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  • JBCrowson
    JBCrowson replied to the thread Calendars in Worldbuilding..
    Like Skip, I have not needed to reference days of the week or months as yet (2.5 books into the series). If I did I would probably have...
  • skip.knox
    skip.knox replied to the thread Coming up with the plan.
    Exactly this. Most of those planning scenes are to be found in movies. They're there for a particular purpose: to mislead the audience...
  • skip.knox
    skip.knox replied to the thread Calendars in Worldbuilding..
    I write alternate historical fantasy, firmly set in an alternate Europe. You'd think that'd make things simpler, but it really doesn't...
  • Fyri
    Fyri replied to the thread Elf and Asia Culture.
    This is the first I heard of elves being connected to Asia, actually! I wouldn't think it, since they seem to be stereotypically tall...
  • CupofJoe
    CupofJoe replied to the thread Just hello.
    Hail and well-met Romy Good to have you here Leap on and enjoy
  • Queshire
    Queshire replied to the thread Elf and Asia Culture.
    Well, I'm not sure about the history, but I can understand why. A lot of traditional Asian cultural aspects are stereotyped as being...
  • X
    xww replied to the thread Elf and Asia Culture.
    Indeed,but I think High Elf used a lot of Asian symbol, in fact, Asur is from Asura, a kind of demon in Hindu culture
  • Meema
    Meema replied to the thread Calendars in Worldbuilding..
    I did the exact same thing. Just keeps it easier.
  • Meema
    Meema replied to the thread Hello From an Old Person.
    Thank you!
  • Meema
    I checked in on FB this weekend and turned right around and left. Nope, nope, nope.
  • CupofJoe
    CupofJoe replied to the thread Elf and Asia Culture.
    I've never thought of Elves as particularly Asian in look or style. I used to play a Wood Elf army in Warhammer Fantasy Battle and they...
  • Ž.J.
    Ž.J. replied to the thread Calendars in Worldbuilding..
    Is it a single calendar for the whole world of your setting, or just of a specific nation/civilization?
  • Karlin
    Karlin replied to the thread Coming up with the plan.
    I've been thinking about this . I'm coming from a different angle, the characters. Do the characters need a planning session? I...
  • P
    Penpilot replied to the thread Coming up with the plan.
    I don't think what I do is anything special, but for my climaxes, it generally unfolds like this. Come up with plan, execute plan...
  • xena
    xena replied to the thread Hello From an Old Person.
    Welcome!
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