All right, we’ve got Vilhelm the Nuravol, Olwen the Vesna, and Nathanael the Soravol. We know that the Nuravol and the Soravol are rival tribes with ancient history in common, and we know that each has a “mirror” tribe on a higher plane — the Hild and the Vesna. We also know that Nathanael was raised as a Nuravol, and that he is gone. Vilhelm and Olwen are looking for him. (more…)
Okay, I’m going to try something new today. Maybe it will rock, maybe not.
I went over to BehindtheName and used their random name generator to give me a name. With the meaning of the name as a starting point, I’m going to attempt to create a character. I went into this with no preconceived ideas of what kind of character I wanted. If this ends up sucking, blame Elen, since she sparked the thought process that led here. (more…)
Today I’m going to talk about a specific act of writing, rather than a general concept. As you may have guessed from the title, it’s going to be about building a world for your characters to inhabit. While this may sound like something that only applies to sci-fi and fantasy, it comes in handy for realistic settings as well, because you really end up doing the same thing, just on a smaller scale.
I’m currently in the process of building a world, so all of this is in the first half of “trial and error.” That means I reserve the right to contradict myself in a few months. (more…)
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