Recent content by Ruru

From what I understand, the major difference between high and low fantasy is that high fantasy is set in an entirely created or new world: something that the author has constructed. It has its own physical rules (different from Earth) and tends to to be heavy on creatures and races. Low...

I'm a visual writer; by that I mean I see a movie in my head, and attempt to write it down on paper. This seems to make action scenes, fighting and the like, relatively easy to write, especially if I'm using well established characters. Where my mental movie fails is dialogue, particularly...

I like mundane beginnings. As Heliotrope said, it helps the reader connect with the story. I also think a normal beginning to a story helps set a contrast with whatever event the story will be about. Starting in the thick of it can (though not always) make it hard to make future chapters seem...

I've used a system where it is a moral standpoint that restricts magics use, among other things. In the race that can use it, everyone can use it, but with varying aptitude and usually only though training. Normally it is used for healing, but it can also be turned to a destructive end (it is...

Thanks @Sheilawisz, for getting the pic to display :)

Loving all these maps! Can't stop watching @RedAngle's territory map, its fascinating. I do find that there is a bit of an art to producing a map that works well in a printed or e-book: too much detail and its hard to read in such a small image, but then it also isn't satisfying. I want to know...

This is the map I am currently working off, mostly for logistics purposes :)

I also find that very few things I first throw into a story remain the same as I move along. You might find that a 'reused' idea evolves away from its original state, depending I guess on how intergral the idea is to the story. A passing detail may not change as much, but then this might not...

Another thing to consider is that, even if Alma was not allergic to bees before being stung so many times, she could be allergic afterwards. When we were children, my sister was stung more than 20 times by wasps, and the doctor that saw to her warned us that she could be allergic to wasp stings...

This reminded me of the Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud. It has two MCs whose plot lines intertwined considerably. The first was first person POV, the second (correct me if you know, still learning!) was third person limited. Worked very well there, I thought, so definitely seems to come...

In general, I'm not a fan of the Chosen One concept. I find it makes a character hard to relate to, especially in the situations where the young newbie suddenly arrives on the scene, can do everything bigger and better than those who have trained all their lives to the same end, and ends up...

Hello LR! I know the feeling. No matter how much I might enjoy what I have written, handing it over to even a sympathetic eye seems extremely daunting! Best of luck.

This is the first forum I have joined. All the postings I have seen so far definitely make me feel that I've come to the right place! I am a keen but very novice writer, with a large, very unfinished novel hidden under my bed. I'm an avid world-builder and am passionate about imagery in both...