Recent content by Zilver

I'm terribly glad you said it. There's this common view that editing will make the story shorted, while I already know that when I come to editing phase, there will be whole chapters that need to be added - and was starting to feel anxious about that... Glad I'm not alone.

I don't really get your question. There isn't a particular chocolate. As far as I know, chocolate in general- or rather: cacao - is commonly said to be an aphrodesiac.

I hope mine was understandable. As I said I've never shared the magic system as a separate info piece before...

Welcome welcome

Well don't question everything... Keep your eyes on the goal. Every PoV choice comes with pros and cons. & Only you know what your story needs. You've got this.

Alright, so my magic 'system'! My story is set on contemporary Earth, in a non-specified country that I'm modeling on countryside Germany, where hidden-away witching clans have practiced their magic since ancient times. The old world Magic comes from a parallel, invisible plain called the old...

Hi mr. clean (and everybody), Thanks for this post, it's a great challenge. In fact, it made me realize I have never attempted a summary description of the workings of the magic in my world. And it'd probably good to do so. I'll paste something in a post below. Reading about your magic system...

Not sure how useful anything I say is, because I am not in that situation myself. But it resonates with feelings I have in other aspects of my life, and I wonder if one of these things is what you need to hear: Ugh, fandom. I get that it can feel like that. Please always put that in perspective...

It does in mine. My MC starts out as pizza delivery guy.

Why does it need to have merit in the greater DND lore? It's a cool story, just take it wherever you wanna take it.

Yes. I like what pmmg says about giving the story what it needs. Saying it then only needs characters and no worldbuilding, is maybe a blunt way of putting it. In another perspective, it could just mean that you need to let go of the worldbuilding a little bit, and just start writing. If you...

Is it? Again, I have no clue what people mean when they say 'better' in this context. Cause of what Mad Swede just typed out. Second all of that. A beta reader tells me what impression the story made on them. AI could never do that, cause it experiences no impressions.

Sounds incredibly claustrophobic, having my parents formulate opinions in any way shape or form about what I express in art... My parents don't read what I write. And if they ever do & they don't like what they read, sucks to be them I guess. My characters swear - a lot - cause they're...

Well I've got a whole lot better at drawing in those two years, too ^.^

Literally my current manuscript that I hit 110k wordcount on last week. The idea from the outset was: depressed teenager meets a witch girl who tells him he's the last spell of the most powerful sorceress that ever lived, reincarnated - and they have to save the world together. The reason I...