So much advice already that I expect you've made up your mind. Either choice should be critical to your plot and depend where you want your MC to...
I think the story was a good part of the popularity with the DaVinci Code and the way he weaved truth, partial truth and fantasy together...
It's a good question. For certain things there is a fashion, a zeitgeist if you like, that could increase the chances of your book being taken up....
In a twist on above you could have all your MCs bad traits manifest as an evil creation whom he has to defeat/accept in order to be whole again....
Personally I can't see why this is a problem if you handle it right... and don't tell the person! All of us imbue out characters with traits that...
I think I echo all the prior sentiments and I also think in your heart you know the answer. A flawed character who undergoes a journey through...
Interesting premise. Why restrict to just a volcano? The global use of magic in combat perhaps creates a work-wide disaster- tidal waves, volcano,...
I suppose the answer to your question depends on what you want to do with your story. If it's a take based around warring cultures, political...
Think I'm with Makeshift here. I think you would have to be very careful how you use it in the book as passages that are uninterpretable to a...
I am really enjoying it, mainly because of the rich language. The 'I am a leper' is overdone a little and Covenant isn't exactly likeable, at...
Hi Jason and welcome. I was much the same. I started keeping a pad with me at all times (except the shower) and scribbled down things as they came...
I read George RR Martin's Game of Thrones about three years ago when I decided to start writing properly again-mainly to research the genre. I was...
Link's statement about only releasing movies about the popular heroes is (I presume) intentionally obvious. The most recent run of Marvel films...
There's some really good advice above and probably little to repeat. I've designed a number of worlds in detail, mainly for RPG , but also for my...
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