Megrim

Embry Mendriel Jandey The colors take my breath away. Every year, it never fails to amaze me. The festival week in Jandey is like stepping through a portal to another ...

I'd like to mention that there is a genre known as new adult. That may be what you're looking for if you feel it's between the two. (Edit: Bad at ...

So many cool titles in this thread! Hmm I'm not a big fan of the intentionally strangely spelled words. I could imagine this going really well with a dark fantasy ...

I suppose he would have studied ancient Chinese when he took on the job at Critech and was assigned to that period in history. It would make sense for him ...

Also, do posts have to be in first person present?

I was kind of waiting for someone to break the ice with the festival. If you don't mind me making up some totally random description and culture that may or ...

It's hard to gauge what's "enough" conflict. In a creative writing lecture I learned that often beginner writers don't put enough into their plots/worldbuilding, and you probably shouldn't be worried ...

Anything written by Brandon Sanderson. He is a god to me. Amazing at writing and so creative. The Mistborn Trilogy in particular stole my heart. For the interested, he has ...

Personally I would't read it (based on that short summary alone). It sounds too much like the rest of the YA dystopian novels that are super popular right now. I ...

What stereotypes are you worried about? Since we create our own characters, I think it's highly individual anyway. As they interact they'll change and grow, and just like real people ...

I finally thought of a character :P For some reason I had bad writer's block and took like a week to decide what to even do. All better now!

I think you can develop either first, but the story will be about the characters. If you worldbuild first, you have to be careful not to overload the narrative with ...

Sure! Is it the thing you've already got posted? It might take me a looking time to get through. I could probably give more useful reviews for a shorter submission, ...

Erm, this is a writing website. You'd desribe them the same way you'd describe any original fantasy creation...? Anyway personally I wouldn't worry about being OP. It's a story, not ...

Ok! Armed guard then!