Recent content by Vidar

I personally feel it is easier to form the character gradually over time, it feels more natural to me and they seem to take on a life of their own. As Centerfield97 suggests try both methods and see which one fits you best!

I've gotten to wondering in certain myths, films and books etc immortality can be removed or destroyed... Other than the traditional, spell, potion, dagger and fire what other ways are there of destroying immortals? By this I don't mean vampires and werewolves etc but more gods of mythology...

Hi Guys, I'm really trying to get serious about my writing and just wondering if Creative Writing courses are worth the price? The course I would like to do is this one:- Writing Novels and Short Stories Every Thursday starting from October 11th 2012 until March 31st 2013 at 1900...

Dark One, I'm not envious of you; honestly! heh

Being very new to all of this I will have to say I'm a 4, hopefully one day I'll be a 9 or a 10.

In my humble opinion our first attempts at telling a tale will always appear to suck, that is why you all authors re write time and time again... Best advice that I can share is being a fledgling writer is to resist the urge to rewrite what you already have, just keep writing your story and...

Just my opinion but war band sounds larger and more regimented, especially now you mention they are not particularly bright , I would keep it simple though and would lean to using the term "band" however something like "rabble" of orcs would also sound good.

"band" of orcs maybe? I think that would work quite well, not as derogatory as a term like Gang, and much more fitting than a term like team

I've read a few different guides on forming or creating characters but every time I sit down with a questionnaire etc and try to give birth to a living breathing (Imaginary) entity I really struggle to get anything I am happy with so I have just tried to continue writing and to my surprise main...

Not sure if it has been mentioned already, sorry for not reading all of the posts in advance... Both actions seem far to similar in my eyes although plausible, personally I would maybe have your merchant character fiddle with a single coin passing it through his fingers or some such. Maybe if...

Actually that is kind of a central premise to my idea, the ruling class as it where with supernatural abilities and knowledge....

What Cipher technique do you use out of curiosity?

I have found a name now that I feel fits pretty well to my overall idea, the Latin word for Expanse "Spatium". I had come up with "Jordheim" until I realised its used in an MMO! lol

Hi everyone, I'm trying to come up with a name for my fantasy world but find myself being tainted with what has already been done, middle earth, third earth etc etc and would like to know how everyone else creates the names of their worlds? My world is loosely based on the ancient real...

Hi there, Naturally I feel the need to adhere to forum etiquette and introduce myself. There isn't really a massive amount to know but I love reading and have had several idea's for fantasy novels that I really want to start writing about whether or not I get them published doesn't matter so...