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R.M. Archer replied to the topic How do YOU begin a fantasy story? in the forum Fantasy Writers 1 month, 1 week ago
Almost always characters and/or a premise. I do have one group of stories that technically traces back to the worldbuilding because I started building the world before there were stories tied to it, but almost all of the individual stories began with characters within that world. Plot, unfortunately, always comes dead last for me. ;P
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic Naming Conventions in the forum Fantasy Writers 1 month, 2 weeks ago
@pensword Ooh, that’s super interesting!
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic Naming Conventions in the forum Fantasy Writers 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Oh dear. XD
Yeah, suffixes are cool. Those should be used more often.
I’ve used a few. I have a nation in which any children of nobility are given gem names (or names related to or modified from gemstones) and another nation in which each noble family has a certain letter all their names start with (which gets confusing when more than one or two…[Read more]
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R.M. Archer started the topic Naming Conventions in the forum Fantasy Writers 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Just for fun, does anyone else here love inventing naming conventions (things like all the names in a family starting with the same letter, or people remaining unnamed until a certain age, etc.)? What are some cool naming conventions you’ve used in your stories?
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic Music And Writing…Are You Musical? in the forum General Writing Discussions 1 month, 2 weeks ago
@abigail-rebekah Yeah! It looks like it’s going to be a really good movie! 😀
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic Music And Writing…Are You Musical? in the forum General Writing Discussions 1 month, 2 weeks ago
@abigail-rebekah That’s awesome! ^-^
Ooh, all good choices. Have you seen the trailers for I Still Believe?
@naiya-dyani Cool! ^-^
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic Music And Writing…Are You Musical? in the forum General Writing Discussions 1 month, 3 weeks ago
@abigail-rebekah Ooh. I haven’t listened to the whole thing yet, but it’s really good. ^-^
Sibling bands are awesome! Cimorelli, Echosmith, and The Family Sowell are some other good sibling bands, if you’re looking for recommendations. 🙂
Juniper Vale. How about you?
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic Music And Writing…Are You Musical? in the forum General Writing Discussions 1 month, 3 weeks ago
@naiya-dyani Cool! 😀 You’re working toward learning Japanese, right?
@abigail-rebekah I haven’t heard of that one; I’ll have to check it out!
I don’t have a current favorite, either, but a friend of mine recently introduced me to Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce and it’s really good. 🙂 (I also really like all of Juniper Vale’s songs, particularly…[Read more]
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic Music And Writing…Are You Musical? in the forum General Writing Discussions 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Let’s see if we can revive this thread…
What’s your current favorite song? (Or just one you’ve discovered or really enjoyed lately.)
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic Fantasy Magic? in the forum Fantasy Writers 1 month, 3 weeks ago
@sarah-inkdragon “Ordained” and “un-ordained” is good terminology for it.
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic Fantasy Magic? in the forum Fantasy Writers 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Almost all of my magic systems are portrayed as natural parts of the world, so they’re more “scientific” to their world, but still considered “magic” because they’d be supernatural to our world. (The one exception to the rule is portrayed as evil, as it would be in our world.) Most of my systems involve powers that are passed down genetically, but…[Read more]
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R.M. Archer posted a new activity comment 2 months ago
High fantasy. Mostly epic, but I’ve also found myself enjoying smaller stories lately. And I work with both European-based and not-European-based worlds, but I prefer the latter.
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic INFP Writers Unite! in the forum General Writing Discussions 2 months ago
@seekjustice I think I tend to have a good variety? But I haven’t tested all of my characters, so I can’t be sure. Lemme see what I’ve got in my sprawling fantasy epic… (I’ve tested more of those characters than any of my others.)
ENTP
INFJ x4
ENTJ x2
ESTP
ISFJ
ENFJ
ESTP x2
ISTJ
ESTJ x2
ISTP
So apparently INFJs are common (which…[Read more]
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R.M. Archer joined the group Fantasy Writers 2 months ago
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic Catching up in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 2 months ago
*nods* Gap years have always seemed smart to me. I’m sure they’re another thing that depends on the person, but I’ve never personally liked the idea of going straight from a bunch of school into… another stage of a bunch of school. ;P
It’s sooooo much better, lol. I know it’s still not close to perfect, but at least I don’t cringe…[Read more]
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic Catching up in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 2 months ago
Yeah! That was exactly my view on it for a really long time. And I think that’s totally valid; college is the right choice for some people and not for others. 🙂
It’s totally understandable, lol. I don’t think it’s especially common for authors to republish totally revised versions of their books. ;P
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic INFP Writers Unite! in the forum General Writing Discussions 2 months ago
@deeprun Nope, you’re not alone. The same thing happens to me. 😛 It’s not quite always, but… way too often. ;P And I do find it’s often when I’m crafting characters similar to me (either with the MBTI system or the enneagram); characters with personalities pretty different from mine tend to be slightly less boring. However… I don’t think it’s…[Read more]
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic Catching up in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions 2 months ago
@bama-rose I only remembered about three of them; I copied the rest from a word war thread. XD
It’s mostly lack of motivation and discipline. I’ve been struggling to get my brain to focus on stuff lately, so sitting down and focusing on the story and getting the words to flow has been difficult. 😛 (Plus I’m just a natural procrastinator, and…[Read more]
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