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Writing Group / Writing about things I have no experience with
« on: December 02, 2005, 01:49:10 PM »
In particular: knife fights. I want a knife fight in my story and found some great websites for reference, but would any of you have ideas?
"Magic is what makes fantasy fantastic," someone says, "you can't apply rules to them or else it loses wonder!" I respond, "Sure, but if you want to write them you will certainly want to know how they work." Writing is all about execution, and I find applying some basic laws of physics to magic systems make them more understandable and realistic. Here, I'm going to outline my basic method for developing a magic system.
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