding was a way of actually removing impurities from the blade? Any truth to any of this? (I...

I suppose this is a historical question about armour- perhaps a bit too specific but I'll see how it goes- just wondering if you knew anything about the Vikings and what kind of armour they wore? I know Vikings wore mail, but I'd like to know what the average man wore- mail was ridiculously...

I suppose my ideal character is myself- my main character in my WIP is everything I am and everything I want to be- he's a character who's confident, self-aware, kind, he's a thinker, strong- but he has his flaws as well; he's insecure at times, he's been hurt, he finds it hard to trust people...