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    Questioning my own originality

    Yeah, don't question your ideas. Of course your going to be influenced by things you've read, its how you've really learned to write fantasy! For example, my writing is HEAVILY influenced by Tolkien, and JK Rowling. Doesn't mean I don't have original ideas. Just flow with it. Just cause you...
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    An Evil Main Character? What to do when your Main Character IS the villain!

    I actually bothered to research a bit on sociopaths for this one, and sociopaths actually do act surprisingly childish and immature. They often can be VERY arrogant, and believe that they can never get caught. Also, their lack of conscience inhibits caution.
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    An Evil Main Character? What to do when your Main Character IS the villain!

    Well, this isn't a strictly fantasy question, because I am not a strictly fantasy writer, but I just got this idea for a book about a sociopath guy who is a con-artist, has a wife and multiple girl-friends, and is basically living a triple life, which all begins to unravel. How do I write...
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    NaNoWriMo Triumphs and Tragedies

    Ahh, I came close last year, around 45,000 words, just wasn't able to hit 50k, but it was my first year. Gonna try again!
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    Monotheism in Fantasy Worlds- Thoughts?

    Ok, well that's true in a sense. There are some books that explore monotheism without becoming "propaganda". For example. A Song of Ice and Fire has multiple gods. Some of the gods are known as the Seven. They are not 7 gods, but seven aspects of one god, like in Christianity. So yeah...
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    My Magic System

    Right now magic is not a huge part of my book, and when it is mentioned I don't go into to much detail on it, but I still devised a system of magic. It's used as kind of a mockery of the power of the Gods, the Creators. One of the races uses it to try to overthrow the Gods. The way I write, I...
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    Language Barrier

    I believe that's the case. I know that in French for example, if you say, "He is French" (Il est francais), you do not capitalize, but if you are saying, "The French eat cheese" (Le Francais mange un fromage), you do. It is not the same with English, obviously, but I think it looks nicer, and...
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    virtualmayham's Portfolio

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    My First Novel: Dizard

    Well, here it is, my first complete novel. I put in in Google Docs, here's the link. (167 pages) I write it over the course of 3 years, from 3rd grade to 6th grade, so please take that into account, its not a very accurate measure of my current writing skill but, I still wanna post it...
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    title suggestions

    Well, I tend to write fantasy that sort of encompasses not just the story of one character, but of the history of a world, so I really like the one word sorta titles, then with a : then the book/part, then a new line and the title of that novel. Example...
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    The First Age of Chronicle: A History

    I'm looking for just some tips about what would make this more in-depth, make the world seem more realistic/logical. Also, if there are any inaccuracies or inconsistencies please tell me! Finally, at the time of posting this I had only ONE post. You need five in order to access the Showcase...
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    How much is too much?

    This is a good question. Those long lecture scenes kinda killed my first book, which is why it now lies in some dusty corner of my hard drive. Look, having a character just talk to another character and tell him about stuff get boring. What I try to do is slowly trickle out information to the...
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    The First Age of Chronicle: A History

    In the Earth's Womb of Stone Some men dispersed far to the north, disappearing into the harsh land of Northreach. There ancient creatures lay, untouched by civilization. The weather was cold, there was little food to be found, on the surface that is. Many men died that first winter, but some...
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    The First Age of Chronicle: A History

    These are the creation stories for my high/epic fantasy novels. Please enjoy and give feedback. P.S. I am aware of most of the grammatical errors, I am working on fixing them in another draft. Chronicle Tales of the First Age By:Virtualmayham The First Age of Chronicle The Age of the...
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