Agreed. You never know - that new idea might be the one you forgot, you just won't realise it... ;)
This is a rather extreme viewpoint - all or nothing. There is no need to write a whole language or none of it. The basics are phonology and...
Oh, the conlanger in me so wants to point out that the letters we use in the Roman alphabet and the combinations thereof do not necessarily...
While there are many amazing sights to behold and many strange wonders throughout our universe, those documentaries actually do a lot to inspire...
Races and creatures become over-done due to their popularity; one person has great success, then everyone else wants to get a piece of the action....
I don't quite understand this part of your post. If you mean to say wizards, werewolves, etc, have to work a certain way, I'd have to completely...
Just making sure. :D For me, it's the fact that it's primarily a love story aimed at teenage girls, or thereabouts. I get far more out of Buffy...
The main problem is that there is this pre-conception that there is only one way to portray vampires. Perhaps some readers are 'under-exposed' to...
In my opinion, it depends. Sometimes, basing creatures on real world mythology can give stories a certain resonance with the public. For one of my...
I find this the wrong way to look at coming up with new fantasy concepts. A lot of Medieval settings just aren't - they lack a significant...
My advice? Just do your research, which it sounds like you've been doing. Since you're using someone else's culture in your story, you are playing...
Since you mentioned dwarves, Thomas, I'd just like to add that you don't need anything like dwarves or elves in fantasy. In fact, it's better to...
Tjoudega, I would suggest 'appalled' is a rather strong word. Perhaps 'unimpressed' and really irked by what appears to be a patchwork approach to...
Explanation of every feature is unnecessary though. A Song of Ice and Fire goes from absolutely no magic in the beginning except for something...
My take on it is that LotR was more about the worldbuilding than story and characters, while The Hobbit focused more on story and character (hence...
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