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If you're world building to tell a story (novel, series, short story, etc.), focus on the world building aspects that would be important or necessary for you to tell the story intended. It should give you a few important starting points to flesh out and a somewhat limited initial scope.

Welcome Michael Robling. Looking forward to crossing paths with you here on the forum. Terry

I write left handed, and they work for me. I guess it depends on the pen/brand. Felt tip or fountain pen (especially) have always proven troublesome.

I sign with a ballpoint pen, usually blue or black. My handwriting is not great. But it seems to work and never had any complaints.

Write the prologue. Keep it as short/brief as possible. Then, as you complete the tale, see if you can work the background/history into the narrative and plot as the story unfolds. One of the weaknesses of a prologue is that the reader is often introduced to names/places/events that have...

I am not sure that I have a "topic" that I most enjoy, other than writing what I think is entertaining, and will hopefully entertain readers. That might include an intriguing plot, interesting characters and dialogue, engaging action scenes. Things like that. I don't really set out, with my...

A lot of good infomation/advice/suggestions above. Remember, do not compare your initial draft(s) with the finished product of books that have been published. 100 words per hour is not really very fast. That's not quite 2 words per minute. But also remember, there are quite a few people who...

Engaging plotline(s) and characters.

I read them quite a while back, and re-read them recently (the recent time via audiobook). The first time I had trouble getting through book 1...had to start again, but it sets up all of the other books. The main character isn't exactly likeable, but overall it is an interesting world and...

Select the proper POV, and proper POV characters through which the tale is told/revealed to the reader.

Over the past eight or so years, a subgenre of fantasy (and SF): LitRPG and GameLit have come into play, with a solid readership. You might look into some of those books to give you ideas of how the character could become trapped in the game and the other questions you have (such as with his...

I enjoy both, and have published novels in both. That said, there is less crossover than I anticipated in readers. There is not as much crossover in readers between subgenres of fantasy or between subgenres of SF as I anticipated. That isn't to say it is zero, but early in my writing journey...

Depends on the price and, of course, the quality.

Welcome to the forum, Runhold. Looking forward to crossing paths here on the forum. Terry

I hadn't thought about specialty software and what hurdles there might possibly be using a working title. I use MS Word. As far as renaming files, really, the only file for records that would need to be changed is the main folder which contains all of contents (version of the novel for me). In...