NaNoWriMo21 Issue #1

At the center of the realms there is a world, and at the center of the world there is a nation, and at the center of the nation there is a city, and at the center of the city there is a palace, and at the center of the palace there is a man, and

Magic System Journal Post #4

Creating the magic system for the Three Realms has been a long and rambling process, but at the end of all the iterating I landed on a concept that I think works really well.  There are a tremendous number of resources out there for how to create magic systems, nearly endless articles and discussions and

Character & Theme Journal Post #3

This time I wanted to talk about Theme and Characters, and how I did all of the work for both of them entirely backwards.   Characters are really what make a story work, an interesting plot and setting are elevated by interesting characters.  It’s not impossible to have a good story without strong characters, but