Might I interest the OP of the marvelous twitter rant in a book they may know (but just in case they don’t I’m recommending it to them and everybody else <3)?
It’s called “The Tough Guide to Fantasyland” by Diana Wynne Jones.
It tackles things like this and more within it’s pages, set up like a snarky travelogue guide to touristy places, and assume that all bad fantasy all takes place in the same nebulous land called “Fantasyland” and that this is your tour guide to surviving there. xD
Funny hint: It suggests horses are bred by pollination and therefore vegetables and that’s why they don’t need much food or water and can keep on going without fatigue. And why they don’t go into heat either. XD
I think y'all would get a GOOD laugh out of that. <3
Since 2011, researchers have photographed 74 palimpsests, which boast 6,8000 pages between them. And the team’s results have been quite astonishing. Among the newly revealed texts, which date from the 4th to the 12th century, are 108 pages of previously unknown Greek poems and the oldest-known recipe attributed to the Greek physician Hippocrates.
Anonymous said: “I’ve just realized that a several of my characters’ names end in the same letter. Should I not do this? I feel that it would be hard to change the names because the characters have grown into their names and they fit them, but…”
I can see why you’re concerned. Generally, I recommend that you make names sound particularly different from the other characters’ names. When I’m testing a name, I don’t just think “how well does this fit the character?” but also, “how does this name sound amongst the other characters?” I changed my protagonist’s name in a major project last week because it didn’t fit well enough into the story. I kept the sounds I like but the new name was more memorable and felt more distinct.
Anonymous asked: “Do you have any tips for writing good and believable flaws for characters and making them effect the plot?”
All good characters are flawed in some way. Even if they are good and kind people, no one is perfect and this rule is especially true for fictional characters. Flaws do not always have to be big and in your face. They can be smaller and relatable.
Some people will say that the character’s flaws should work directly against him in his pursuit of his goal, but I don’t think that is necessarily true. It should however effect how he progresses to his goals. When trying to connect character flaws and plots, you can either know the plot and figure out how the character will get tripped up along the way or come up with the character and try to see how that could hinder him in working towards his goals.
