Advice and tips for writing fiction. Topics include world-building, omniscient point of view, how to get started, being original, editing, etc.
World building is the base of your fantasy novel. Any amount of imagined something will need to be built to ensure your world will not topple down if someone blew on it. You need to make a steady world and world-building websites might not always give you all the resources you need. Sometimes you have to figure some stuff out yourself and if you haven't gotten there yet, don't worry, I have you covered.
This is the ultimate species wiki template that I have been using for my own species to better understand them and it also helps me in writing my story when I need more information. This is a template I created for my own writing, so it might not match your style, but I hope you can take something away from it and use it for your world building. Write it as if you are explaining it to someone. That will help you organize your thoughts and ideas.
I found myself wondering whose story I had just written when I finished writing my omniscient story. On top of that, some of the main characters disappeared from the story so that meant more screen time for others. But then...whose story was this in the end? Let me reflect.
A lot of people struggle with being original. "It's been done before." "Some TV show did it before I could do anything with my story." "It's so cliche I hate my writing."
It's all been said. Nothing is unique, and you sound like a copycat. So how do you find originality? How do you find something that is so unique not even the billions of people around you have ever thought about? Sounds so daunting...
After you've put yourself through hell and back to finish a story, how do you get back into your groove? You are exhausted and spent. You want to get on to another project, but bummer, you have nothing to work with. You try to write but "Oh! It's awful! It's horrible! I've lost my groove!"
Don't fret, here are some remedies that might help you or give you some idea on how to get back into writing.
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