Unless your world lacks a biology we use, the lack of electricity is a problem. If you mean we don't 'use' electricity, then that is fine. Animals...
An owl is often associated with wisdom.
Leave it vague. Characters can 'show' their world without it having to be fully explained and fleshed out. That magic exists can be shown with a...
These 'over the top' elements are fine, IF they mesh with the universe you are building. Including them solely for visual flair, without taking...
Look to history for an explanation that might help. In the past traders would need to learn many languages if they dealt in places with different...
Great map! If a book is science fiction or fantasy, or set in a place where the PLACE matters a lot (or there is travel), then a map is a great...
If magic is something EVERYONE can do, then types of magic would be 'taboo'...if only a select few people, seemingly at random, are given VAST...
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If you deliver the message indirectly, sure. If you tell us this or stress how religion caused the problems, then it will get old, VERY fast.
Well Brooke, I'd say that your characters are your own, but there are archetypes you can follow. If the story is at a camp, are we following a...
True, but aside from a select few stories, what most people read isn't like that. But those stories are in first, yes.
Sounds like your characters may need to overcome sheer boredom. That's not an insult, but limbo, forever, unfeeling, might cause someone to lose...
Revenge can carry a lot. It is a complex emotion, and all of us, at some point, may desire it.
I over plan on those details, keep them handy, and use just a few sparse details from them. Don't bore the reader, but know your shit, as it were.
Scenes are great, but you need the backbone to all of it...and that, in and of itself, is 90% of the reading. Often set pieces and action...
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