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skip.knox
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when you have group of individual people. how would you write them down?
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It will work much better if you got to 12 characters because you were developing your three main characters and these others kept...
Nov 20, 2025
Squire Richard
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An Introduction with Riddles
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Hello, I'm Richard, I'm sadly not a real squire, though I am a (narrative) poet who can make a formidable upside-down cake and, as you...
Nov 20, 2025
skip.knox
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WRITING a magic system.
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The comments above are useful and you should heed them. I'll add another comment that I hope will prove useful. You could write a scene...
Nov 20, 2025
Squire Richard
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Creating a board game?
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Made a card game... and went overboard with world building to the extent that it won't make the slightest sense unless you read the lore...
Nov 20, 2025
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ThinkerX
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when you have group of individual people. how would you write them down?
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The simplest way would be for your MCs to hear about this group of twelve, but not have any detailed info about most of them. 'Brandon...
Nov 20, 2025
pmmg
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when you have group of individual people. how would you write them down?
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Twelve does seem excessive. It would be hard to do all twelve justice. I would consider cutting it down to a smaller number, of just not...
Nov 20, 2025
Incanus
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3 MC discussion
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I suppose I would use a limited-third POV, and do every chapter (or scene) from one of the three POVs, trying to make sure they are...
Nov 20, 2025
Prince of Spires
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3 MC discussion
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I personally think you have this backwards in your head. At least for a main character. All characters influence the plot, and changing...
Nov 20, 2025
Prince of Spires
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When I request feedback, would it be helpful to note when a character goes 'off script' ?
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I'm not sure I completely understand what you mean by going off script. If you mean, does stuff sometimes happen that changes the...
Nov 20, 2025
Prince of Spires
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Is this copyright infringement?
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Technically, Chateau is just the French word for castle. It evolved to include country estates / manors. When used in conjuction with...
Nov 20, 2025
Prince of Spires
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WRITING a magic system.
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The same way you write everything else. Just describe what happens. Imagine your magic like any other technology in your story. How...
Nov 20, 2025
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Remedian
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when you have group of individual people. how would you write them down?
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Thats a very helpful insight i do plan on killing some of them and just mention them in passing as tales or legends of some sort. And...
Nov 20, 2025
Prince of Spires
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when you have group of individual people. how would you write them down?
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Personally, I would just kill off or merge half of those characters before I started even writing them. Having 3 (or 6) well developed...
Nov 20, 2025
Prince of Spires
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info dumping character?
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As with everything writing, all the lines I draw are in the sand... There's always an exception or a situation where stuff is different...
Nov 20, 2025
CupofJoe
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Hello
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Hail and well-met mcc1789 Good to have you here
Nov 20, 2025
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