TheArcaneAxiom

@whalekeeper

Great topic as always! I agree with Trailblazer’s comment, because when it comes to sci-fi/fantasy, really anything goes, you can have one God, or you could have many, or you could have none. So when it comes to that sort of thing, the question should be less of whether or not you have “God” in your world, and more of what is…[Read more]

@smiley

Interesting. So for the question of whether or not you want Christianity in it, all I can honestly say is that’s entirely up to you. If this were me, I would put in all sorts of Christian themes, and perhaps even correlations to the atonement, but I wouldn’t get into it deliberately. It simply depends on what you want as a writer, and who…[Read more]

@savannah_grace2009

No worries about the quotes, it’s legible!

Oh wow I never thought about it like that! I was just thinking that the prologue would be how the world of Andromeda took a turn and how evil was let into the world. No, Earth and Andromeda don’t represent Adam and Eve, they’re just two different worlds. I’m not sure if that answe…

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@savannah_grace2009

I have just read the prologue, and yes, it is very much just the events of the fall, but still intriguing. I’m curious, since this is referred to as Earth and Andromeda, are these not just allegorically, but literally the events of Adam and Eve, just called by different names, then upon being written, oral tradition shifted it…[Read more]

@freedomwriter76 @princesachronicle22

I decided I needed to stop procrastinating and continue before I getting prodded again, sorry it’s a little short😅

N’nesha

“…Let me handle this.” I heard Bucky say. I lay, stunned…

Neshe: What… happened…?

Nele: What’s he doing…?

I sat up, still a bit dazed. Bucky stood in the middle of the hall,…[Read more]

@savannah_grace2009

Awesome! What do you like about math?

That makes sense, I definitely prefer hard worldbuilding, but when done right, soft worldbuilding can be really cool.

I haven’t read Eragon, but I’ve read some of his more recent books, like To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, but they’ve been getting increasingly more adult in content. I don’t…[Read more]

@savannah_grace2009

Hi Sara! Welcome to KP!

I’m the Arcane Axiom, I love math, searching for 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…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

Yeah, that’s the thing with mechanics, you can force it, so sometimes you need to take a break and come back to it. This doesn’t only apply to things like worldbuilding, but really everything. Math problems I struggle with for example seem to suddenly fit together rather simply if I take a week off from it.

@whalekeeper

Lol! Yes, I would greatly advocate templates if they weren’t abused as much as they are.

That’s awesome you had the same thought, it’s still a rather simple what if, because it is a simple inversion of a binary concept we encounter daily, but that alone can still lead to incredible worlds of a completely different nature, with…[Read more]

@freedomwriter76

Cool! Yeah, that’s pretty much what I meant, just what your plans were, and how you would approach it.

@whalekeeper

Yeah, if an iterative process like that works for you, then that’s an excellent way of doing it. It would help with refinement, allowing you to perfect the writing, as long as it isn’t too much revision that no progress is made.

If you want to make a strong cast, and your not worried of over attachment, then I would say it works…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

Yes! You’ve worded it perfectly Whale! It’s definitely not something you can control, I personally find it fruitful to just talk about it, and think openly with others, but my best ideas just kind of come to me randomly.

There’s ideas that could never be on a template, like: What if there was a world where light and dark switched…[Read more]

@freedomwriter76

Congratulations Freedom!!!!!!!

That’s amazing! Any completion of a book is a victory well earned, and you deserve it!

What’s your intent on publishing?

@whalekeeper

This is something I’ve wondered myself for a while. Because any character I develop enough to be interesting, I suddenly want to follow as a lead character. For characters important to a story, I would once again go to the idea of mechanics. I’m not sure if you’ve seen that forum I started (I can link you if you want), but I go into…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

I’ve been experiencing the same thing the past few weeks. Also for the past few days, the pages have been formatted weird again.

@jonas

It’s very much related to what you said. There’s some characters that fit the description of characters you’ve mentioned, which isn’t saying much, because a lot would fit, but the particular execution of it is incredible.

@jonas

Oh, and is this character with a potential redemption arch a dragon, or a human with the dragons or a human doing their own thing?

@jonas

Fair enough. I agree that people should be more aware of the background of the symbols they present. There is an obvious bias currently for good dragons right now in the culture of storytelling, but that can also just be considered a fad, and will likely oscillate back again. Of course, people are also becoming more and more spiritually…[Read more]

@jonas

Cool! I believe there has been many examples of evil dragon armies, but it’s still makes a good threat. Another writer on here, Solfrye, is actually writing a story like that as well.

Personally, I do really like the good dragon trope, but your point is more than valid and hard to refute. All I can say is that dragons are usually quite…[Read more]