Good discussion and question!

I just had to add in my personal pet peeve. Most of the time in a story, I want a resolution where good wins. And I think a strength of fantasy is that it tends to make good and evil clearer than most genres. When it’s clear in the story, then later the story’s principles and themes get applied in my life in more…[Read more]

1) This was a great way of introducing different creatures in your world –very engaging.

2) I did find myself skimming the description of the Tannink’esh from “A long reptilian body filled the clearing…connecting seamlessly to the nape of the creatures neck.” So those paragraphs could probably be condensed. I think I got a fairly good idea o…[Read more]

Those are great! Thanks!

Thanks for the answers and the recommendations to clarify my question (since that helps me figure out solutions as well).

My concern is not that readers will be disappointed the human MC didn’t solve the problem. My concern instead is that readers will be left wondering why the deity didn’t solve the problem. Have you ever heard people ask why…[Read more]