/lit/ - Literature

>>23351061
I've got a few, but I finished the first draft of this one back in March:

Two 20-something wizards (in a high-ish fantasy world) are struggling to find employment, but get themselves caught up in an expedition to chart out the unsettled wildlands to the west. There they have to contend with various magical and mundane threats, including the remnants of an ancient civilization, as well as the ones responsible for its destruction...

>>23351188
Ideas are a dime a dozen.

>>23294891
Finished the first draft of one novel, 1/5 of the way through another. Will start editing the 1st in May.

I have no clue how to even go about the publishing process, but I don't need to worry about that yet.

>>22875753
They have to realize that every story has already been told. I bet Tolkien couldn't look at The Hobbit without seeing Beowulf staring back at him.

It's about what the author adds to the ideas they're building off of. A fantasy (or any genre) author is putting their perspective, their voice, onto an already-established set of ideas, warping and bending it into something familiar, yet distinct.

In chemistry, compare diamonds to carbon nanotubes, or water to hydrogen peroxide. Both substances in either case use the exact same parts (Carbon in one, Hydrogen and Oxygen in the other) but are wholly distinct.

Besides, it's a whole lot more original than ChatGPT will ever be.

Does anyone know what happened to Gaskun? Where he's been? I'd genuinely like to read that space opera series...

Also, post authors who post/posted on /lit/ ITT I suppose.

>>22761434
>realism
I have FTL in that setting, so it's soft sci-fi by default. The guns have targeting AIs, so at combat ranges of tens of thousands of miles (beyond visual range even for a mile-long ship), there's still very good odds of scoring a hit.
The packaging of guns in turrets mostly boils down to aesthetics for me. I wanted to know whether there was some huge disadvantage I was missing.

You make good points on character emphasis, though. In the short stories (and 1/4 of a novel I was doing for a friend that I eventually lost interest in) that I've written before, I was good at not info-dumping, and only giving info to the reader that was useful and/or necessary.

Interesting perspective on outlining. I'm pretty sure I'm more of a planner than a pantser but character motivations do have to drive things in the end. I'll keep that in mind. Thank you.

>>22760107
Interesting. Would most of the protagonists still be humans or would there be more of a focus on the dominant species?
It may be useful to highlight biological differences between humans and the dominant species when the two interact. For example, let's say classic fantasy Dwarves are the big bosses of the world. Humans may get a lot of metaphorical flak for not being able to fit through short doors. Human men with well-developed beards are treated better than their clean-shaven counterparts, etc.