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Yes. Just. Yes. I love that site, and it _is_ addicting, and it will make you realize everything about your plots that you didn't want to know. It'll also ruin ...

i'll agree with what others have said: this sounds very intriguing, though, at this point, the focus/theme seems rather split. my main problem is with the disappearing epidemic. As others ...

I agree with the point about relevance. I think that if you ask yourself why you're describing the room, it'll be a lot easier to write a description that doesn't ...

Epic of Gilgamesh? It's all about Gil trying to find immortality. And as far as not reusing anything - I find it a lot easier to borrow and twist. Nothing ...

It's the same as writing any other scene - you don't just list what happens, you try to make the reader feel what happens. It's showing rather than telling. More ...

Just to echo the above - it's best to be introduced whenever it feels like it's best to be introduced. In my current fantasy project, I don't mention magic at ...

Baby name dictionary or, my personal favorite: . Awesome site. Lists meanings, famous bearers, has stats, and is completely searchable. As for SpecFic names, I tend to like coming up ...

honestly, this is the reason I have about a couple dozen projects all going on at the same time. you're not going to be able to keep interest in one ...

I agree with the above posters. The storyline as you have it sounds fascinating, but the technicalities of hiding a blind person's disability seem too complex to even attempt. I ...

description and conflict. Let the reader know enough description, backstory, and exposition to understand what's happening. Then take as long as you need to in order to develop and resolve ...

There's at least one novel written in 2nd person: Bright Lights, Big City. I don't personally like reading 2nd person - it tends to alienate me from the story rather ...

actually, "was walking" is past tense. It's imperfect past tense, but still, the thing they're talking about HAPPENED. It's not in the process of HAPPENING right this second. The two ...

of course, any of these could be original depending on what you did with them. But you'd have to decide exactly what they are in your world. For example - ...

Bickazer, tactile/kinesthetic magic is a wonderful idea, though, of course, as with most things, it has been used before. Avatar the Last Airbender immediately comes to mind (complete with Dragon ...

Thunderdude, a comment. And forgive me if I'm being too forward, but I'm a world builder at heart so questions about magic systems come to me naturally. When they cast ...