Jean Coul

Ok, bow with this, I (unfortunately) DEFINITELY KNOW WHERE TO START.

HOW DO I COME UP WITH NAMES FOR MY WORLD THAT AREN’T TOALLY WACKO??? (And fit the tone I want them to set…)

But literally, names for places, specifically, are my difficult point.

So! What are y’all tips and/or processes for this??

@denali-christianson

Awesome!! I’ll go over when I get to reading The Silm after the other book I’m working on. 🙂 It was AWFUL. Especially because I love reading so much, and there was so much I wanted to read, I just literally couldn’t pick up a book and read it, except when I really had to, like for school. I WILL!!!! We. Will. Rant.

I’d…[Read more]

@denali-christianson Haha yeah I feel that. I also feel that nowadays a lot of medieval fantasy feels like a LOTR ripoff.

Yes I really loved ballet! Pity I had to stop.

Aww, thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

The only way to leave Bust is by getting on a very specific train and riding it out.

There aren’t many laws in Bust besides the more secular ones of the Ten Commandments, but there are rules about how Bust works, which allows for fictional characters to visit it.

Anyone can get to Bust, through any means, and always on accident. Wherever the c…[Read more]

(At least I saved my reply elsewhere before submitting it)

@denali-christianson

THANK YOU!! I’d love to rant!! (Forgive me if I haven’t read the book in a while, though. I got into a reading rut that lasted more than a year and haven’t worked my way back to Tolkien level, yet, unfortunately. I’m getting closer every day, though! (And it was awf…[Read more]

@Denali Christianson

THANK YOU!! I’d love to rant!! (Forgive me if I haven’t read the book in a while, though. I got into a reading rut that lasted more than a year and haven’t worked my way back to Tolkien level, yet, unfortunately. I’m getting closer every day, though! (And it was awful.))

Haha! I’d be more obsessed if I had the funds to…[Read more]

@denali-christianson Heheh sci-fi in medieval fantasy is honestly better than regular ol’ medieval fantasy. It’s really quite overdone.

And yah I did ballet instead of figure skating but they’re kinda similar so yeah

@unsung

Since I can’t really figure out where to put it, I’m just going to rant about one of my projects here.

The first is just a fun story I’m working on with characters submitted by a bunch of people in another forum I’m on. It is set in a place called Bust, and has tons (200 actually marked down and used, but way more unexplored) of differe…[Read more]

@Unsung

Thank you! I hope it stays that way when I am done writing it! What a coincidence!

It does sound meaningful? Good! 😅 Because that has become my greatest concern.

(I had a similar thought!) While MC’s death won’t spark a rebellion, it will cause much anger against him and he will be very painfully stripped of his gift (painful for him…[Read more]

@GodlyFantasy12

I’m not struggling with the death (that is set) but with why he dies.

I’m sorry it is so confusing. I was having a difficult time explaining it clearly.

I do plan on having the antagonist go through a redemption arc, if he can (I’m not completely sure if it is compatible with his character). He will be given a chance to redeem…[Read more]

You may not be having this problem anymore, but I thought I’d chip in my piece of advice.

Like someone mentioned before, I like to figure out generally how long something is going to be before putting a whole lot of effort into it. If something seems like a short story idea, I don’t put a whole lot of world building effort into writing it, eve…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12 Ah, yes. Killing off a character, and then bringing them back. Happened to me. Poor Howzer, sacrificing himself to kill a villain. I’m not sure why, but I started feeling bad about killing him off and had his friend Feather pull off a crazy plan to bring him back. Which worked. Maybe that was a bad idea, because now he and two of…[Read more]

Tolkien’s world building is amazing, and most of the reason I like his books so much, and then Sam is just so endearing. (I do enjoy making people laugh. 😉)

Well, I may rant at some point, and it is nice to know that I will have a welcome ear, when I do. 🙂

I don’t know either, so I’m going to wait a little bit to see if anyone else knows the…[Read more]

Where would I put a topic about my WIPs, should I put them all in one, or make one for each?

Thank you, @unsung. We can be new members together, then! 🙂

It is. Thank you.

I’d say I go 95% into being totally engrossed and learned and addicted. It is very very close to obsession, heh. I probably am not an all out Tolkien fan, like buying Tolkien stuff all the time, but I do love love love to read the books, and even dare to really like…[Read more]