/lit/ - Literature

>>21026169
>Wanted to write about the Malaccan Sultanate and its fall. Basically, it's a story about magic losing in the face of the internal combustion engine.
All your concepts are cool, check out The Long Price Quartet for some possible inspiration (very SE Asian inspired fantasy) also I can't recommend enough reading the writings of Jacques de Coutre from about 1600. His (set in Johor and singapore) and Nicholas Cresswell's journal (set in America) both blew my damn mind with how cool they were and inspired my current writing project in many ways. They also made me more skeptical of history books.

Might also be that you're like how I was and too world/setting focused and need to try starting a story with a character your really love and want to explore. Try changing up your level/method if outlining and writing a really fun main character - at least that's what helped me.