"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.
Column by Chaos2651
Discuss it in our forums.
Subject / Started by | Replies / Views | Last post | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
26 Replies
5755 Views |
August 20, 2010, 05:33:19 PM by Derby |
|||
Crashers
Started by little wilson « 1 2 » |
27 Replies
6509 Views |
December 10, 2008, 07:18:07 PM by M |
||
28 Replies
6715 Views |
January 29, 2009, 03:51:42 AM by Necroben |
|||
29 Replies
3682 Views |
April 21, 2009, 02:32:46 AM by ErikHolmes |
|||
30 Replies
6275 Views |
February 05, 2009, 07:06:52 PM by M |
|||
30 Replies
5585 Views |
January 17, 2009, 02:38:27 AM by Reaves |
|||
30 Replies
5323 Views |
January 13, 2009, 06:40:39 PM by jwdenzel |
|||
Mod Voting!
Started by AvalonDreamer « 1 2 3 » |
36 Replies
10383 Views |
November 21, 2008, 09:48:40 PM by Chaos |
||
37 Replies
7557 Views |
March 25, 2009, 04:11:58 AM by RavenstarRHJF |
|||
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a Writer?
Started by maxonennis « 1 2 3 » |
38 Replies
8234 Views |
December 17, 2008, 04:32:25 AM by Reaves |
||
45 Replies
7522 Views |
December 09, 2009, 01:42:04 AM by Chaos |
|||
55 Replies
8700 Views |
January 24, 2009, 04:45:56 PM by Frog |
|||
56 Replies
8664 Views |
August 19, 2010, 09:34:13 PM by Silk |
|||
58 Replies
11549 Views |
November 24, 2008, 07:41:33 PM by firstRainbowRose |
|||
67 Replies
9227 Views |
December 26, 2008, 05:57:23 AM by Necroben |
|||
Questions, problems and ideas
Started by AvalonDreamer « 1 2 3 ... 5 » |
74 Replies
8890 Views |
February 07, 2009, 07:46:31 AM by Necroben |
||
95 Replies
11663 Views |
April 11, 2009, 09:30:07 PM by Chaos |
Normal Topic
Hot Topic (More than 15 replies)
Very Hot Topic (More than 25 replies)
Locked Topic
Sticky Topic
Poll