After a few days of browsing this wonderful forum and writing a few posts, I have come to realize that a proper introduction might be in order....
I've been tossing around the idea of a fantasy, buddy road-trip for months, and finally managed to get something on paper! I'm fairly new to the...
As a followup to this question, I was wondering, will my work still be considered a spy novel even if it doesn't take place in a contemporary...
So here are some ways that horses are depicted wrongly: 1. They can't charge continuously, nonstop. They'll die if they did that. 2. They're...
Hello, I'm a first time writer. I have been reading some of the advice given to a few of the different blocks I seem to have and everything is...
I had spent time thinking about whether to introduce gunpowder weapons to my otherwise-technologically-Renaissance setting or not. The article...
So as my title states, I'm having issues coming up with believable wants/desires for my MC in my YA Fantasy WIP. For some context: She's a...
In one of my older projects, a fantasy novel, I wanted to explore themes of regret through two characters with ostensibly similar circumstance and...
Hello, writing friends! I'm in the process of justifying airships! Ye-olde-medieval-country has access to magic, and also a Mordor-esque region...
Hi All, My WIP is a fantasy (Yes, saturated I know). However, it is a technological fantasy - similar technology level to Earth right now, maybe...
I'm in the process of building a fantasy world from the ground up, and I'm trying to create languages for certain regions of the world. How would...
I have no idea if I should do it or not, it's just an idea. If I'm writing Fantasy and Science Fiction and there's a sex scene or two--for...
I'm a first time writer (with a lot to learn) writing a fantasy novel. The premise of this novel takes place in the "present" day where magic is...
Obviously I'll be reading some non-fiction books on this topic but since my book is Young Adult I'd like to see this topic is handled by others in...
THE IRON DRAGON OF DESTINY *** The Setting PAEGAN (also known as the 'Good Country' for its plentiful woodlands and mostly peaceful history)...
Hello I'm in need of some fantasy insults, I need some and I have no idea what to use. Google isn't yeilding results and I need a good insult....
My story surrounds a human girl on the hunt for her own kind that disappeared when she was a baby. This setting involves the dream world, as...
Like there is a General, how does Janaral sound? Or like there is a Lord and Counts and Kings etc. How do titles like Ezar sound? or how about...
Let's say there's a story of a kingdom of kingdoms divided and an empire threatening it. The kingdom of kingdoms voted to leave the empire and so...
My days of reading literature are pretty much over. Now it's all about escapism for me. But, I do get tired of poor prose, weak plotting and all...
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