Hi guys!

@rainmaker

Hey there!

I’m GRCR! I’m a fiction writer, avid artist, a journalist for my fictional newspaper, and a character lover, (I love my people so much that I wish they were real, lol). I enjoy listening to music and imagining my characters singing the songs. And, I enjoy 2D and 3D animating.

Anyhow, welcome to KP! 😁

Here are some questions for you!

If you have any characters, how many do you have?

Which perspective do you enjoy most: first person (I walked), second person (You walked), or third person (He/she walked)?

And, if you were going to write an entirely original and new book, what would you create first: the world or the characters?

Hope you enjoy KP, and I’ll see you around! 🙃

@rainmaker

Hi Divinity! (That’s a beautiful name by the way). I’m the Arcane Axiom, I love math, finding divine fundamental truth, and exploring that in my writing. I read/write sci-fi/fantasy, and my current project is a universe I’m working on with my sister called the Septrum.

Questions!

Do you lean towards hard or soft worldbuilding? (hard meaning concrete rules for the reader to understand, vs soft meaning more open possibilities where anything goes.)

What is a favorite mechanic or concept you’ve seen for worldbuilding, character, or writing in general that you’ve seen?

What is a favorite mechanic or concept you’ve seen for worldbuilding, character, or writing in general that you’ve come up with yourself?

What’s the world of your cyberpunk dystopia? What makes this world different?

What’s the world of your historical fantasy? Is it a historical fantasy as in it is set in a fantastical alternate earth history? (Like Temeraire)

And last but not least:

Is the following statement true or false? The answer to the previous question is false.

@rainmaker

Thanks! I appreciate it! And that sounds really cool. I haven’t thought of an idea that’s stuck yet but I think it would be fun to write about another universe or space.

Yeah, it’s a universe where the planets are actually 4d superstructures passing through a 3d cross-section, allowing for essentially unlimited worldbuilding possibilities, where the shape of the planet can change to whatever topology I want. I like to call it a worldbuilding hack!

-Hmm I think I lean more toward soft world building. While I applaud those who really go into the lore and the culture of their world at least for me, I feel like I get too impatient and just want to start writing haha.

Hey, that’s alright! Soft worldbuilding has it’s own set of challenges believe or not. I think soft worldbuilding is actually harder to do well. Too many people think it’s just a way to be lazy and not care about things like continuity, but soft worldbuilding if done with precision and care can create beautiful worlds impossible to achieve with hard worldbuilding. Studio Ghibli I think is a prime example of this.

-Hmm for world building, something I like to do sometimes is taking a random character and writing an excerpt to specifically explore the world and see what’s around. I feel like I get a lot more on what the world looks like and it’s a fun exercise.

That’s a great exercise! You can get to know both the world and your character that way. I like the method of starting with some core concept, then build on it with the natural effects it would have on the landscape, flora/fauna, and people.

-So in my cyberpunk world, there’s different levels of the city. The bottom level is where all the citizens live. The second level is where all the shops and entertainment is. And the third level is where all the government officials and richer people live. I think it’s pretty fun. And you can take these things kind of like hot air balloons to go up in down or they have elevators or hovercars or hyperloops.

Cool! Tiered layer cities has always been a fun concept to play with, like Coruscant from Star Wars for example. It allows you to make a very physical manifestation of the social hierarchy, and other cool concepts to explore.

-As for my fantasy world, I don’t think it’s apart of an alternate Earth history. 🤔 But what I can say is the city the book takes place in is made up. It’s called the City of New Heaven and it’s supposed to be a land of opportunity, set in the mid 1920s. I’m also thinking of adding a lot of fall vibes to it because the book takes place in October. I’m thinking there could be a hint of magic just inside the city but I don’t know what that’ll look like yet.

So the fact that you say it is set in the 1920s suggests that this is earth. When I say alternate earth, I mean it is earth, but reimagined in some way, like a city there that doesn’t exist here, indeed, an alternate history, if it is in the history of earth but something’s different. Fun idea though! Perhaps the magic might take advantage of the fall setting, like something to do with fall leaves.

And I believe the following statement is TRUE!

If the following statement is true, then that means that the answer to the question before is false, because that’s what the statement says, but if that’s true, then that means the statement is false!

• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by TheArcaneAxiom.

@rainmaker

Welcome to Kingdom Pen! I’m hybridlore, or just Hybrid, a homeschooled sophomore in high school, violinist, and writer. I also write ya/mg science fiction and dystopian!

What is your cyberpunk dystopian about? It sounds really interesting!

I skimmed your responses to everyone else’s questions, and I also really like the Lunar Chronicles! They’re so creative and well-done. I loved finding all the little connections between the real fairy tales and the books. And I also loved warriors, but I stopped reading the later books since I think they got a bit darker.

Anyway, welcome again! I’m excited to talk to you more!