That is pretty much how Tolkien says he started The Hobbit. He wrote the first line "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." and then thought to himself... I wonder what Hobbits are like?Sometimes I adapt pre-existing creatures. Sometimes I think of random words, fiddle with them until they sound cool, and then try to invent a creature whose traits match the sound and feel of the new word. Like, quant. Quant sounds pretty neat. So what's a quant? What does it do? Where does it live? How does it behave? What does it eat? That's pretty much my process.
Sometimes I adapt pre-existing creatures. Sometimes I think of random words, fiddle with them until they sound cool, and then try to invent a creature whose traits match the sound and feel of the new word. Like, quant. Quant sounds pretty neat. So what's a quant? What does it do? Where does it live? How does it behave? What does it eat? That's pretty much my process.
ant Trolls.