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The more I think about it the more hesitant I am. I had a really cool idea about a hero paladin of the world finding out the truth that the world is a lie and ends up driving him to become a villain who ends up using corrupt code to break down the world and in doing so, the protagonist's mind...

I made this post not too long ago https://mythicscribes.com/community/threads/mc-trapped-in-a-video-game-world-i-cant-figure-out-how-to-make-this-work.25696/ Basically I had this idea for a world that uses video game/table top RPG rules. Things like classes and stats and abilities exist and...

Some of my favorite stories of all time have had layers to them. On the surface it's a story about X, but really it's also a story about Y. Might not be the best example of this but let's take the OT Star Wars. Is it a story about space battles and laser swords? Yes. But is that it? No, on a...

I can't make up my mind on how I want to approach this. I have several ideas for stories that are all versions of dungeons & dragons campaigns I designed. They are all distinct and unique but they all operate by the same rules, within the same setting, and with the same magic system. I have...

I've learned a lot of great writing advice over the years but something that still is hard for me to understand is paragraph structure. I'll be reading a book and within the same chapter there will be paragraphs that take up half a page, and then there will be paragraphs that are only two...

I was working on a novel idea that takes place in a world that operates with "rules" like you would find in a tabletop rpg. Things like classes and stats and levels exist as a common thing in the world. At first I wanted the world to operate like this, but I've been having ideas about revealing...

I am working on a comedic fantasy novel where the protagonist is very selfish and manipulative, willing stab others in the back if it benefits himself sort of character. His main arc is finding value in friends and family and learning that loving and being selfless isn't a weakness. But how can...

I have an idea for a story that I need some input on. The story (which is a litrpg. Where the world works and operates through rules and mechanics similar to tabletop rpgs or video games and characters are aware and understand this as a normal thing in life) starts with the MC who is a max level...

I realized that a lot of the stories I want to write are very different from each other in tone. One is a fantasy, another is a sci-fi. One is a light hearted and comedic fantasy, another is dark and more abstract fantasy. Would this cause problems if I wanted to get these published under a...

While my original dream was and still is to be an author, I've found that over the years I have fallen more in love with the medium of film than books. I don't think one is superior to the other, although they each can do things that the other can't. But I find myself spending more time watching...

That's a good idea. The opening for my book is that the MC boards a train and sits in a booth(I think that's the right word) with another man. They start to chit chat but the MC starts asking questions and pressing on subjects that slowly reveals that he has been following this person and knows...

My MC was once a paladin that fought for the Church of Light and hunted down evil until he was turned into a vampire. He left his order and was filled with despair and hatred but decided that if his soul is to be damned then he'll use darkness to fight darkness. He uses dark powers to hunt and...

I'm trying to chart out the plot for my first book and I can't decide if I want to make it a standalone or a series. As I'm inexperienced with writing I don't know how to "see" in advance if you would have the length needed for even just two books. I wouldn't want to stretch out the length of my...

The best explanation I've heard of a macguffin is a thing that the characters care about very much but the audience does not. I've always heard to avoid macguffins but I can't seem to get a good grasp on what they are and why they are not liked.

When you began working on your books and planning out the plot, how did you decide if you would make a single, duology, or trilogy? Did you know from the start or did you change your mind as you progressed?