"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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Well the canon commonly applies to the protestant/ catholic bible... w/o the Apocrypha of course. The use in this context means more or less set in stone.
Because they don't label types of Mistings, they label the metal. I agree though that if you wanted some meaning like that Lerasium would be the way to go.
I plan on getting an Atium tattoo on my wrist when I get my change check. ha ha.
just get the whole steel alphabet wheel tattoo'd on like your chest or back. That way you can say you're mistborn and be all like "I can use all these!
I rewrite Japanese books translated into English—into better English. The book I was referring to was probably this one: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1427801126/ (or the one that came before that). But I mostly do manga. And I do some copyediting—I have done four Forgotten Realms novels. I'll be doing a lot with Brandon's future books.
I think I'm doing what you said Peter, actually I'm pretty sure that's what I'm doing I just suck at explaining it.
Ima stick with the theory that you have become obsessive and have modified your genes so that your mouth can now handle a whole new way of speaking.
You'd be surprised what some of us would do as fans of Brandon Sanderson.
I for one spent an entire afternoon learning to speak Eastern Slang. After all, Fanning of the wasing am I!
I think I'm doing what you said Peter, actually I'm pretty sure that's what I'm doing I just suck at explaining it.
It's not too hard. You just make the hissy s sound with the buzzy z sound at the same time. ha ha.
That's actually impossible to do.Z is what is called a "voiced" version of the same sound as S- that is, you're making a buzzing sound in your throat while pronouncing it. It's an on/off thing, so you can't do both at once unless you are blessed with two heads.
You like change the way you position your teeth. I promise you can do it. xD Also a weird thing with your tongue. It's like instead of using air to make the hiss you use the buzz to make the hiss.
$10 says that Brandon hasn't even wrote WoK yet and is using all of our theories to start the book. We're his source of anti-writers block.
I think he's got plenty of ideas from the Amazon reviews.
